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writes about politics and foreign affairs
for the magazine. His latest book, “Joe
Biden: The Life, the Run, and What
Matters Now,” came out in October.
Yiyun Li (“Make My House Your Inn,”
p. 26), a winner of the 2020 Wind-
ham-Campbell Prize, is the author of,
most recently, the novel “Must I Go.”
Colin Channer (Poem, p. 42) teaches at
Brown University in the Department
of Literary Arts. His books include
the poetry collection “Providential”
and the novella “The Girl with the
Golden Shoes.”
Rebecca Curtis (Fiction, p. 50) has writ-
ten the story collection “Twenty Grand:
And Other Tales of Love and Money.”
Pascal Campion (Cover), an illustrator,
is a production designer for animation
studios in Southern California.
Naomi Fry (On Television, p. 74), who
became a staff writer in 2018, covers
culture for The New Yorker.
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staff writer since 1997, lives in London.
Adam Gopnik (“Coming Home,” p. 18)
became a staff writer in 1986. His books
include “A Thousand Small Sanities:
The Moral Adventure of Liberalism.”
Alice Gregory (Books, p. 68) is at work
on a book about the artist Robert In-
diana.
Barry Blitt (Sketchbook, p. 45), a cartoon-
ist and an illustrator, is the winner of
the 2020 Pulitzer Prize for editorial
cartooning. He most recently published
“Blitt.”
Kim Addonizio (Poem, p. 34) is the au-
thor of many books, including the mem-
oir “Bukowski in a Sundress.” Her new
poetry collection, “Now We’re Getting
Somewhere,” will be out in March.
Trey Ellis (Shouts & Murmurs, p. 25) is
a novelist, a filmmaker, and a playwright.
His latest film, “True Justice,” won the
2020 Emmy for Outstanding Social
Issue Documentary.
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