The New Yorker - USA (2021-12-13)

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 59 S ergeant Jackie Noonan was squar­ ing away paperwork when the call came in, just her and t ...

60 THE NEWYORKER, DECEMBER 13, 2021 him,” Creedon interjected with renewed conviction. “He was on my p ro perty, he was in th ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 61 “Ah,” Swift said. “I’ve no interest, re- ally. Wherever I am, that’s where I like.” “A man ...

62 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 and disorderly, possession. Judge was one of those prolific, inveterately small-time crooks ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 63 “Ah, fuck, am I gonta die?” “I reckon if you were going to bleed to death, you would have d ...

64 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 coarsely flattened from repeated breaks. These historical injuries, combined with Crean’s bi ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 65 it’s very presentable from a distance. It’s only up close it lets you down.” Noonan managed ...

66 THE NEWYORKER, DECEMBER 13, 2021 on the ground, looked b ack at Noonan. “Pick. I t. Up.” Noonan released him from her grip ...

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68 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 THE CRITICS PODCAST DEPT. DEEP CUTS How “Soul Music” gets to the heart of a song. BY HUAHSU ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 69 Most music coverage tries to prescribe or evaluate. In its focus on emotional response, “So ...

70 THE NEWYORKER, DECEMBER 13, 2021 of faith. When he was ordained as a minister, he played U2 over the P.A., as a wink to hi ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 71 BOOKS THE RETIRING SORT What was so special about Greta Garbo? BY MARGARET TALBOT F ame is ...

72 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 is not to diminish her craft as an ac­ tress. But her acting was perhaps most effective in h ...

midsummer New York. (Garbo’s favor­ ite part of the visit seems to have been the roller coaster at Coney Island.) Then it was on ...

74 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 refugee writers, composers, and film- makers from Germany. From the start of her Hollywood c ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 75 beauty, but she was practical enough to know its precise value, and to antici- pate the cos ...

76 THE NEWYORKER, DECEMBER 13, 2021 “ D ear Sir,” the letter from Lord Sandwich to the English natu- ralist Joseph Banks bega ...

THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 77 made other gods, mostly through pro­ creation, but sometimes mortals were deified, too, in ...

78 THENEWYORKER,DECEMBER13, 2021 of religion measured all other beliefs and practices. Take the German philologist Frie- dric ...