Mister Rogers Versus Nasty Uncle Trump

How Joe Biden won the night of town halls. Plus: Who is a domestic terrorist? And the rise of the “minimony.” View in browser | Update your preferences The New Yorker Festival: On-demand viewing of most events—including talks with Dr. Anthony Fauci, Fiona Apple, Malcolm Gladwell, and more—has been extended until October 19th. Click here for tickets. Letter from Trump’s Washington The Presidential Town Halls Were Mister Rogers Versus Nasty Uncle Trump Joe Biden won the night of duelling town halls with the President. By Susan B. Glasser Campaign Chronicles Joe Biden’s Refreshingly Trump-Free Town Hall Biden made a convincing case that a post-Trump future was within reach, projecting an image of a politician already assuming the posture of the Presidency. By Eric Lach Daily Comment Who Is a Domestic Terrorist? As a fraught election approaches, the threat of political violence is the highest in decades. By David Rohde News Desk Can Latino Voters Tip Wisconsin in Biden’s Favor? Local activists are trying to persuade twenty-three thousand voters to support the Democratic nominee—a number roughly equal to Donald Trump’s margin of victory in the state in 2016. By Stephania Taladrid PAID POST Emmy-winning comedy writer Merrill Markoe’s first-ever graphic memoir Perfect for fans of Roz Chast and Allie Brosh, “We Saw Scenery” is the laugh-out-loud story of a girl growing up, told from the perspective of the woman she became. Merrill Markoe illustrates her early diaries to explore how she discovered the power of humor. Culture and More Culture Desk The Rise of the Minimony and the Micro-Wedding A minimony has all the components of a normal wedding—ceremony, reception, three-tiered cake—shrunk to pandemic proportions. By Anna Russell Page-Turner Louise Glück, Whisperer of the Seasons The 2020 Nobel Prize winner is an impersonal artist, whose poems, assembling around you, feel blindingly personal, like the seasons themselves. By Katy Waldman Tables for Two Spicy Noodles and Gossip at Public Village The pandemic has quashed much of the theatre of dining out, but the new Sichuan restaurant, offering fresh noodles, spicy beef jerky, and a seat-yourself pavilion, finds ways to be charming. By Hannah Goldfield Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts How to Sell Your Clothes at the Local Cool-Girl Thrift Shop Sit outside in your car and listen to some Angel Olsen to get into the right headspace. By Erin Chack and Kirsten King Daily Cartoon Friday, October 16th By Anne Fizzard 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.