A Consequential Gun Ruling After the Buffalo Massacre

Plus: Jemima Kirke is flipping the script; Austin Pendleton is still a babe magnet; and Iiu Susiraja’s self-portraits. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, May 22, 2022 Comment A Consequential Gun Ruling After the Buffalo Massacre The racist killings showed the horror of firearms; the Supreme Court may be about to make the problem worse. By Amy Davidson Sorkin The New Yorker Interview Jemima Kirke Is Flipping the Script The “Girls” star rose to fame playing heightened versions of herself. In “Conversations with Friends,” she’s entering a different mode. By Coralie Kraft Photo Booth Iiu Susiraja’s Self-Portraits Are More Than a Dare The photographer uses her own body without straightforward interest in either masochism or self-love. By Johanna Fateman The Front Row Michael Cimino’s Biography Is as Fascinating as the Filmmaker The director of “The Deer Hunter” was uncompromising as an artist and fiercely private in his personal life. By Richard Brody Double Take Sunday Reading: Legendary First Encounters From the archive: a selection of pieces about notable figures early in their rise to prominence. By Erin Overbey In Memory of Roger Angell (1920-2022) Personal History Boyhood Memories of Baseball From 1992: How it felt to be a baseball fan in the nineteen-thirties, with heroes like Joe DiMaggio and Babe Ruth. By Roger Angell Onward and Upward with the Arts How Do You Get Published in The New Yorker? From 1994: “There seems to be a lot of misunderstanding about fiction,” Angell writes, cutting to the chase. By Roger Angell Annals of Drinking The Ultimate Cocktail, Down Cold From 2002: The slim, delectable lift of the dry Martini, and the meanings of the drink’s fashion and “stark medicinal bite.” By Roger Angell Culture Dept. Tables for Two Victoria Blamey Distinguishes Herself at Mena The Chilean-born chef’s new Tribeca restaurant is serving some of the best seafood in the city, in deceptively simple dishes that evoke the experience of plunging into a bracing ocean wave. By Hannah Goldfield The Boards Austin Pendleton Is Still a Babe Magnet The actor and director discusses sixty years in the theatre, casting a young Laurie Metcalf and John Malkovich, and being an octogenarian object of desire. By Henry Alford Books Briefly Noted “The Man Who Invented Motion Pictures,” “Parks of the 21st Century,” “Activities of Daily Living,” and “Post-Traumatic.” Poems “Landscape with Double Bow” “Rondeau is what you really want, solo and refrain.” By Diane Mehta Poems “The Mercy Supermarket” “Everything is alive, everything is shimmering / with vitality.” By Campbell McGrath Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Mean girl failing to avoid work by faking sickness: eight letters. By Paolo Pasco Daily Shouts The Crypto Constitution Amendment XVII: Investors can’t say that they love you, truly love you, and then disappear. By Dennard Dayle Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up for The Daily. 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.