This Week’s Issue: The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon”

Plus: Elif Batuman on Céline Sciamma’s feminist vision; John McPhee on writing; and Alec MacGillis on making a clean-energy economy. View in browser | Update your preferences Onward and Upward with the Arts The Radical Woman Behind “Goodnight Moon” Margaret Wise Brown constantly pushed boundaries—in her life and in her art. By Anna Holmes Profiles Céline Sciamma’s Quest for a New, Feminist Grammar of Cinema In subtle, unpredictable ways, the French director is determined to move beyond received ideas of filmmaking. By Elif Batuman Personal History Tabula Rasa: Volume Three A project meant not to end. By John McPhee A Reporter at Large Can Germany Show Us How to Leave Coal Behind? The country embarked on an ambitious plan to transition to clean energy, aiming to lead the fight against climate change. It has not been easy. By Alec MacGillis Comment How Beijing Is Playing the Olympics China has long been fascinated with Olympic glory, but the run-up to the Winter Games has been beset by extraordinary pressures. By Evan Osnos Books How the Method Made Acting Modern Many of the twentieth century’s biggest stars practiced and proselytized it. But does anyone really understand it? By Alexandra Schwartz Books Chuck Klosterman Brings Back the Nineties In a nostalgic tour through the decade, Klosterman defends Gen X as today’s “least annoying” generation. By Frank Guan Pop Music Animal Collective Captures the Strange Passage of Time On “Time Skiffs,” the band conveys how both fleeting and endless our days can feel. By Amanda Petrusich The Theatre “Skeleton Crew” Traces Power Dynamics at a Factory Dominique Morisseau’s new play is, among other things, about the subtle and ever-shifting class distinctions among Black people. By Vinson Cunningham Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. Humor from The New Yorker Shouts & Murmurs Preaching-Team Tips for Surefire Sermons Try these 100%-guaranteed punch lines: “Oops, God did it again!” “That’s what the Almighty said!” By Paul Rudnick 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.