Remembering My Hijacking

Plus: an interview with Joan Baez; the real scandal surrounding Clarence Thomas’s gifts; and a summer classical-music preview. View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, May 14, 2023 Personal History Remembering My Hijacking As children, my sister and I were held hostage for six days in the desert. Why couldn’t I recall what happened? By Martha Hodes From the News Desk Comment The Real Scandal Surrounding Clarence Thomas’s Gifts Supreme Court Justices, alone in our system, are not truly regulated by anyone other than themselves. By Jeannie Suk Gersen The Political Scene Podcast The Permanent-Scandal Phase of American Politics Our political roundtable looks at a week of legal setbacks and ethics debates involving George Santos, Donald Trump, and Clarence Thomas. With Susan B. Glasser, Jane Mayer, and Evan Osnos Editor’s Pick The New Yorker Interview Joan Baez Is Still Doing Beautiful, Cool Stuff At eighty-two, the folk singer has a new book of drawings and sleeps on a mattress in a tree. By Amanda Petrusich Culture Dept. Second Read A Jewish Immigrant Novelist’s Radical Vision for Working Women The fiction of Anzia Yezierska captures the perennial tension between personal ambition and the obligations of care. By Maia Silber Classical Music Summer Classical-Music Preview Louis Langrée’s valedictory season with the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra, thirty feet off the ground at the Shed’s Sonic Sphere, and more. By Oussama Zahr Poems “Attention” “Martino, it is evening and raining in London, and I am making tea and we / don’t say that we both know it’s the last time we will meet.” By Nick Laird Poems “Mid-Century Modern” “An off rhyme / goes a long way / if you aren’t going / anywhere.” By Rae Armantrout Fun & Games Dept. Name Drop Play the Quiz Can you guess the notable person in six clues or fewer? By Matt Jackson Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Yes! A mix to make a piece of cake: four letters. By Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto Daily Shouts Turns Out Everything in Your Home Is Toxic “All natural,” my ass! By Clara Kirkpatrick 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.