4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
11 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on Ukraine and Putin’s war game;
a tour of the Tenderloin; too many helicopters;
all washed u p; Scott T hompson takes a S to ic o utlook.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Jane Mayer 16 Ginni Thomas’s Crusades
Spo usal activism and the Supreme Court’s impartiality.
PERSONAL HISTORY
Akhil S harma 24 Imagining Ziggy
A c oupl e c onsider s parenthood as they enter their fifties.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Weike Wang 29 The “Anne of Green Gables” V.R. Experience
PROFILES
Joshua R othman 30 Best-Case Scenario
The c limate -ch ange s ci-fi o f Kim S tanley Robinson.
ANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY
Joh n S eabrook 40 Green Giants
As t he p ickup goes el ectric, Ford bets on the E.V. market.
FICTION
Ayşeg ül Savaş 50 “Long Distance”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE
James Wood 56 Falling i n l ove with L ed Zeppelin.
BOOKS
61 Briefly Noted
Adam Gopnik 64 Buster K eato n’s s ilent revolution.
POSTCARD FROM KYIV
Ser giy Maidukov 69 Sketches o f a c ity u nder the shadow of war.
MUSICAL EVENTS
Al ex R oss 70 Three new recordings of Chopin’s Nocturnes.
POEMS
Katha Pollitt 35 “Brown Furniture”
Terrance Hayes 46 “Capra Aegagrus Hircus”
COVER
Ser gio Garc ía Sánch ez “Modern Life”
DRAWINGS Robert Leighton, Amy Hwang, Lars Kenseth, Asher Perlman, Mads Horwath, Benjamin Schwartz,
Juan Astasio, Roz Chast, Emily Flake, Elisabeth McNair, P. C. Vey, Frank Cotham, Jason Adam Katzenstein, Liana Finck,
Jacob Breckenridge, Zareen Choudhury, Johnny DiNapoli S POTS Agathe Sorlet
JANUARY 31, 2022
Banca do Antfer
