CONTRIBUTORS
Peter Hessler (“How China Controlled
the Virus,” p. 28) is a staff writer. His
latest book is “The Buried.”
Zadie Smith (“Who Is to Be Master,”
p. 23) is the author of, most recently,
“Intimations.” This piece also appears
in “Toyin Ojih Odutola: A Counter-
vailing Theory,” which is published in
conjunction with the artist’s exhibition
at the Barbican, in London.
Dan Kaufman (“The Last Stand,” p. 16)
published “The Fall of Wisconsin”
in 2018.
Madhuri Vijay (Fiction, p. 50), the re-
cipient of a Pushcart Prize, is the author
of “The Far Field.”
Wayne Thiebaud (Cover) is a professor
emeritus of art at the University of
California, Davis.
Traci Brimhall (Poem, p. 55), the direc-
tor of creative writing at Kansas State
University, published a new poetry
collection, “Come the Slumberless to
the Land of Nod,” this year.
Jon Lee Anderson (“Wanderlust,” p. 40),
a staff writer, began contributing to
The New Yorker in 1998. He has writ-
ten several books, including “Che
Guevara.”
Alexandra Schwartz (Books, p. 65) joined
the magazine in 2013, and has been a
staff writer since 2016.
Terrance Hayes (Poem, p. 32), a former
MacArthur Fellow, is the author of
“American Sonnets for My Past and
Future Assassin” and “To Float in the
Space Between.”
Anna Russell (The Talk of the Town,
p. 14), previously a member of the
magazine’s editorial staff, became a
contributing writer last year.
Sunil Khilnani (Books, p. 59) is the au-
thor of “Incarnations” and “The Idea
of India.”
Alex Ross (Musical Events, p. 68) has
been the magazine’s music critic since
- His third book, “Wagnerism,” will
come out in September.
DISPATCH
Ana Karina Zatarain joins mothers
of Mexico’s disappeared in the search
for their children.
MEDICAL DISPATCH
Howard Markel, who helped
develop the concept of “flattening
the curve,” on what comes next.
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