Trapped in Afghanistan

Plus: the supply-chain mystery, Louis Menand on T. S. Eliot, and a new novel by Wole Soyinka. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, September 26, 2021 News Desk Trapped in Afghanistan A translator for American forces applied four times for a special immigrant visa to come to the U.S.—he’s still waiting. By Jonathan Blitzer Comment The Supply-Chain Mystery Why, more than a year and a half into the pandemic, do strange shortages keep popping up in so many corners of American life? By Amy Davidson Sorkin Double Take Sunday Reading: Adaptations From The New Yorker’s archive: a selection of short stories and nonfiction from the magazine that have been adapted into films. By Erin Overbey A Critic at Large Practical Cat From the archive: how T. S. Eliot, who was born this day in 1888, became T. S. Eliot. By Louis Menand Culture and More The Front Row “The Eyes of Tammy Faye,” Reviewed The conventional bio-pic of the televangelist turns a complicated person into a simple character. By Richard Brody Books Briefly Noted “Chronicles from the Land of the Happiest People on Earth,” “Savage Tongues,” “Three Girls from Bronzeville,” and “Home, Land, Security.” Poems “Half-Life in Exile” “I’m forever living between Aprils.” By Hala Alyan Poems “I” “Led / astray I say I / know myself more / fully now.” By Jorie Graham Humor and Games Blitt’s Kvetchbook A Partial Portfolio of Literary Luminaries Any resemblance to actual persons is purely coincidental. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts Background-Character Syndrome Non-protagonists need excellent eavesdropping skills, and may experience continuity issues. By Siobhán Gallagher Name Drop Play the Quiz The fewer clues you need, the more points you receive. By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Puffed article wrapped in dough: eight letters. By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon 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.