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Ed Caesar (“The Dead Ship,” p. 36) is a
contributing writer to The New Yorker.
His latest book,“The Moth and the
Mountain,” came out last year.
Karen Russell (Fiction, p. 56) has writ-
ten five books, including the short-story
collection “Orange World” and the novel
“Swamplandia!”
Michael Schulman (“Hollywood on
Trial,” p. 30), a staff writer since 2019, is
the author of “Her Again: Becoming
Meryl Streep.”
Joy Harjo (Poem, p. 35), the United
States Poet Laureate, published the
memoir “Poet Warrior” in September.
Peter Schjeldahl (The Art World, p. 65)
became the magazine’s art critic in
- His most recent book is “Hot,
Cold, Heavy, Light: 100 Art Writings,
1988-2018.”
Luci Gutiérrez (Cover), an illustrator
based in Barcelona, is the author of
“English Is Not Easy: A Visual Guide
to the Language.”
Rivka Galchen (“Green Dream,” p. 22)
most recently published the novel “Ev-
eryone Knows Your Mother Is a Witch.”Gary Shteyngart (“My Gentile Region,”
p. 46) is the author of numerous books,
including the memoir “Little Failure”
and the novels “Lake Success,” “Super
Sad True Love Story,” and “Our Coun-
try Friends,” which is forthcoming in
November.Kate Sidley (Shouts & Murmurs, p. 29),
a comedy writer and performer, writes
for “The Late Show with Stephen
Colbert.”Paul Muldoon (Poem, p. 52), a former
poetry editor of The New Yorker, teaches
at Princeton. His latest collection, “How-
die-Skelp,” will be out in November.Caitlin Reid (Puzzles & Games Dept.)
has been a crossword constructor since
2017.Clare Bucknell (Books, p. 67) is working
on “The Treasuries,” a book about po-
etry anthologies.