Can Democrats Win Georgia—and the Senate?

Plus, Republican radicals, fiction from Andrea Lee, and New Year’s resolutions for an anteater. View in browser | Update your preferences Campaign Chronicles Can Democrats Win Georgia—and the Senate? The candidates will need high voter turnout in a state where it tends to drop during runoffs, especially among the Party’s own supporters. By Charles Bethea Our Columnists The Real Republican Radicals The Trump movement was long understood as populist. But, since the election, those at the barricades have been politicians and their lawyers. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells Annals of Inquiry Three Mathematicians We Lost in 2020 John Conway, Ronald Graham, and Freeman Dyson all explored the world with their minds. By Dan Rockmore Culture 2020 in Review The Best Art of 2020 A silver lining of this year is the reassurance that art is unstoppable. By Andrea K. Scott Fiction “The Rivals” “Long vanished were the days of contemplating the sunrise together over caffè ristretto.” By Andrea Lee This Week in Fiction Andrea Lee on Fictionalizing Madagascar The author discusses “The Rivals,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Favorites from the Archive Daily Shouts New Year’s Resolutions for an Anteater I love ants, and that’s me, and, yes, I’m a work in progress, but I gotta be true to myself. By Emma Rathbone Profiles A Suspense Novelist’s Trail of Deceptions Dan Mallory, who writes under the name A. J. Finn, went to No. 1 with his début thriller, “The Woman in the Window.” His life contains even stranger twists. By Ian Parker Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Hibernation Insomnia Eat sapwood? Probably hibernate. But not GOOD hibernate. By Teddy Wayne and Kate Greathead Crossword The Holiday Crossword: 2020 in Language Cocktail made while sheltering in place, using whatever’s available: 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.