Rediscovering Eve Adams, the Radical Lesbian Activist

Plus, Los Angeles’s unhoused house sitters; overland supersonic flight; and fiction by Camille Bordas. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, June 26, 2021 Culture Desk Rediscovering Eve Adams, the Radical Lesbian Activist How Jonathan Ned Katz retraced the story of the woman who wrote what might be the first ethnography of American lesbian life. By Jim Downs Annals of Technology Will We Ever Fly Supersonically Over Land? By turning sonic booms into sonic thumps, engineers hope to domesticate faster-than-sound transport. By Matthew Hutson The New Yorker Radio Hour The Unhoused House Sitters of Los Angeles A company offers a novel—and morally complicated—way for those in need to find shelter. Plus, a family grapples with vaccine denial. Culture and More Fiction “Offside Constantly” “I was afraid sometimes that there was nothing wrong with me—that I was just trying to get my parents’ mind off my brother.” By Camille Bordas This Week in Fiction Camille Bordas on Death and Doppelgängers The author discusses her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson Tables for Two Learning to Love Goat Kidneys and Testicles at Dhamaka Pig head and goat offal are highlights of the menu at the new Lower East Side restaurant, in Essex Market, whose owners are focussed on expanding diners’ understanding of Indian food. By Hannah Goldfield The Front Row In “Le Cercle Rouge,” Knowledge Is Power Jean-Pierre Melville’s 1970 heist thriller delights in the meticulous crime-craft that informs the action. By Richard Brody Humor and Puzzles Daily Shouts A Survey on Our Recent Survey Your input is essential to our efforts to supply our customers with more and better surveys. By David Hajdu Daily Shouts Lipstick Recommendations for the Fully Vaccinated If you did not wear lipstick before the pandemic, you are not required to start now. By Janine Annett and Ali Solomon Crossword The Weekend Crossword Author depicted in the Broadway musical “Finding Neverland”: eight letters. By Anna Shechtman 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.