7 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
21 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Steve Coll on the impeachment inquiry’s risks;
harmony in Parliament; every likeness has its price;
microchip-sniffing dogs; Isabelle Huppert’s clues.AMERICAN CHRONICLES
Adam Hochschild 28 Obstruction of Injustice
A century ago, a battle to deport the nation’s radicals.SHOUTS & MURMURS
Sarah Lazarus 35 The Environmental Impact of Breaking Up with MePERSONAL HISTORY
Nick Paumgarten 36 The Symptoms
Beer-league hockey and its multiple concussions.
LETTER FROM THE AMAZON
Jon Lee Anderson 40 Blood Gold
The fight for the future of Brazil ’s rain forest.PROFILES
John Lahr 52 The Director’s Cut
The magnificent obsessions of Todd Haynes.FICTION
Joseph O’Neill 62 “The Flier”THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Robert Gottlieb 69 Booth Tarkington’s forgotten reputation.
73 Briefly Noted
Pankaj Mishra 76 The Economist as liberal lodestar.
Dan Chiasson 82 The poetry of Charles Wright.
THE THEATRE
Alexandra Schwartz 84 Richard Nelson’s “The Michaels.”
ON TELEVISION
Emily Nussbaum 86 “Evil,” “9-1-1.”THE CURRENT CINEMA
Anthony Lane 88 “Terminator: Dark Fate,” “Marriage Story.”POEMS
Rachel Eliza Griffiths 46 “Comedy”
Robin Coste Lewis 66 “Aubade”
COVER
Bruce McCall “Down the Hatch”DRAWINGS Maddie Dai, Kendra Allenby, Liana Finck, Kaamran Hafeez and Al Batt,
Roz Chast, Michael Maslin, Drew Panckeri, Amy Hwang, Edward Koren, George Booth, P.S. Mueller,
Liza Donnelly, Corey Pandolph and Craig Baldo, Karen Sneider S POTS Alexandra Zsigmond