This Week’s Issue: The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Protect Us?

Plus: Jane Mayer on who's funding the election-fraud myth; a new Personal History by David Sedaris; and a Profile of Kerry James Marshall.  View in browser | Update your preferences     Brave New World Dept. The Seas Are Rising. Could Oysters Protect Us? How a landscape architect is enlisting nature to defend our coastal cities against climate change—and doing it on the cheap. By Eric Klinenberg Listen to this story Have a world-class narrator read this to you.     A Reporter at Large The Big Money Behind the Big Lie Donald Trump's attacks on democracy are being promoted by rich and powerful conservative groups that are determined to win at all costs. By Jane Mayer     Personal History Happy-Go-Lucky "Who are you?" I want to ask the gentle gnome in front of me. "And what have you done with Lou Sedaris?" By David Sedaris     Profiles The Epic Style of Kerry James Marshall The artist, a virtuoso of landscape, portraiture, still-life, history painting, and other genres of the Western canon since the Renaissance, can do anything. By Calvin Tomkins     Comment Why Republican Leaders Ignored the January 6th Hearing The House select committee's task is to establish who knew what about the insurrection—but most Republicans don't seem to want to find out. By Sue Halpern     The Current Cinema "The Green Knight" Wields Intermittent Magic David Lowery's adaptation of an Arthurian tale succeeds most when he is consumed by cinema's capacity to measure and manipulate time. By Anthony Lane     Books Kaveh Akbar Finds Meaning in Misunderstanding In "Pilgrim Bell," the poet turns illegibility into a site of creativity, taking apart familiar language and reassembling unexpected truths. By Andrew Chan     Books Sunjeev Sahota's Novels of Arrival and Departure In "China Room," the journeys of immigrants divide stories and selves. By James Wood     Pop Music The Exuberant Sounds of Hyperpop The genre's artists have resisted classification by honing a new kind of buoyant, absurdist pop. By Carrie Battan   Humor from The New Yorker     Shouts & Murmurs Feeling Left Behind by My Alien-Parasite-Infected Friends Every time I see one of them spewing black bile from her eyeballs, I ask myself, When's it going to be my turn? By Zoe Pearl     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.