The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant

Plus: the night the zoo burned; #MeToo in China; and a newly restored novel from Richard Wright. View in browser | Update your preferences Letter from England The Mysterious Origins of the Cerne Abbas Giant On a hillside ages ago, people inscribed a naked man with a twenty-six-foot-long erect penis. Why did they do it? By Rebecca Mead Elements The Night the Zoo Burned After a disaster, a German zookeeper rebuilds. By Ben Crair News Desk How a Sexual-Harassment Suit May Test the Reach of #MeToo in China Zhou Xiaoxuan’s case against a well-known television personality is unfolding under a system that remains skeptical, even hostile, toward such allegations. By Han Zhang The New Yorker Documentary The New Yorker Documentary The Silent Song of a Mother’s Battle with Addiction Sydney Bowie Linden’s documentary short “The Space Between” explores trauma, sisterhood, and renewal. This film is part of an ongoing series on motherhood. New installments publish weekly in May. Film by Sydney Bowie Linden Text by Hilary Sims Culture and More Under Review What We Want from Richard Wright A newly restored novel tests an old dynamic between readers and the author of “Native Son.” By Lauren Michele Jackson Listening Booth Squid Is a Band with No Rules That’s why their music is so weirdly listenable. By Sheldon Pearce Ars Longa Burnt Banksy’s Inflammatory N.F.T. Not-Art The maybe-artist who bought a ninety-five-thousand-dollar Banksy print and set it aflame has big plans, including an art gallery and an outer-space-based “non-fungible token.” By Adam Iscoe From the Archive Profiles King of Cats What does it mean to be Black? For the cultural critic Albert Murray, born on this day in 1916, it meant rejecting all exclusionary answers to the question. By Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Humor and Puzzles Crossword Today’s Puzzle Game that ends when you reach the top: six letters. By Wyna Liu Daily Shouts My Coffee Shop Is Out of Oat Milk and I Am Not O.K. “Soy? What is this, 2002?” By Lauren Bridges Daily Cartoon Wednesday, May 12th By Peter Kuper You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. 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.