How Trump Became the Pro-Infection Candidate

Plus: Susan Glasser on how Trump blew it at the debate; Martin Amis turns to autofiction; and Yo-Yo Ma. View in browser | Update your preferences Medical Dispatch How Trump Became the Pro-Infection Candidate By embracing the Great Barrington Declaration—a fringe document advocating mass transmission of the coronavirus—the White House has achieved a new, lunatic level of denial. By Dhruv Khullar Letter from Trump’s Washington Trump at the Debate Was Like America in 2020: Not Winning In the end, the topic that matters isn’t Hunter Biden but the pandemic. By Susan B. Glasser Our Columnists A Deftly Moderated Debate Bottles Trump If the President has a plan to turn the race around, he gave no sign of it on Thursday night. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Q. & A. Why the Pandemic Is Forcing Women Out of the Workforce Betsey Stevenson discusses how the pandemic has affected men and women differently and what the past six months should teach us about paid family leave. By Isaac Chotiner PAID POST The debut novel from the award-winning author of “Redeployment” “[A] compact epic of a novel…Horrifying and refreshing, challenging us to reflect not just on the destruction of our own national institutions but also on the ugly and ongoing consequences of American power abroad.” –Los Angeles Times Culture and More Books Martin Amis’s Turn to Autofiction The author’s new novel is not just drawn from his own life but structured with freewheeling digressions that mimic the experience of remembering the past. By Giles Harvey The Current Cinema “Martin Eden” Lurches with Salty, Oceanic Appetites In a cooped-up age, the great escapes and far-off horizons of Jack London’s fiction feel resonant. By Anthony Lane Video Dept. Yo-Yo Ma and Emanuel Ax on the Role of Music in Dark Times At The New Yorker Festival, the musicians talked with Alex Ross about how performance has changed during the pandemic, and discussed music that Beethoven composed “amid tears and sorrow.” By Madelyne Xiao Culture Desk David Byrne’s Gray Suits, from “Stop Making Sense” to “American Utopia” The musician’s iconic “big suit,” in Talking Heads’ 1984 concert movie, was a way of setting the band apart. In his new show turned film, the outfits are a way of bringing performers together. By Rachel Syme Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts On the Peaceful Transfer of the Nintendo Controller When you think about it, even if it was supposed to be Joey’s turn, according to the “system,” it should really still be my turn. By Benjamin Flores Daily Cartoon Friday, October 23rd By Jason Adam Katzenstein 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.