The New Yorker - USA (2020-08-17)

4 GOINGSONABOUTTOWN

11 THETALKOFTHETOWN

Amy Davidson Sorkin on reopening schools;

a Fred Trump memorial; making COVID mice;

renting from de Blasio; Bloomsbury bolt-hole.

LETTER FROM WISCONSIN

Dan Kaufman 16 The Last Stand

Suffering farmers may decide Trump’s fate.

ANNALS OF ART

Zadie Smith 23 Who Is to Be Master?

Toyin Ojih Odutola’s African sublime.

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Anthony Lane 26 With a Kiss I Die

A REPORTER AT LARGE

Peter Hessler 28 How China Controlled the Virus

Teachable moments amid the pandemic.

PERSONAL HISTORY

Jon Lee Anderson 40 Wanderlust

Looking for trouble and musk oxen in Alaska.

FICTION

Madhuri Vijay 50 “You Are My Dear Friend”

THECRITICS
BOOKS
Sunil Khilnani 59 Isabel Wilkerson’s “Caste.”
63 Briefly Noted
Alexandra Schwartz 65 Raven Leilani’s “Luster.”

MUSICAL EVENTS

Alex Ross 68 Francis Poulenc’s sensual solemnity.

THE CURRENT CINEMA

Anthony Lane 70 “Boys State,” “Red Penguins.”

POEMS

Terrance Hayes 32 “Pseudacris Crucifer”

Traci Brimhall 55 “Aubade as Fuel”

COVER

Wayne Thiebaud “Double Scoop”

AUGUST 17, 2020

DRAWINGS Emma Hunsinger, Roz Chast, Kendra Allenby,

Liana Finck, Navied Mahdavian, Zachary Kanin, Seth Fleishman,

Lars Kenseth, Harry Bliss, Millie von Platen, Carolita Johnson,

Edward Koren, Tom Chitty, Kaamran Hafeez, Lonnie Millsap

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