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CONTRIBUTORS
Jonathan Blitzer (“Get Out,” p. 44) be-
came a staff writer in 2017. He covers
immigration for newyorker.com.
Jennifer Gonnerman (“Burden of Proof,”
p. 18) has been a staff writer since 2015.
She is the author of “Life on the Out-
side: The Prison Odyssey of Elaine
Bartlett.”
Nick Paumgarten (“The Altitude Sick-
ness,” p. 32) began writing for the mag-
azine in 2000.
Hannah Fry (Books, p. 61) is a professor
at University College London’s Centre
for Advanced Spatial Analysis. Her
latest book is “Hello World: Being
Human in the Age of Algorithms.”
Bruce Handy (Sketchpad, p. 17) is a
contributing editor at Vanity Fair and
the author of “Wild Things: The Joy
of Reading Children’s Literature as
an Adult.”
Carrie Battan (Pop Music, p. 70) started
writing for the magazine in 2015 and
became a staff writer in 2018.
David Sedaris (“Unbuttoned,” p. 26) has
contributed to The New Yorker since
- His latest book, “Calypso,” came
out in 2018.
Sarah Larson (The Talk of the Town,
p. 14) is a staff writer. Her column, Pod-
cast Dept., appears on newyorker.com.
Eli Coyote Mandel (Shouts & Murmurs,
p. 25) is a former writer for “Saturday
Night Live.”
Adam Levin (Fiction, p. 54) is the au-
thor of “The Instructions” and “Hot
Pink.” His new novel, “Bubblegum,”
will be published in April.
Diane Mehta (Poem, p. 58) is the au-
thor of the poetry collection “Forest
with Castanets.” She has contributed
to public art projects in Brooklyn and
Miami.
Jonathan Dee (Books, p. 66) has pub-
lished seven novels, including “The
Privileges,” “A Thousand Pardons,”
and, most recently, “The Locals.” He
teaches at Syracuse University.
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for shifting power back to the many.
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