Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs?

Plus: the thrill of seeing faces again; a pandemic pregnancy; and the invention of the “beach read.” View in browser | Update your preferences Tuesday, July 13, 2021 U.S. Journal Who Owns Mike Disfarmer’s Photographs? Strangers made his small-town portraits famous in the art world. Decades later, his heirs want control of the estate. By Eren Orbey Dept. of Returns Masks On, Masks Off I missed seeing people’s faces; I missed showing mine, too. I knew that, in the grand scheme of things, this was trivial, but it also, somehow, mattered. By Naomi Fry Personal History My Slightly Unreal Pandemic Pregnancy The world was going to hell. I was having a baby. By Susanna Wolff Culture and More Second Read What “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas” Owes to Oscar Acosta The inspiration for Dr. Gonzo was not a “300-pound Samoan” but a Chicano activist who believed that Hunter S. Thompson never gave him his due. By Abby Aguirre Growing Pains I Do Live Here I hadn’t yet crossed that threshold Black adolescents cross in America’s codified subconscious—adorable kid to dangerous threat. By J. M. Holmes Growing Pains Lone Star My stepdad, a deputy sheriff, had to transport a prisoner to the penitentiary; my mom thought I should ride along. By David Wright Faladé From the Archive Page-Turner The Invention of the “Beach Read” How “summer reading” became a category unto itself. By Katy Waldman Humor from The New Yorker Daily Shouts Guitar? Yeah, I Dabble I prefer to use my own definition of “dabble”: “To have imagined yourself doing something so many times that you could probably do it if you tried.” By Cara Michelle Smith Daily Cartoon Tuesday, July 13th By David Ostow 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.