The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes

Plus: controversy after an article about Trump’s views on the military; LeBron James’s stature in the N.B.A.; and thinking through the label Latinx. View in browser | Update your preferences Culture Desk The Improbable Journey of Dorothy Parker’s Ashes After two decades in a filing cabinet and three next to a parking lot in Baltimore, the author returns to New York. By Laurie Gwen Shapiro Our Columnists John Kelly Should Speak Out About Trump’s Views on the Military The former White House chief of staff appears to be in a unique position to confirm whether the President called U.S. service members who died in combat “losers” and “suckers.” By John Cassidy The Sporting Scene Is the N.B.A. Still LeBron James’s League? After James became basketball’s biggest global superstar, the league seemed to mold itself in his image. But no one rules forever. By Louisa Thomas Daily Comment Who Are You Calling Latinx? “Latinx” is the most recent chapter in the saga of trying to label a population that has pushed back against every previous attempt to name it. By Graciela Mochkofsky PAID POST The essential leadership playbook In David M. Rubenstein's How to Lead: Wisdom from the World's Greatest CEOs, Founders, and Game Changers, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Warren Buffett, Oprah Winfrey, and many others share conversations about their remarkable lives and careers. Available now. Fiction “Flashlight” “Such naked wanting to be wanted made Louisa’s mother even more repellent to Louisa than she generally was.” By Susan Choi Culture Books Inside Bernadette Mayer’s Time Capsule “Memory” is a fifty-year-old project, but its nostalgia for summers lost speaks uncannily to our moment. By Dan Chiasson The Front Row Charlie Kaufman’s Showy Quest for Sympathy His film “I’m Thinking of Ending Things” evokes self-consciousness from behind a screen of impersonality—self-awareness without the self. By Richard Brody Humor and More Daily Shouts Some Calming New Breathing Exercises to Try Out Well, now you’re just swallowing the air—that’s definitely not supposed to happen. By Amy Collier Crossword The Weekend Puzzle George Orwell novella with a villain named Napoleon: ten letters. By Patrick Berry This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.