The Police Folklore That Helped Kill Tyre Nichols

Plus: Israel’s anti-democratic practices against Palestinians; Pope Francis’s views on homosexuality; and how being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient. View in browser | Update your preferences Saturday, January 28, 2023 Daily Comment The Police Folklore That Helped Kill Tyre Nichols A 1992 study claims that officers who show weakness are more likely to be killed. Law-enforcement culture has never recovered. By David D. Kirkpatrick From the News Desk Daily Comment Israel’s Anti-Democratic Practices Against Palestinians Are Infecting Its Political System Rising violence is drawing new attention to the alliance that Benjamin Netanyahu struck with the far right to return to power. By Raja Shehadeh Daily Comment Pope Francis Speaks Out on Homosexuality—and Further Angers Traditionalists Since the death of Benedict XVI, it’s been open season at the Vatican. By Paul Elie Daily Comment The Strikes and Protests in France Look to the Future and the Past Emmanuel Macron challenges the welfare state, and Charles de Gaulle makes a surprise return. By Adam Gopnik Replay How Aryna Sabalenka Reworked Her Powerful Game and Won the Australian Women’s Open Once known for her meltdowns, she had to learn to fix her problems on the court. By Louisa Thomas Editor’s Pick Personal History Nobody Has My Condition But Me Medical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient. By Beverly Gage Books We Recommend This Week Reviews of notable new fiction and nonfiction. This Afterlife, by A. E. Stallings (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). In this volume of selected and uncollected poems, Stallings’s formal ingenuity lends a music to her philosophically and narratively compelling verse. She draws inspiration from daily domestic life and from the mythology and history of Greece, where she resides, crafting clever yet profound meditations on love, motherhood, language, and time. Buy now on Amazon or Bookshop. Forbidden Notebook, by Alba de Céspedes, translated from the Italian by Ann Goldstein (Astra House). Published in Italy in 1952, this intimate, quietly subversive novel is told through the increasingly frantic secret diary entries of a woman named Valeria. Against a backdrop of postwar trauma and deprivation, Valeria struggles with her household’s finances, a romance with her boss, her husband’s professional dissatisfactions, and her grownup children’s love affairs. Buy now on Amazon or Bookshop. Hatching, by Jenni Quilter (Riverhead). Quilter’s memoir of conceiving a child through I.V.F. provides a history of the treatment and a sharp interrogation of her experiences. Recalling that she came to I.V.F. “driven by grief and fear and desire to take a course of action that is hard enough to endure, let alone question at the same time,” she asks how much of the yearning for a child is personal and how much is historically and culturally conditioned. Buy now on Amazon or Bookshop. The Lion House, by Christopher de Bellaigue (Farrar, Straus & Giroux). Centering on the reign of Suleyman the Magnificent, which sparked the Ottoman Empire’s vast expansion in the sixteenth century, this tightly woven history depicts a Machiavellian world in which Ottoman and European leaders bargained ruthlessly over land, ships, and people. Buy now on Amazon or Bookshop. The best books of 2023 so far What are you reading this week? Reply to let us know. Culture Dept. Fiction “Different People” “When Gilly was young, she lied to her diary.” By Clare Sestanovich This Week in Fiction Clare Sestanovich on Keeping a Diary The author discusses “Different People,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson The Theatre The One-Person Show, Served Three Ways In “Small Talk,” “Without You,” and “cryptochrome,” Colin Quinn, Anthony Rapp, and Evan Silver take the mike. By Helen Shaw Tables for Two Traditional British Meats and Beyond, at Lord’s The proprietors of Dame offer exciting vegetables and seafood that balance out the heaviness of bloody steaks, Scotch eggs, and savory pies. By Hannah Goldfield Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Daily Shouts Corporate Alternatives to the Compliment Sandwich The Honey Bomb, the Spiralling Donut, Performance Pies, and other scrumptious snacks for your subordinates. By Lynn Hsu Shouts & Murmurs Thank You for Your Reservation Your party must be complete, emotionally, to be seated. No substitutions, no takeout containers, and food allergies be damned. By Anand Giridharadas 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 The Daily from The New Yorker. Manage your preferences | View our Privacy Policy | Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2023. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.