The New Yorker - USA (2020-02-03)

6 GOINGSONABOUTTOWN

15 THETALKOFTHETOWN

Jelani Cobb on impeachment obstruction;

the Jay Sekulow Band; Vital Voices;

theatrical jujitsu; Grrridiron Girls (and boys).

THE FUTURE OF DEMOCRACY

Jill Lepore 20 In Every Dark Hour

Political lessons of the nineteen-thirties.

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Samantha Irby 25 Hello, 911?

AMERICAN CHRONICLES

Casey Cep 26 Rescue Work

Preserving African-American historical sites.

A REPORTER AT LARGE

Ed Caesar 32 The Rock

A diamond big enough to change the gem business?

PROFILES

Michael Schulman 46 Mr. Happiness

James Corden’s upbeat mission.

SKETCHBOOK

Roz Chast 51 “Strangers in the Night”

FICTION

David Rabe 56 “Things We Worried About When I Was Ten”

THECRITICS

A CRITIC AT LARGE

Hilton Als 64 Toni Morrison’s vision.

BOOKS

Jia Tolentino 70 The decluttering dogma.

73 Briefly Noted

THE THEATRE

Vinson Cunningham 74 “A Soldier’s Play,” “Timon of Athens.”

ON TELEVISION

Doreen St. Félix 76 “The Goop Lab.”

THE CURRENT CINEMA

Anthony Lane 78 “The Gentlemen,” “Color Out of Space.”

POEMS

Dmitri Prigov 40 “Verdicts”

Camille Rankine 61 “Emergency Management”

COVER

Christoph Niemann “Whiteout”

DRAWINGS David Sipress, Julia Suits, Barbara Smaller, Zachary Kanin, Liana Finck,

Harry Bliss and Steve Martin, Emily Flake, Teresa Burns Parkhurst,

Mick Stevens, David Borchart, Edward Steed, Robert Leighton, Lars Kenseth,

Liza Donnelly, Adam Douglas Thompson S POTS Pablo Amargo

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

PHOTO: PAOLA KUDACKI / MET OPERA

HANDEL

FEB 6–MAR 7

Agrippina

METROPOLITAN OPERA PREMIERE

Joyce DiDonato stars in the virtuoso
title role of Handel’s scathing satire
about the vengeful Roman royal who’ll
stop at nothing to bring her son to
power. Don’t miss Sir David McVicar’s
brilliantly inventive new production,
conducted by Harry Bicket.

metopera.org 212.362.
Tickets start at $