Patricia Lockwood’s New Story, “The Winged Thing”

Plus: a quest to discover America’s first science-fiction writer; new releases from Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus; and the weird, wondrous side of N.Y.C. captured on HBO’s “How To with John Wilson.” View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “The Winged Thing” “What did a story mean to the baby? It meant a soft voice, reassurance that everything outside her still went on, still would go on.” By Patricia Lockwood This Week in Fiction Patricia Lockwood on the Extremely Online The author discusses “The Winged Thing,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By David Wallace Culture and More Page-Turner A Quest to Discover America’s First Science-Fiction Writer It’s been two hundred years since America’s first sci-fi novel was published. But who wrote it? By Paul Collins The Front Row Revealing New Releases from Sonny Rollins and Charles Mingus Recordings from the saxophonist and bassist show the different ways that they approached the history of jazz and the world around them. By Richard Brody On Television HBO’s “How To with John Wilson” Captures the N.Y.C. That’s Never on TV As a documentarian, Wilson has a receptive spirit and a fascination with arcane institutions and subcultures. By Dan Piepenbring The New Yorker Radio Hour Music Will Not Be Quarantined John Legend and Phoebe Bridgers perform live from their houses for a special episode of the New Yorker Radio Hour. Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Alternatives to the Electoral College A few suggestions, including a tug-of-war, a lottery, and a popular vote. By Mark Remy Crossword The Weekend Puzzle One who eats “surf” but not “turf”: eleven letters. By Anna Shechtman 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.