How Did Guns Get So Powerful?

Plus: a Hamlet for our time; Judy Garland’s greatest film; and Regina Spektor on her new album. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, June 11, 2022 Annals of Technology How Did Guns Get So Powerful? Decade by decade, guns have become deadlier—and tightened their grip on our collective imagination. By Phil Klay Editor’s Picks Onward and Upward with the Arts A Hamlet for Our Time In a bold new production, the director Robert Icke finds resonances in Shakespeare’s canonical play which make it feel made for this moment. By Rebecca Mead The Sporting Scene The Maestro of Madison Square Garden From a perch atop the arena, Ray Castoldi, the organist for the Rangers, improvises the soundtrack for playoff-hockey agony and ecstasy. By Millie von Platen The Front Row On Judy Garland’s Hundredth Birthday, Stream “The Clock” It’s Vincente Minnelli’s first great film, and it’s Garland’s greatest. By Richard Brody Video Dept. Screening Room The Cost of Justice in the Aftermath of Tragedy In “Georgia,” the Korean American filmmaker Jayil Pak draws on the notorious 2004 Miryang gang-rape case to relate a story of parents struggling to hold their daughter’s abusers to account. By Mengfei Chen Culture Dept. Fiction “Trash” “I didn’t think of things like that, impressions—first impressions—what they mean and how people don’t change their feelings about you even years after.” By Souvankham Thammavongsa This Week in Fiction Souvankham Thammavongsa on a Narrator from the Margins The author discusses “Trash,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon The New Yorker Radio Hour Regina Spektor on Her New Album, “Home, Before and After” The singer talks with the music critic Amanda Petrusich. Plus, the staff writer Ian Frazier on the birth of a new sport: high-speed drone racing. With David Remnick The New Yorker Live Jennifer Egan’s Fiction and Visions of the Future On June 21st, the Pulitzer Prize winner discusses technology, memory, and her latest novel. The conversation will be part of The New Yorker Live Summer Series, exclusively for subscribers. Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Daily Shouts Excuses from the Future Congestion on the commute from the moon, disruption on the supply chain from Mars, and plain old oversleeping. By Ivan Ehlers Blitt’s Kvetchbook I’m Boris, Fly Me Britain grapples with its albatross. By Barry Blitt \ 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.