How Allan Gurganus Became a Writer

Plus: Tunisia arrests its most prominent opposition leader; Lucinda Williams on finding her muse; and Richard Brody reviews “Beau Is Afraid.” View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, April 23, 2023 The New Yorker Interview How Allan Gurganus Became a Writer The author of “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All” and “White People” on growing up in a gossipy village and the ways America has changed. By Megan Mayhew Bergman In the fight against climate change, there are certain problems we can’t not solve. Our special issue, Bottlenecks, will explore the solutions we can’t live without, online all next week. From the News Desk Daily Comment Tunisia Arrests Its Most Prominent Opposition Leader Rached Ghannouchi has been a voice for democracy in his nation and across the Muslim world. By David D. Kirkpatrick The New Yorker Radio Hour Jane Mayer on Justice Clarence Thomas The staff writer discusses the latest ethical questions about the judge. Plus, the bipartisan effort to rein in Presidential military power; and the music writer Hanif Abdurraqib. With David Remnick Culture Dept. Essay The Poet Who Became My Muse In the late seventies, I fell in love with the poet Frank Stanford. His suicide would leave an indelible mark on my music. By Lucinda Williams The Front Row “Beau Is Afraid,” Reviewed: Mommy Is to Blame, but Can Someone Tell Us Why? Ari Aster’s latest has a mother complex and a sense of spectacle but no inner life. By Richard Brody Poems “All Souls” “She is dying, said the nurse. It was a Tuesday / in the new century.” By Saskia Hamilton Poems “Rowan Tree” “This time I got everything wrong again.” By Rowan Ricardo Phillips Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Will Nediger Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Milieu generally incorporating O’Neill, the dramatist: six letters. By Emily Cox and Henry Rathvon Daily Shouts Attention: The Staff Break Room Is Now Hosting a Writing Residency Our unique model doesn’t provide tranquility or solitude so much as it forces creative output through sheer existential terror. By Chas Gillespie Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. 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.