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Sunday, March 3, 2024
Books
Lord Byron Was More Than Just Byronic
Two centuries after his death, the works of the great Romantic poet reveal a sensibility whose restless meld of humor and melancholy feels thoroughly contemporary.
By Anthony Lane
From the News Desk
Comment
Yet More Donald Trump Cases Head to the Supreme Court
The Court takes up two cases that could do a great deal of damage to one or more of the four criminal cases that the former President faces.
By Amy Davidson Sorkin
The New Yorker Radio Hour
What Biden Is Thinking About the 2024 Election
The staff writer Evan Osnos had a rare, frank talk with the President about his battle for a second term. Plus, Kara Swisher falls out of love with tech in “Burn Book.”
With David Remnick
Editor’s Pick
The New Yorker Interview
Helen Oyeyemi Thinks We Should Read More and Stay in Touch Less
The author talks about travel, letters you shouldn’t open, and how she chose Prague as the setting for her latest novel.
By Jennifer Wilson
Culture Dept.
Culture Desk
Leaving Bellevue Behind
I remember being told that I was not allowed to leave the hospital until I admitted that what I did was “wrong.”
By Navied Mahdavian
Sketchpad
Things I Heard at the Armory’s Print Fair
“My father would have loved for you to be me.”
By Jenny Kroik
Poems
“Light Ghazal”
“I want you moved by what moves me: God, glass, light.”
By Hala Alyan
Poems
“Eat”
“Grasshoppers devour the sunflowers / Petal by petal to raggedy yellow flags.”
By Joy Harjo
Fun & Games Dept.
Shouts & Murmurs
E-mails from the Dems
Dear Ian—you have been helpful in deleting our e-mails in the past. Won’t you please delete this one?
By Ian Frazier
Cryptic Crossword
The Cryptic Puzzle
Teaches Egyptian boy king essentials of Norse: six letters.
By Lily Geller
Name Drop: Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues? Play our trivia game »
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