This Week’s Issue: The U.F.O. Papers

Plus: the possible key to limb regeneration; Winfred Rembert on surviving the chain gang; and Marcel Proust. View in browser | Update your preferences A Reporter at Large How the Pentagon Started Taking U.F.O.s Seriously For decades, flying saucers were a punch line. Then the U.S. government got over the taboo. By Gideon Lewis-Kraus Annals of Science Persuading the Body to Regenerate Its Limbs Deer can regrow their antlers, and humans can replace their liver. What else might be possible? By Matthew Hutson Letter from Glasgow Nicola Sturgeon’s Quest for Scottish Independence The country’s leader asks voters which kind of society they prefer to live in: Brexit Britain or a social-democratic Scotland. By Sam Knight Reflections An Artist on How He Survived the Chain Gang You have to play a role that isn’t really you. It’s like slavery. You have to meet all those demands and keep a sense of yourself as well. By Winfred Rembert Comment Joe Biden, the Republicans, and Kids’ Stuff America’s child wars are likely to grow more intense and, in some quarters, more detached from reality. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Books What We Find When We Get Lost in Proust There are six Marcel Prousts. Is there one key to them all? By Adam Gopnik Books Alison Bechdel’s Ultimate Workout How the artist found freedom through fitness. By Katy Waldman The Theatre The Human Rhythms of Hurricane Katrina An audio production of Erika Dickerson-Despenza’s play “shadow/land” brings the tragedy of storm-battered New Orleans to life. By Alexandra Schwartz On Television Gender and Genre in “Made for Love” and “Mare of Easttown” The tech-world satire, starring Cristin Milioti, and the Kate Winslet crime drama put a spotlight on different kinds of male violence. 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 from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Dracula Is Off the Case “You’re the only native Transylvanian speaker on the police force, but we need officers who can work during daylight hours.” By Ian Frazier 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 This Week's Issue 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.