Astra Taylor’s Age of Insecurity

Plus: the Washington gerontocracy; Kelly Clarkson’s divorce record; and was Shohei Ohtani just a dream? View in browser | Update your preferences Sunday, September 24, 2023 The New Yorker Interview Astra Taylor’s Age of Insecurity The activist and writer sees capitalism as an insecurity-producing machine. By Molly Fischer News Desk Comment The Washington Gerontocracy The prospect of a Presidential election as a contest of the ancients is not a heartening one, and the anxieties it provokes cannot be dismissed as ageism. By David Remnick The New Yorker Radio Hour Kelly Clarkson on “Chemistry,” Her Divorce Record The singer tells the staff writer Hanif Abdurraqib about chronicling the end of a marriage in real time. Plus, the novelist Hernan Diaz, and Robert Samuels on figure skating. With David Remnick Editor’s Picks Onward and Upward with the Arts The Bloomsbury Group Is Back in Vogue The bohemian English circle that included Virginia Woolf, Duncan Grant, and Vanessa Bell revolted against Victorian formality—and their casually ornamental style is inspiring designers today. By Rebecca Mead The Sporting Scene Was Shohei Ohtani Just a Dream? This past season, he was baseball’s best hitter and, impossibly, its best pitcher, too. And then he got hurt. By Louisa Thomas Culture Dept. The Food Scene Instant Ramen Gets a Glow-Up The Automat-like Instant Noodle Factory builds great meals on a convenience-food foundation. By Helen Rosner Poems “So Attached You Are to Living in the World” “Cut off access to the feeding stream and the water will come instead from below.” By Melissa Ginsburg Poems “Mr. Sandman” “We picked at grains of salt between our toes.” By W. S. Di Piero Fun & Games Dept. Cryptic Crossword The Cryptic Puzzle Returning unfinished noir by accomplished author Joan: six letters. By Paolo Pasco Daily Shouts Updates to Our Stadium’s Bag Policy Small novelty purses are permitted, if intended as camp. If we get the sense that you’re wearing one earnestly, you will be turned away. By Hayley Tillett Cartoons from the Issue Cartoons from the Issue Funny drawings from this week’s magazine. Name Drop: Which Studio 54 regular posed in an arabesque on the cover of her 1985 album “Island Life”? Play our À la Mode quiz pack » Thanks for reading. Let us know your thoughts about today’s edition. Plus, browse more newsletters and invite a friend to sign up. You’re receiving this e-mail because you signed up for the daily newsletter 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.