Dan Rockmore on His Father’s Theorem

Plus: Paperboy Prince, Italo Calvino, and an interview with the actor Jean Smart. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, June 20, 2021 Elements My Father’s Theorem Sometimes, a mathematical proof is more than just a fact. By Dan Rockmore Comment Joe Biden, Vladimir Putin, and the Weight of History At last week’s summit, on the centenary of the Russian dissident Andrei Sakharov’s birth, Biden tried to reassert democratic values. By David Remnick Our Local Correspondents Why Do So Many New York Politicians Want Paperboy Prince to Hit Them in the Face with a Pie? “Y’all haven’t seen what I do with confetti,” the candidate bent on upstaging the mayor’s race said. By Eric Lach Double Take Sunday Reading: Celebrating Father’s Day From the magazine’s archive: a selection of pieces about fatherhood and the ways in which fathers shape our lives. By The New Yorker The New Yorker Interview Jean Smart Never Went Away The star of “Hacks” and “Mare of Easttown” discusses loss, one-liners, and forty years onscreen. By Rachel Syme Culture and More Page-Turner The Becoming of Italo Calvino In “Last Comes the Raven,” a collection of early stories, we find the man behind the magician. By Katy Waldman Dept. of Haunts Touring Harlem, Then and Now, with Dawoud Bey The photographer, who is the subject of a retrospective at the Whitney Museum, revisits the neighborhood that provided the backdrop for his early images. By André Wheeler Tables for Two Reimagining the Pizza Parlor Innovations from Wylie Dufresne’s pop-up Stretch Pizza, David Kay’s apartment operation Pies Upstairs, and the Union Square slice shop Unregular Pizza. By Hannah Goldfield Poems “The Wind Is Loud” “The wind is loud on the water today / I think about him drowning.” By Miller Oberman Poems “Unconditional Belief in Heat” “I would’ve stabbed the man’s hand / had he not jerked it away.” By Anna Journey Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Letter to a Future Son from a Meek Son I seek only to protect you from future pain when I offer this warning that you are ultimately the inheritor of nothing in particular. By Ben Philippe Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Romantic adventurer’s new hair tool: eight letters. By Monika Zook 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.