This Week’s Issue: What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes

Plus: the rise of community living; Kyle Rittenhouse after Kenosha; and a cockatoo art-history mystery.  View in browser | Update your preferences     Annals of Inquiry What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes Can we find a balance between structuring our time and squandering it? By Rachel Syme Listen to this story Have a world-class narrator read this to you.     American Chronicles Communal Living Redefines Togetherness The traditional home is under renovation. Can people find meaning in groups? By Nathan Heller     A Reporter at Large Kyle Rittenhouse, American Vigilante After he killed two people in Kenosha, opportunists turned his case into a polarizing spectacle. By Paige Williams     Onward and Upward with the Arts Where Did That Cockatoo Come From? Birds native to Australasia are being found in Renaissance paintings—and in medieval manuscripts. Their presence exposes the depth of ancient trade routes. By Rebecca Mead     Comment The Supreme Court's Surprising Term During a time when the country has been starkly divided on matters ranging from the pandemic to the Presidency, the Court has largely avoided partisanship. By Jeannie Suk Gersen     Books Are All Short Stories O. Henry Stories? The writer's signature style of ending—a final, thrilling note—has the touch of magic that distinguishes the form at its best. By Louis Menand     Pop Music How Sun Ra Taught Us to Believe in the Impossible The visionary jazz artist sketched an "Astro-Black mythology" that aligned ancient Egyptian history with a future human exodus "beyond the stars." By Hua Hsu     Podcast Dept. The Secret Hollywood of "You Must Remember This" We tend to get sentimental about the movies. For seven years, Karina Longworth has deconstructed the industry's myths without losing sight of its magic. By Margaret Talbot     The Current Cinema Questlove's "Summer of Soul" Pulses with Long-Silenced Beats The music star's directorial début, a documentary about the Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969, knits a wealth of unseen footage into a joyous whole. By Anthony Lane   Humor from The New Yorker     Shouts & Murmurs Lesser Known Rejection Stories Before he had bees, Burt had failed partnerships with dragonflies. By Taylor Kay Phillips     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.