China’s Reform Generation Adapts to Life in the Middle Class

Plus: the year in labor strife; Amanda Gorman on life after President Biden’s Inauguration; and how the solo performances of Hasaan Ibn Ali expand jazz history. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, January 2, 2022 Letter from Fuling China’s Reform Generation Adapts to Life in the Middle Class My students from the nineteen-nineties grew up in rural poverty. Now they’re in their forties, and their country is unrecognizable. By Peter Hessler 2021 in Review The Year in Labor Strife COVID-19 appears to have lit a match beneath at least a decade’s worth of late-stage-capitalist tinder. By Lizzie Widdicombe The New Yorker Radio Hour Amanda Gorman on Life After Inauguration The young poet talks with Kevin Young about writing a new book once the stakes were much higher. With David Remnick Double Take Sunday Reading: Resolutions for the New Year From the archive: hopes for good health in the days ahead. By The New Yorker Screening Room Being a Human Lightning Rod Is Oddly Relatable In the short film “Don vs Lightning,” inspired by a true story, an elderly Scottish grump can’t stop getting fried by the sky. Film by Johnny Burns and Pier van Tijn Text by Julia Bush Culture and More Fiction “What the Forest Remembers” “How dare I invent across chasms of gender, age, and cultural context? Trust me, I would not dare.” By Jennifer Egan Fiction Podcast Kevin Barry Reads V. S. Pritchett The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Family Man,” by V. S. Pritchett, which was published in a 1977 issue of the magazine. With Deborah Treisman The Front Row The Solo Performances of Hasaan Ibn Ali Expand Jazz History The pianist’s “Retrospect In Retirement Of Delay” is a historic outpouring of musical imagination. By Richard Brody Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Daily Shouts A Philosophy Course Taught by Your Favorite 2021 Memes Lawyer Cat teaches you about nihilism, and the Ever Given cargo ship discusses Marx. By Ali Fitzgerald Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle French writer going after monster cheese: ten letters. By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.