4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
15 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Jia Tolentino on the threats to Roe v. Wade;
in the frame; not quite the right part of town;
enjoy the journey; from Ireland to the Heights.
ANNALS OF MEDICINE
Riv ka Galch en 20 Change of Heart
A b re akthro ugh i n o rga n transpl antation.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Dennard Dayle 25 Dear Ethicist, I’ve Planted Two Bombs
ON AND OFF THE AVENUE
Patricia Marx 26 Getting Rid of It
Decluttering is just the start.
SKETCHBOOK
Edward Steed 30 “Overheard at the Central Park Zoo”
PROFILES
Dorothy Wickenden 32 Late Harvest
Wendel l B erry’s advice for a cataclysmic age.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Jon L ee Anderson 44 After the Fall
Afghanista n u nder t he Taliba n.
FICTION
Claire Keegan 58 “So Late in the Day”
THE CRITICS
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Hilto n Als 66 Blac k America in the plays of Aleshea Harris.
BOOKS
69 Briefly Noted
Julian L uca s 71 The exoph onic fiction o f Yoko Tawada.
Adam Gopnik 74 Flori ne S te ttheimer’s pl ace in American art.
THE ART WORLD
Pe ter S ch jel dahl 80 The portraits of Hans Holbein the Younger.
THE THEATRE
Vi nson C unningham 82 “The Merchant of Venice,” “Wolf Play.”
ON TELEVISION
Dore en S t. Félix 84 “We Need to Talk About Cosby.”
POEMS
Sol maz S hari f 38 From “An Otherwise”
Soph ie C abo t B lac k 63 “Leaving the Field”
COVER
Chri sto ph Niemann “Spring Ahead”
DRAWINGS Avi S teinberg, Julia Suits, Paul Karasik, Soph ie L ucido J oh nson a nd Sammi Skolmoski, Carolita Johnson, Harry B liss,
Amy Hwang, Will McPhail, P. C. Vey, Benjamin Schwartz, Ellis Rosen, Asher Perlman S POTS Philippe Petit-Roulet
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
Banca do Antfer
