An Exhausting Year in the Office

Plus: Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate”; mystery and wonder in the film “The Color Purple”; and what to cook between Christmas and the New Year. View in browser | Update your preferences Wednesday, December 27, 2023 In today’s newsletter, worn-out workers, and then: • Branden Jacobs-Jenkins’s “Appropriate” • Mystery and wonder in the film “The Color Purple” • What to cook between Christmas and the New Year 2023 in Review An Exhausting Year in (and Out of) the Office After successive waves of post-pandemic change, worn-out knowledge workers need a fresh start. By Cal Newport Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » Editor’s Picks The Theatre Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, on Broadway at Last Starring a Peak TV supercast, the playwright’s “Appropriate” investigates a dysfunctional Southern family’s buried secrets. By Helen Shaw The Front Row A Sense of Mystery and Wonder in a New “Color Purple” Blitz Bazawule’s second feature catches the novel and musical’s extremes of sorrow and joy, love and memory. By Richard Brody Raised Eyebrows Dept. When a Comedy Historian Googles “Disgusting Comedian” Kliph Nesteroff, the author of “Outrageous,” and Marc Maron trade arcana on who offended whom—Carol Burnett? Albert Brooks?—and how. By Sarah Larson Winter Items in The New Yorker Store! Stay warm all season with hats, hoodies, sweatshirts, and more. Browse and buy » Fun & Games Dept. Crossword A Lightly Challenging Puzzle Former station for cosmonauts: three letters. By Patrick Berry Daily Cartoon Wednesday, December 27th By Ali Solomon Trivia Break: Which actor received his first Oscar nomination at age nineteen, two years after appearing in the direct-to-video horror movie “Critters 3”? Play our Names of 2023 quiz pack » P.S. If the week between Christmas and New Year’s leaves you with more time than you’re used to, take up Helen Rosner’s tradition and spend the next few days cooking. “This week is perfect for finally making all the cookies and slow braises and odd little dishes that I’d intended to put together in the first part of the month and, thanks to December’s manic demands, just never did,” she writes. 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.