The Forever Trial at Guantánamo

Plus: a tennis fairy tale in New York, an interview with Carmelo Anthony, and new fiction by Han Ong. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, September 12, 2021 Comment The Forever Trial at Guantánamo President Biden moved to end the war in Afghanistan, but the proceedings against the remaining war-on-terror detainees, including the 9/11 suspects, drag on. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The Sporting Scene A Tennis Fairy Tale in New York In a U.S. Open final with no precedent, the qualifier Emma Raducanu held her nerve to see off Leylah Fernandez. By Louisa Thomas Higher Power Dept. Harvard’s Atheist-Chaplain Controversy The selection of Greg Epstein, a humanist rabbi, as the president of Harvard’s chaplains led to a small uproar among the school’s other religious leaders. By Nick Paumgarten Double Take Sunday Reading: Casualties of the Forever Wars From the magazine’s archive: pieces that highlight the sweeping consequences of our wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. By The New Yorker Tables for Two Goose Barnacles and Basque Cooking at Haizea At his tiny SoHo restaurant, the chef Mikel de Luis offers strikingly composed plates of croquettes, Kobe-beef tartare, and seafood that looks like it just jumped out of the ocean. By Shauna Lyon The New Yorker Interview Carmelo Anthony Still Feels like He’s Proving Himself A conversation with the N.B.A. star about growing up, getting painted as the villain, and being needed. By Vinson Cunningham Culture and More Fiction “The Monkey Who Speaks” “Has she grown to love Roscoe, a year on? Part of being a health aide is the emotional outlay.” By Han Ong This Week in Fiction Han Ong on Slippery Professional Boundaries The author discusses his story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Poems “Poetry Reading” “You never know, / would listeners, if any came, be ready / to forget about themselves.” By Adam Zagajewski Poems “Tin” “To be a train station of existence is no small matter.” By Jane Hirshfield Humor and Puzzles Blitt’s Kvetchbook Biden’s Big News Extra! Extra! Read all about it! By Barry Blitt Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Free bit of lunch I criticize: eight letters. By Patrick Berry 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.