After the Earthquake, a Mayor in Haiti Struggles to Console His Town

Plus: the Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi describes fleeing Kabul, and new fiction from Emma Cline. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, August 21, 2021 As Told To After the Earthquake, a Mayor in Haiti Struggles to Console His Town In Saint-Louis-du-Sud, ten miles from the epicenter, the medical clinic is overrun and thousands of people are sleeping in the streets. By Brianna Milord Leaving Kabul As Told To: The Flight From Kabul On Sunday, the Afghan filmmaker Sahraa Karimi watched from an airplane window as her city got smaller and smaller. By Adam Iscoe A Reporter at Large Britain’s Country Houses Reveal a Darker History Great estates’ connections to slavery and colonialism are forcing visitors to reckon with myths they may not want to abandon. By Sam Knight Culture and More Dept. of Returns Finding Love in a Hopeless Place In-person dating is back, and it’s seemingly more awkward than ever. By Lizzie Widdicombe The New Yorker Radio Hour A Lesson from Jacques Pépin, and the End of the Forever War The cooking guru talks crêpes. Plus, Dexter Filkins on the chaotic and ominous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. With David Remnick Fiction “The Iceman” “When did it become obvious that the young couple had taken something?” By Emma Cline This Week in Fiction Emma Cline on Our Unknowable Selves The author discusses “The Iceman,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson Humor and Puzzles Blitt’s Kvetchbook Hyper-Patriotic Trends The hippest new ways to show how much you love America. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts Grendel’s Stepmother Normally, I don’t speak ill of the dead, especially if I haven’t slaughtered and eaten them myself, but this is all stuff I’ve said to her face. By Josh Lieb Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Loanword meaning “the spirit of the time”: nine letters. By Robyn Weintraub 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.