This Week’s Issue: The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell

Plus: NASA's new telescope, the author Jason Reynolds, and Doreen St. Félix on "Ted Lasso" Season 2.  View in browser | Update your preferences     The Control of Nature The Lost Canyon Under Lake Powell Drought is shrinking one of the country's largest reservoirs, revealing a hidden Eden. By Elizabeth Kolbert Listen to this story Have a world-class narrator read this to you.     Annals of Astronomy NASA's New Telescope Will Show Us the Infancy of the Universe The James Webb Space Telescope will enable scientists to see deeper into the past than ever before. By Rivka Galchen     Life and Letters What Jason Reynolds Wants His Young Readers to See Through books that center on Black children, the author wants young readers to discover their own stories. By Rumaan Alam     Personal History Finding a Way Back from Suicide A journey of recovery through electroconvulsive therapy. By Donald Antrim     Comment The Surprising Relief of the Tokyo Olympics The Games, to general astonishment, worked their weird, if slightly shopworn, magic. By Anthony Lane     On Television "Ted Lasso" Can't Save Us In Season 2, our eponymous coach is withering, bucking against the themes of therapy and self-help—a welcome contrast to his belief in unabating optimism. By Doreen St. Félix     Books Are Liberals to Blame for Our Crisis of Faith in Government? Progressives and conservatives have promoted suspicion of the establishment, but lack of trust is not the same as apathy. By Louis Menand     Books In Coming-of-Middle-Age Stories, Adults Grow Up, Too Deborah Levy and Dana Spiotta write about women getting older—and starting anew. By Alexandra Schwartz     Musical Events John Corigliano's New Opera Reimagines Dionysus as Dracula In "The Lord of Cries," the composer has boldly returned to a form that he set aside in the early nineties. By Alex Ross   Humor from The New Yorker     Shouts & Murmurs The Metropolitan Museum Wants You to Renew What if we give you special Leap-Day Views and a suit of armor? By Seth Reiss     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.