Both the Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers seem to believe that they have a quasi-mystical force on their side. They aren’t necessarily wrong.
By Louisa Thomas
Editor’s Picks
The New Yorker Interview
Jon Ronson’s Guide to the Culture Wars
In his BBC show “Things Fell Apart,” the British-born journalist continues to examine our most heated public arguments with empathy.
By Andrew Marantz
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Is 2024 the Meme Election?
Our media columnist wonders whether the election will be decided by social-media memes. Plus, the comedian Jacqueline Novak talks about “Get on Your Knees,” her new special on Netflix.
With David Remnick
Culture Dept.
The Theatre
The Topsy-Turvy Logic of Drinking, in “Days of Wine and Roses”
Brian d’Arcy James and Kelli O’Hara play a pair of fizzy drunks in the musical adaptation of the 1962 movie. Also, “The Animal Kingdom” takes on group therapy.
By Vinson Cunningham
Airflow Dept.
Another “Barbie” Oscars Snub: Best Whistler!
Molly Lewis, a professional whistler who provided part of the movie’s soundtrack, and who has a new LP, “On the Lips,” shows a music class how it’s done.
By Michael Schulman
Poems
“You Belong to the World”
“It’s strange even now to understand that / you are a mother and a wife, that these gifts / were given to you and that you received them.”
By Carrie Fountain
Poems
“Definition”
“All afternoon I stroll the plotless thirteen hundred / pages of a Sanskrit dictionary / with its verbs for holy obsessions.”
By Michael Ondaatje
Fun & Games Dept.
Cryptic Crossword
The Cryptic Puzzle
Killed snail, unfortunately: five letters.
By Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto
Cartoons from the Issue
Cartoons from the Issue
Funny drawings from this week’s magazine.
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