| |  Life and Letters Annie Ernaux Turns Memory Into ArtMany authors write about their lives. Over nearly fifty years, the Nobel laureate has discovered new ways to do it. By Alexandra Schwartz | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story Barry Blitt’s “Low Tide”The artist talks about the pleasures and politics of drawing elephants. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | Reporting and Commentary |  Onward and Upward with the Arts The Beautiful, Brutal World of Bonsai An American undergoes a gruelling apprenticeship to a Japanese master. By Robert Moor |  Letter from Taiwan A Dangerous Game Over Taiwan For decades, China has coveted its island neighbor. Is Xi Jinping ready to seize it? By Dexter Filkins | |  Profiles Sarah Polley’s Journey from Child Star to Feminist Auteur Just as the subjects of her new movie, “Women Talking,” challenge the rules of their fundamentalist community, Polley is questioning the way film sets are run. By Rebecca Mead |  Comment The Republicans’ Post-Midterm Reckoning with Donald Trump Will the era of Stop the Steal—and the G.O.P.’s overt challenges to democracy—finally start to recede? By Benjamin Wallace-Wells | | | | | The Critics |  The Theatre “My Broken Language” Reinvents the Memoir Quiara Alegría Hudes adapts her autobiography for the stage, showing how the arts we attend to, and the people we know, make us who we are. By Vinson Cunningham |  Books J. Edgar Hoover, Public Enemy No. 1 The F.B.I. director promised to save American democracy from those who would subvert it—while his secret programs subverted it from within. By Margaret Talbot | |  On Television Even Diana’s Revenge Dress Can’t Save Season 5 of “The Crown” Few premières have been as fervently anticipated as that of the Netflix series’ latest season, the first following the Queen’s death. But the ten episodes are a startling letdown. By Inkoo Kang |  The Current Cinema Steven Spielberg’s “The Fabelmans” and the Madness of Love In the director’s portrait of a budding filmmaker’s childhood, movies are revealed to be a dual-purpose art: a technical adventure that throws an emotional punch. By Anthony Lane | | | | | Fiction from the Issue | Fiction “Hinges”“When the moment arrived, they didn’t really know what to tell the minister. They didn’t know what to say about their father.” By Graham Swift | | | | | Humor from The New Yorker |  Shouts & Murmurs Lyrics from Taylor Swift’s Future Midnights Songs for sleepless nights from the doomed romance of motherhood. By Cora Frazier |  Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | |  Crossword A Beginner-Friendly Puzzle Cranberry and crimson: four letters. By Robyn Weintraub |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson | | | | | Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends NewsletterDiscover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. | | | | | More from The New Yorker |  The Political Scene Counting Through Conspiracy Theories in Arizona’s Midterms On Tuesday, equipment malfunctioned at scores of polling places in Maricopa County, already a hotbed of election denialism. Would local officials be able to reassure the public? By Rachel Monroe |  The New Yorker Interview Jon Fosse’s Search for Peace The Norwegian author has spent decades producing a strange, revered body of work. But he still doesn’t know where the writing comes from. By Merve Emre | | | | | | | | |
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