| |  A Reporter at Large At Qatar’s World Cup, Where Politics and Pleasure CollideThe first ten days were soccer as it is, rather than as you want it to be. By Sam Knight | | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story “Evergreens”The cover artist for this week’s issue, Matthieu Forichon, discusses holiday traditions and how his color palette changes with the seasons. By Françoise Mouly | | | | | | Shop this cover and others from The New Yorker in the Condé Nast Store » | | | | Reporting and Commentary |  Personal History Finding My Way—and Staying Alive—During the AIDS Crisis A diary of nineteen-eighties Manhattan. By Thomas Mallon |  Annals of Music So You Want to Be a TikTok Star The social-media platform is transforming the music industry. Is that a good thing? By John Seabrook | |  Letter from Michigan An Anti-Abortion Activist’s Quest to End the Rape Exception For Rebecca Kiessling, helping mothers who’ve conceived children through sexual assault is part of a strategy for curtailing reproductive rights. By Eren Orbey |  Comment After the January 6th Committee It will cease to exist, as a result of the Republicans’ regaining control of the House. Can the committee’s work move forward without the committee itself? By Amy Davidson Sorkin | | | | | The Critics |  Books In Praise of Parasites? We think of them with revulsion, but a new book wants us to appreciate their redeeming qualities. By Jerome Groopman |  Musical Events Counting Down “The Hours” at the Met Kevin Puts’s new opera, inspired by Michael Cunningham’s novel, is finely crafted but lacks an original voice. By Alex Ross | |  The Current Cinema Brendan Fraser’s Soft Quizzicality in “The Whale” Darren Aronofsky’s film is earnestly determined to present obesity as tragedy, but its star manages to project a sweetness of nature through the layers of prosthetic fat. By Anthony Lane |  The Theatre “KPOP” Makes an Uneasy Transition to Broadway Even when the scenes drag, the songs soar. By Helen Shaw | | | | | Fiction from the Issue | Fiction “A Sackful of Seeds”“She would not sacrifice her body merely to follow dead men into the afterworld. She would refuse to die young and would live, instead, to be impossibly, defiantly old.” By Salman Rushdie | | | | | Humor from The New Yorker |  Shouts & Murmurs The Procrastination Diary of Merrick Garland Should I work on my Trump indictment today? Or should I look at espresso machines online? Or make a new batch of yogurt? By Anand Giridharadas |  Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | |  Crossword A Challenging Puzzle Machine whose outputs are identical to its inputs: six letters. By Elizabeth C. Gorski |  Name Drop Play Today’s Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger | | | | |  | | | More from The New Yorker |  2022 in Review The Best Movies of 2022 There was something new and extraordinary in the air this year, and it had to do with the intersection of history and memory. By Richard Brody |  Daily Comment How Argentina Came to Love Lionel Messi at the World Cup He’s never won the cup for his country—and this may be his last chance. By Graciela Mochkofsky | | | | | | | | |
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