How Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Helped Remake the Literary Canon

View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, February 19, 2022 Our first digital-only issue features interviews with people of note. We’re publishing new pieces all week. Tomorrow: Bill de Blasio interviewed by Eric Lach; and Patti Harrison interviewed by Rachel Syme. The New Yorker Interview How Henry Louis Gates, Jr., Helped Remake the Literary Canon The scholar has changed the way Black authors get read and the way Black history gets told. By David Remnick Daily Comment The Sandy Hook Settlement with Remington and the Road Ahead Gun manufacturers had considered themselves all but immune, thanks to a 2005 law. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Annals of Communications CNN’s Problems Are Bigger Than Jeff Zucker How an upcoming merger at Time Warner could upend life at the cable news network. By Clare Malone The New Yorker Radio Hour Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the Path Forward for the Left The progressive icon discusses the grind of Washington: “I ate shit when I was a waitress, and I eat shit as a member of Congress. It’s called a job.” With David Remnick Culture and More Afterword A Life in Funny Pictures Roger Bradfield, Roger the Keebler Elf, and a host of other colorful characters. By Susan Orlean The Front Row “The Automat” Is a Guide to the Wonders of Mid-Twentieth-Century Urbanism Lisa Hurwitz’s ode to the Horn & Hardart restaurants depicts cheap dining as a theatrical experience. By Richard Brody Photo Booth What Mexican Commuters Endure In 2016, the photographer Alejandro Cartagena decided to document the people and places he encountered on his daily bus route. By Alice Driver London Postcard The Train Wants You Back With ridership slowly rebounding, one London railway is trying to win back commuters with special mindfulness train cars decked out with calming images of beaches and trees. By Anna Russell Humor and Games Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade Blitt’s Kvetchbook The Final Freedom-Trucker Frontier Up, up, and away, please. By Barry Blitt Daily Shouts Super Candid Airbnb Décor What if the art and pillows in Airbnbs told guests what was really on their hosts’ minds? By Jason Adam Katzenstein and Adam Rotstein Crossword The Weekend Puzzle Word with roll or society: five letters. By Wyna Liu 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 2022. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.