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Introducing
Partner Mode
PUZZLES & GAMES DEPT.
2 THE NEWYORKER, MAY 18, 2020
CONTRIBUTORS
Ben Taub (“Five Oceans, Five Deeps,”
p. 30), a staff writer, is the recipient of
the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for feature
writing. His 2018 reporting on Iraq won
a National Magazine Award and a
George Polk Award.
Anita Kunz (Cover) has contributed
covers to The New Yorker since 1995.
Her book “Redux: An Alternative His-
tory of Art” is due out next spring.
James Somers (“Breathing Room,” p. 16)
is a writer and a programmer based in
New York.
Alexandra Schwartz (The Theatre, p. 70),
a theatre critic for the magazine, has
been a staff writer since 2016.
Jonathan Lethem (Fiction, p. 54) teaches
creative writing at Pomona College.
He will publish a new novel, “The Ar-
rest,” in November.
David Biespiel (Poem, p. 29) is the au-
thor of, most recently, the poetry col-
lection “Republic Café” and the forth-
coming memoir “A Place of Exodus.”
Jia Tolentino (“Can I Help You?,” p. 24)
is a staff writer. Her first book, the essay
collection “Trick Mirror,” came out
last year.
Alex Ross (“The Fearless Pianist,” p. 46),
the magazine’s music critic since 1996,
will publish his third book, “Wagnerism,”
in September.
Rae Armantrout (Poem, p. 50) received
the 2010 Pulitzer Prize for poetry for
her collection “Versed.” Her new book,
“Conjure,” will be out in October.
Thomas Meaney (Books, p. 58) is a fel-
low at the Max Planck Society, in
Göttingen, and at the Quincy Institute
for Responsible Statecraft.
Libby Gelman-Waxner (Shouts & Mur-
murs, p. 23) is the alter ego of Paul Rud-
nick, whose play “Guilty Pleasure” will
be produced at the La Jolla Playhouse.
Mark Rozzo (The Talk of the Town,
p. 14), a former member of the maga-
zine’s editorial staff, is a contributing
editor at Vanity Fair.
AREPORTERAT LARGE
Animated submarine schematics,
maps, and crew photos dive deeper
into Ben Taub’s story from this issue.
MEDICALDISPATCH
Eren Orbey on the medical students
who graduated from school early to
join the coronavirus fight.
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