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CONTRIBUTORS
Jane Mayer (“Enabler-in-Chief,” p. 54),
the magazine’s chief Washington
correspondent, is the author of “Dark
Money.”
Nick Paumgarten (“The Price of a Pan-
demic,” p. 20) has been writing for the
magazine since 2000.
Julia Story (Poem, p. 61) is the author
of “Post-Moxie.” Her new poetry col-
lection is “Spinster for Hire.”
Ben Lerner (Fiction, p. 68) was named
a MacArthur Fellow in 2015. His latest
book, “The Topeka School,” was pub-
lished last year.
Madeleine Schwartz (Books, p. 77), a
regular contributor to The New York
Review of Books, created the Ballot, a
Web site that reports on elections tak-
ing place outside the United States
in 2020.
Mark Peterson (Portfolio, p. 46) is a
photographer based in New York City.
He has published the books “Acts of
Charity” and “Political Theatre.”
Michael Specter (“The Good Doctor,”
p. 34) has been a staff writer at The
New Yorker since 1998. He is an ad-
junct professor of bioengineering at
Stanford University and the author
of “Denialism.”
Rebecca Mead (“Fractured Fairy Tale,”
p. 26), a staff writer since 1997, is the
author of, most recently, “My Life in
Middlemarch.”
Jonathan Blitzer (“Juan Sanabria,” p. 16)
became a staff writer in 2017. He covers
immigration for newyorker.com.
Amanda Petrusich (Pop Music, p. 70)
is a staff writer and the author of “Do
Not Sell at Any Price.”
John Freeman (Poem, p. 38) edits the lit-
erary annual Freeman’s and is the author
of, most recently, “Dictionary of the
Undoing.” His new poetry collection,
“The Park,” comes out next month.
Owen Smith (Cover), an illustrator, is
the chair of the illustration program at
California College of the Arts.
OURLOCAL CORRESPONDENTS
The coronavirus is transforming Hart
Island, New York City’s public burial
ground. Daniel A. Gross reports.
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solve our crosswords together, using
the new partner mode.
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