Dave Eggers on California’s Fire Season

Plus: what Wisconsin Democrats learned from 2016, an interview with Mandy Patinkin, and the Nobel laureate Louise Glück. View in browser | Update your preferences Dispatch All That Could Burn Life as a Californian during the 2020 fire season. By Dave Eggers Comment Donald Trump’s Unreliability on the Coronavirus and Everything Else It is painful to reflect on the tens of thousands of lives that might have been saved if a less reality-challenged President had occupied the White House. By Steve Coll Campaign Chronicles What Wisconsin Democrats Learned from 2016 With its blitz of events, interviews, surrogate appearances, and advertisements, the Biden campaign is determined not to repeat Hillary Clinton’s mistakes. By Peter Slevin Q. & A. How to Make Sense of the Polls The senior elections analyst at RealClearPolitics discusses whether pollsters have addressed the mistakes of 2016 and how Trump might perform differently now that he is running as an incumbent. By Isaac Chotiner The New Yorker Interview Mandy Patinkin Is Still Singing From his converted farmhouse, in upstate New York, the actor talks about his four-decade career and his social-media stardom in quarantine. By Rachel Syme Culture and More The Theatre How Are Audiences Adapting to the Age of Virtual Theatre? With so much time away from in-person performance, we are undergoing a worldwide reconstrual of what it means to be a member of the crowd. By Vinson Cunningham Page-Turner The Nobel Laureate Louise Glück in The New Yorker For more than fifty years, Glück’s work has evolved in the pages of the magazine. By Hannah Aizenman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Hell Is Other People’s People Offenders include your assistant’s long-distance boyfriend and your hair stylist’s hair stylist. By Annah Feinberg Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Crossword: No. 85 Huge bird clipped building (5). By Patrick Berry

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