| | | | From the Fiction Issue |  Fiction “A King Alone”“That was probably part of why he gave people rides. How grateful they were in a world where almost no one would stop to help a stranger.” By Rachel Kushner | | | | | This Week in Fiction Rachel Kushner on Picking Up HitchhikersThe author discusses choosing her characters’ professions and how she handles the gradual release of information in her writing. By Deborah Treisman | | | | | | Support The New Yorker’s world-class fiction and poetry. Subscribe today » | | | | In the News | | Shinzo Abe, the former Prime Minister of Japan, was assassinated by a gunman during a political rally in the western city of Nara, on Friday. Investigators said in a press conference that the alleged shooter used a homemade firearm, and has claimed to hold a grudge against a “specific organization.” Abe, who stepped down in 2020, was Japan’s longest-serving Prime Minister, pursuing a conservative cultural agenda while forging, as the writer Matt Alt explored, in 2017, a notably close working relationship with the American President Donald Trump. | | | | From the News Desk |  Q. & A. Ethical Health Care After RoeCan physicians meet their obligations to patients when abortion is criminalized? By Isaac Chotiner | | | | | | | Editor’s Picks |  Culture Desk Teaching Myself Calculus at Sixty-FiveI was never a good math student, but I was determined to penetrate the mysteries of mathematics. By Alec Wilkinson | | | | | Hoopla Dept. Selling Lies with Jon HammThe actor meets up with the writer John Mankiewicz to prep for the propaganda-themed première party for their podcast, “The Big Lie,” in which Hamm, as a Commie-fighting G-man, plays a different kind of man in a hat. By Sarah Larson | | | | | | More from the Fiction Issue |  Fiction “Call Me Ishmael” “There was no woman, there was a corner, and a corner was no place for a woman to stand, any more than a decent house was any place for her to live.” By Shirley Jackson |  Fiction “Peking Duck” “I tell the truth in Chinese, I make up stories in English. I don’t take it that seriously.” By Ling Ma | |  Fiction “Arrivals” “At a stoplight, you idle under a billboard, and what towers above you is a portrait of your boyfriend’s face. You do your best not to stare.” By Bryan Washington |  Road Trips Night Driving “What if this strange officer who has refused to say why he stopped me shoots me? What if he says I jumped out and pursued him to the back to attack him?” By Uwem Akpan | | | | | On This Day | Books Avenging AngelInside the Manichean mind of Percy Bysshe Shelley, who died two hundred years ago today, at the age of twenty-nine. By Adam Kirsch | | | | | Fun & Games Dept. |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger |  Daily Shouts Medium-Delicious Foods Need some healthy snacking ideas? My friend, you are in luck. By Sara Harvey | |  Crossword A Themed Puzzle: Casual Friday Bouquet count: five letters. By Stella Zawistowski |  Daily Cartoon Friday, July 8th By Matt Reuter | | | | | | P.S. On Monday, we’re launching The Family Issue, exclusively online. Throughout the upcoming week, we’ll explore topics including queer-kid literature, the hookup app changing how we talk about sexual desire, and why prenups aren’t just for rich people anymore. | | | | Today’s newsletter was written by Ian Crouch. | | | | | | | |
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