How a City Comes Back to Life

Plus: how a defiant group of AIDS activists changed America; Zoomers against Boomers in “Hacks”; and Prince. View in browser | Update your preferences Monday, June 7, 2021 Dept. of Returns How a City Comes Back to Life After a year of tragedy and uncertainty, New Yorkers are revisiting old haunts—and sharing them with new faces. By Adam Gopnik Books How ACT UP Changed America The defiant group of AIDS activists was itself riven by discord. What can the movement’s legacy, of both ferocity and fragility, teach us? By Michael Specter On Television “Hacks” Pits Zoomer Against Boomer It’s Carhartt versus caftan in this HBO Max series, which depicts a generational war between a young TV writer and a Las Vegas standup legend, played by Jean Smart. By Doreen St. Félix Glass Ceilings On the Secret Campaign Trail to Lead the U.N. Arora Akanksha, a financial auditor and a long-shot candidate in the notoriously opaque Secretary-General election, makes the rounds of ambassadors and diplomats, who’ll only meet clandestinely. By Adam Iscoe The New Yorker Live Words of Desire On June 28th, the celebrated authors Emma Cline, Garth Greenwell, and Ottessa Moshfegh will discuss the fiction and politics of passion, exclusively for subscribers. Cover Story Adrian Tomine’s “Easing Back” The artist discusses the lingering presence of the pandemic on our past, our present, and perhaps even our future. By Françoise Mouly From the Archive Postscript The Impenetrable Genius of Prince No one, perhaps, was more suited to exploit the idea of genius-as-enigma than Prince Rogers Nelson, who was born on this day in 1958. By Vinson Cunningham Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts Welcome to Netflix World Any individual who looks in a bathroom mirror and says something disparaging about themselves risks summoning the Fab Five from the surrounding stalls and being Queer Eyed on the spot. By Taylor Kay Phillips and Felipe Torres Medina Daily Shouts Fashionable Ways to Let People Know You’re Vaccinated and Not an Asshole This classic accessory will pair equally well with your favorite white tee or tailored blazer (bottoms not optional—remember, you’re back out in public). By Sharon Levy Crossword Today’s Crossword “It’s not much of a tail, but I’m sort of attached to it” speaker: six letters. By Natan Last Daily Cartoon Monday, June 7th By Zoe Si 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.