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5 GOINGSONABOUTTOWN 15 THETALKOFTHETOWN Amy Davidson Sorkin on Mueller’s testimony; judging authorship; Manhattan Plaza’s m.c.; ...

2 THE NEWYORKER, AUGUST 5 & 12, 2019 CONTRIBUTORS Connie Bruck (“Devil ’s Advocate,” p. 32) has been a staff writer since 19 ...

THE NEWYORKER, AUGUST 5 & 12, 2019 3 in Heller’s piece, the question that the mother of children with Canavan dis- ease asks ...

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6 THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 BOB ADELMAN, PEOPLE WALL, WORLD’S FAIR, NEW YORK, 1965; COURTESY THE MORGAN LIBRARY &a ...

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8 THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY ISABEL SELIGER Every summer, the Williamstown Theatre Festival appears ...

THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 9 NPR Music’s Turning the Tables initia- tive honors the voices of women and nonbinary mus ...

10 THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY JINHWA JANG In addition to writing music of originality and distinctio ...

THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 11 ILLUSTRATION BY DIANA EJAITA In 2008, the choreographer Bill T. Jones directed a Broadw ...

12 THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 AVCO EMBASSY/KOBAL/SHUTTERSTOCK 1 For more reviews, visit newyorker.com/goings-on-abou ...

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THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 15 COMMENT LOSTINTRANSLATION O ne function of the testimony that Robert Mueller, the speci ...

16 THENEWYORKER,AUGUST 5 &12, 2019 DEPT.OFDISSENT POETICJUSTICE L ast Tuesday, at the funeral for the Supreme Court Justi ...

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