This Week’s Issue: Saving the Butterfly Forest

Also in the Anniversary Issue: Amy Davidson Sorkin on Trump’s second impeachment trial; inside the COVID war in the heartland; and “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.” View in browser | Update your preferences Portfolio Saving the Butterfly Forest Environmental destruction and violence threaten one of the world’s most extraordinary insect migrations. Photography by Brendan George Ko, Text by Carolyn Kormann Comment What’s at Stake in Trump’s Second Impeachment Trial The Republican Party isn’t ready to walk away from the former President, but the senators know how close the country came to catastrophe. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Coronavirus Chronicles The Worst-Hit County in the Worst-Hit State in the Worst-Hit Country When COVID-19 surged through a North Dakota community, a battle with the pandemic became a battle among its residents. By Atul Gawande Personal History Living in New York’s Unloved Neighborhood A nameless section of Manhattan resembles the nineteen-seventies city that’s been romanticized in the movies. But do we really want to live in “Taxi Driver”? By Rivka Galchen Profiles Glennon Doyle’s Honesty Gospel The best-selling memoirist wants women to tell the truth about their lives. By Ariel Levy Books Who Really Created the Marvel Universe? Stan Lee presided over a world of superheroes, but his collaborators and readers sustained his vision—and his characters outlasted it. By Stephanie Burt Books Chang-rae Lee Lets Loose in “My Year Abroad” What happens when a master of restrained realism discovers the allure of exuberant excess? By Alexandra Schwartz The Art World When a Museum Feels Like Home As a tyro critic in the nineteen-sixties, I fell for the works in the Frick one by one, learning from my response to the art before knowing much about it. By Peter Schjeldahl On Television “The Real Housewives of Salt Lake City” Is Culturally Sensitive Trash This iteration of the franchise incorporates racial politics into the sketchy morality of a guilty pleasure. By Doreen St. Félix Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Books & Fiction Newsletter Book recommendations, fiction, poetry, and dispatches from the world of literature, twice a week. Humor and Puzzles Crossword The Crossword Will Now Appear in Every Print Issue The Puzzles & Games Dept. is turning to ink and paper. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Shouts & Murmurs Kill Your Darlings How to purge your writing of exceptionally fine phrases such as “She had an ass for days.” By Larry Doyle Cartoons From The Issue Cartoons from the Issue Drawings and drollery from this week’s magazine. You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for . Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.