| Personal History Nobody Has My Condition but MeMedical researchers find my genetic mutation endlessly fascinating. But being unique isn’t a plus when you’re a patient. By Beverly Gage | | | | This Week’s Cover | Cover Story Christoph Niemann’s “Highway and Byways”The artist discusses serendipity in the studio and on the slopes. By Françoise Mouly | | | | Shop New Yorker covers in the Condé Nast Store » | | | Reporting and Commentary | A Reporter at Large After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil? Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country. By Jon Lee Anderson | Letter from Tbilisi Rereading Russian Classics in the Shadow of the Ukraine War How to reckon with the ideology of “Anna Karenina,” “Eugene Onegin,” and other beloved books. By Elif Batuman | | Comment The Biden-Documents Mess House Republicans are ramping up conspiracy theories, but one thing seems clear: the government’s documents system has an overclassification addiction. By Amy Davidson Sorkin | Our Local Correspondents The Mayor and the Con Man Eric Adams’s friends and allies have puzzled over his relationship with Lamor Whitehead, a fraudster Brooklyn church leader. By Eric Lach | | | | The Critics | Books What Monks Can Teach Us About Paying Attention Lessons from a centuries-long war against distraction. By Casey Cep | The Current Cinema “When You Finish Saving the World” Is Very Jesse Eisenberg Twitching with the same unease that characterizes his performances, Eisenberg’s directorial début is taut with unhappiness but allows itself to be funny. By Anthony Lane | | The Theatre “The Appointment” Skewers the Hypocrisy of the Abortion Debate This raucously pro-choice musical, by the Philadelphia-based theatre collective Lightning Rod Special, sniffs out taboos and hunts them down at the pace of a sprint. By Vinson Cunningham | Books What’s the Matter with Men? They’re floundering at school and in the workplace. Some conservatives blame a crisis of masculinity, but the problems—and their solutions—are far more complex. By Idrees Kahloon | | | | Fiction from the Issue | Fiction “Different People”“When Gilly was young, she lied to her diary.” By Clare Sestanovich | | | | Humor from The New Yorker | 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 | Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. | | Crossword A Lightly Challenging Puzzle Mountain with a Koyukon name: six letters. By Erik Agard | 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 Spectre of Anti-Asian Violence in the Monterey Park Shooting Waiting for details to emerge, there was the familiar apprehension experienced by so many Asian Americans since attacks against them began to soar during the pandemic. By Michael Luo | Annals of Education Why Is Columbia Kicking Out a Beloved Preschool? The Red Balloon is part of the university’s progressive history, but it may not have a future. By Jessica Winter | | | | | | |
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