| A Reporter at Large Johnson & Johnson and a New War on Consumer ProtectionThe company has spent billions on cases about one of its most popular products. As its executives try a brazen new legal strategy to stop the litigation, corporate America takes note. By Casey Cep | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story “Figurehead”The cover artist for this week’s issue, Malika Favre, captures Queen Elizabeth II, whose seven-decade reign has come to an end. By Françoise Mouly | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | Reporting and Commentary | Personal History My Literary Education with Elizabeth Hardwick She didn’t consider herself a teacher. But, through warm, sometimes ruthless attention, she made people writers. By Darryl Pinckney | Dept. of Reading The Enduring Allure of Choose Your Own Adventure Books How a best-selling series gave young readers a new sense of agency. By Leslie Jamison | | Annals of Gastronomy How Owamni Became the Best New Restaurant in the United States Every dish is made without wheat flour, dairy, cane sugar, black pepper, or any other ingredient introduced to the continent after Europeans arrived. By Carolyn Kormann | Comment The Secret to the Queen’s Success You don’t get through seventy years of best behavior, on the throne, without a sense of humor; indeed, it may be the one thing that keeps you going. By Anthony Lane | | | | Fall Books | Lucy Barton’s Experiments in Empathy How Elizabeth Strout’s beloved protagonist spends the pandemic. By Laura Miller | The Mysterious Case of Inspector Maigret Georges Simenon was a high-living libertine; his greatest creation was a man of moral restraint. Yet the writer’s excesses are a clue to his detective’s successes. By Adam Gopnik | | How “Less Is Lost” Finds Its Footing In the sequel to Andrew Sean Greer’s Pulitzer-winning novel, a fiction writer leaves the Bay Area for a trip across America, and learns how little he knows. By Alexandra Schwartz | Namwali Serpell’s New Novel Reinvents the Elegy In “The Furrows,” a brother vanishes beneath the waves, and resurfaces in a hundred guises. By Lauren Michele Jackson | | | | Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends NewsletterDiscover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. | | | | Humor from The New Yorker | Shouts & Murmurs N.Y.C. Has Changed in the Two Hours Since I Arrived The sun went behind a cloud, and the friends who helped carry boxes took off. Maybe it’s time to pack it in with this town? By Lana Schwartz | Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | | Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Beauty admirer: eight letters. By Kameron Austin Collins | Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Liz Maynes-Aminzade | | | | More from The New Yorker | Persons of Interest Getting Brittney Griner Home The attention commanded by the W.N.B.A. star, detained by Russia on a minor drug charge, could improve things for other Americans wrongfully detained around the world. By Louisa Thomas | The New Yorker Interview Karen O Has Found a More Joyful Kind of Wildness The Yeah Yeah Yeahs front woman on recording the band’s new album, becoming a mother, and meeting other rock stars who look like her. By Jia Tolentino | | | | | | |
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