6 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
13 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jelani Cobb on the harm of Republican recount fever;
an anti-Cuomo musical; Wolfgang Van Halen;
the l egacy of Wilmington’s 1898 coup; Jeff Daniels sings.
ANNALS OF SCIENCE
Riv ka Galch en 22 Green Dream
Is f usion e ner gy finally set to become a reality?
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Kate S idley 29 The Stress-Free Family Meal Plan
AMERICAN CHRONICLES
Mich ael Schulman 30 Hollywood on Trial
Fatty Arbuckle and the birth of the celebrity scandal.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Ed C aesar 36 The Dead Ship
How a d ecaying tanker could kill thousands in Yemen.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Gary S hteyngart 46 My Gentile Region
A botched c irc umcision’s painful a ftermath.
FICTION
Kare n Russel l 56 “The Ghost Birds”
THE CRITICS
THE ART WORLD
Pe ter S ch jel dahl 65 Jasper J oh ns’s i nexhaustibility, in a huge retrospective.
BOOKS
Clare B ucknel l 67 A n ew b iography of Oscar Wilde.
71 Briefly Noted
THE THEATRE
Vi nson C unningham 72 Martyna Majok’s “Sanctu ary C ity.”
ON TELEVISION
Dore en S t. Félix 74 “I mpe achment: American Crime Story.”
POEMS
Joy Harjo 35 “Without”
Paul Muldoo n 52 “Damsons”
COVER
Luci Gutiérrez “Magic Formula”
DRAWINGS Natalie Dupille, Michael Maslin, Justin Sheen, Mary Lawton,
Kendra Allenby, David Borchart, Joe Dator, Frank C otham, Paul Noth, Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby,
P. C. Vey, Roz Chast, Maddie Dai, Will Santino S POTS Ege Soyuer
OCTOBER 11, 2021
Banca do Antfer
