The Archive Issue: A Profile of Bob Dylan—The Age of Instagram Face—and More

Plus: Hilton Als on Missy Elliott, Kenneth Tynan on Louise Brooks, and Michael Schulman on the celebrity profile. View in browser | Update your preferences This week’s themed Archive Issue traces the ever-evolving concept of celebrity with writing from seven decades. Profiles What Bob Dylan Wanted at Twenty-Three From 1964: A portrait of the artist trying to move past “finger-pointing” songs, and finding a new voice in the process. By Nat Hentoff This Week’s Cover Cover Story “No Photos, Please!” The cover artist for this week’s issue, Anita Kunz, discusses the enduring allure of the “Mona Lisa,” the puzzle of celebrity, and which famous people she would invite to dinner. By Françoise Mouly Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » From the Archive Issue The Next Music Mogul Missy Elliott’s Hip-Hop Transformations From 1997: How the rap star and producer avoided the prevailing stereotypes of the music-video industry and created a style all her own. By Hilton Als Decade in Review The Age of Instagram Face From 2019: How social media, FaceTune, and plastic surgery created a single, cyborgian look. By Jia Tolentino Profiles Louise Brooks Tells All From 1979: With unself-pitying acuity, a screen icon whose career ended with enigmatic suddenness recalls the highs and lows of moviemaking in the silent era. By Kenneth Tynan Comment The Celebrity Profile, from Piaf to Kardashian Truman Capote hoped to elevate what he called “the very lowest form of journalism” into sublime nonfiction prose. His New Yorker colleagues have aspired to do the same. By Michael Schulman The New Yorker Festival returns October 7th-9th. Buy a Eustace Pass » Criticism and More Books Elizabeth II’s Fine-Tuned Feelings From 2002: In time for her Golden Jubilee, two biographies show how the Queen came to rule from the heart. By Martin Amis 2020 in Review Kim Kardashian and the Limits of Checking Your Privilege From 2020: As the coronavirus first swept the globe, it created a compulsion to confess one’s advantages, even in the midst of enjoying them. By Lauren Michele Jackson Postscript Remembering the Art of J. J. Sempé A salute to the French cartoonist and longtime cover contributor to the magazine, who died on August 11th. Fiction “Roy Spivey” From 2007: “It was startling to see such a famous face look so vulnerable and empty.” By Miranda July Humor from The New Yorker Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Not so gregarious: five letters. By Kameron Austin Collins Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson More from The New Yorker Daily Comment The Preventable Tragedy of Polio in New York Polio is one of the few diseases that can be eradicated—but faltering vaccination rates could undo years of hard-won global progress. By Dhruv Khullar Cultural Comment “The Rehearsal” Was Always a Show About Parenthood Nathan Fielder’s astonishing HBO series captures the anxieties and sorrows of parenting without ever disclosing how “real” its dramas were, or were not. By Jessica Winter 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 This Week's Issue 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.