CONTRIBUTORS
Andrew Marantz (“Trouble in Paradise,”
p. 60) is a staff writer. In the fall, he will
publish “Antisocial: Online Extremists,
Techno-Utopians, and the Hijacking
of the American Conversation.”
Nicola Twilley (“Trailblazers,” p. 44), a
co-host of the “Gastropod” podcast, is
at work on two books, one about refrig-
eration and one about quarantine.
J. Robert Lennon (Fiction, p. 68) is the
author of, most recently, the novel “Bro-
ken River.”
Amy Davidson Sorkin (Comment, p. 31),
a staff writer, is a frequent contributor
to Comment. She writes a column for
newyorker.com.
D. A. Powell (Poem, p. 55) received the
2019 John Updike Award from the
American Academy of Arts and Let-
ters. He teaches at the University of San
Francisco.
Emma Allen (The Talk of the Town,
p. 35) is the magazine’s cartoon editor and
edits humor pieces on newyorker.com.
Susan B. Glasser (“The Secretary of Trump,”
p. 50), a staff writer, was previously the
editor-in-chief of Foreign Policy. She will
publish a biography of former Secretary
of State James Baker, written with her
husband, Peter Baker, in 2020.Ian Frazier (“Old Hatreds,” p. 36) most
recently published “Hogs Wild: Se-
lected Reporting Pieces.” In February,
he was elected to the American Acad-
emy of Arts and Letters.Edward Steed (Cover) has contributed
cartoons to The New Yorker since 2013.Deborah Garrison (Poem, p. 72) is the
author of the poetry collections “A
Working Girl Can’t Win” and “The
Second Child.”Caleb Crain (A Critic at Large, p. 76)
has published “American Sympathy”
and “Necessary Errors.” His novel
“Overthrow” comes out this month.Mark Yarm (The Talk of the Town, p. 33)
is the author of “Everybody Loves Our
Town: An Oral History of Grunge.”LETTER FROM BERINGIA
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