CONTRIBUTORS
Zuzana Justman (“My Terezín Diary,”
p. 42) is a documentary filmmaker. She
recently finished writing a semi-auto-
biographical play, “Waiting for Father.”
Michael Schulman (“The Force Is with
Them,” p. 26) has contributed to The
New Yorker since 2006. He is the au-
thor of “Her Again: Becoming Meryl
Streep.”
Kimiko Hahn (Poem, p. 52) teaches at
Queens College, City University of
New York. Her latest poetry collection,
“Foreign Bodies,” is forthcoming.
Garth Greenwell (Fiction, p. 50) is the
author of “What Belongs to You.” His
new book, “Cleanness,” will be out in
January.
Cirocco Dunlap (Shouts & Murmurs,
p. 25) has written for the television
shows “Russian Doll,” “Big Mouth,”
and “Man Seeking Woman.”
Ivan Brunetti (Cover) is an illustrator,
a cartoonist, and a teacher. His most
recent book is “Comics: Easy as ABC.”
Nathan Heller (“What Remains,” p. 32),
a staff writer, has contributed to the
magazine since 2011. He is at work on
a book about the Bay Area.
Dexter Filkins (“Damned If You Don’t,”
p. 20) is a staff writer and the author
of “The Forever War,” which won a
National Book Critics Circle Award.
Jia Tolentino (Books, p. 56) is a staff
writer. Her first book, the essay collec-
tion “Trick Mirror,” was published in
August.
Jelani Cobb (Comment, p. 15) teaches in
the journalism program at Columbia
University.
Tracy K. Smith (Poem, p. 37), the chair
of Princeton University’s Lewis Center
for the Arts, served two terms as the
United States Poet Laureate. Her most
recent book is “Wade in the Water.”
Alex Ross (Musical Events, p. 66), the
magazine’s music critic since 1996, will
publish his third book, “Wagnerism,”
next year.
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Kristen Roupenian writes about
Elinor Carucci’s intimate self-portrait
of womanhood in middle age.
SECOND READ
Edith Wharton’s “The Custom of the
Country” anticipates the rise of the
fame economy, Jia Tolentino writes.
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