CONTRIBUTORS
Ed Caesar (“The Rock,” p. 32), a con-
tributing writer, is the author of “Two
Hours.” He will publish “The Moth
and the Mountain” later this year.
Casey Cep (“Rescue Work,” p. 26) is a
staff writer. Her first book, “Furious
Hours: Murder, Fraud, and the Last
Trial of Harper Lee,” came out in 2019.
Michael Schulman (The Talk of the
Town, p. 18; “Mr. Happiness,” p. 46), a
staff writer, is the author of “Her Again:
Becoming Meryl Streep.”
Samantha Irby (Shouts & Murmurs, p. 25)
is a writer and a comedian. She will
publish “Wow, No Thank You” in March.
Dmitri Prigov (Poem, p. 40), who died
in 2007, was a founding figure of the
Moscow Conceptualist movement. “So-
viet Texts,” a selection of his writings,
translated by Simon Schuchat with
Ainsley Morse, comes out in February.
Doreen St. Félix (On Television, p. 76),
a staff writer since 2017, recently be-
came the magazine’s television critic.
Jill Lepore (“In Every Dark Hour,”
p. 20) is a professor of history at Har-
vard. Her books include “This America”
and “These Truths.”
David Rabe (Fiction, p. 56) is the author
of numerous plays, screenplays, and
works of fiction. His most recent novel
is “Girl by the Road at Night.”
Roz Chast (Sketchbook, p. 51), a New
Yorker cartoonist since 1978, recently
published, with Patricia Marx, “You
Can Only Yell at Me for One Thing
at a Time: Rules for Couples.”
Christoph Niemann (Cover) has pub-
lished several books, including “Sunday
Sketching,” “Souvenir,” and “Hopes and
Dreams.” This is his thirtieth cover for
the magazine.
Camille Rankine (Poem, p. 61) is the
author of the poetry collection “Incor-
rect Merciful Impulses.”
Tim Struby (The Talk of the Town,
p. 19), a journalist based in New York
City, is at work on his first novel.
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