The New Yorker - USA (2019-09-23)

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4 GOINGSONABOUTTOWN 13 THETALKOFTHETOWN Amy Davidson Sorkin on Democrats’ trust exercise; Murdoch’s broken succession; Sean Spic ...

2 THE NEWYORKER, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 CONTRIBUTORS Jiayang Fan (“Represent!,” p. 42) is a staff writer. Her reporting has appeared ...

THE NEWYORKER, SEPTEMBER 23, 2019 3 brother, Edwin, had died of diphthe- ria. Growing up, I saw people dying too young all aroun ...

No character embodies the split genre of George Gershwin’s jazz-tinged opera “Porgy and Bess” better than Sportin’ Life. The oth ...

THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 5 ILLUSTRATION BY PETRA ERIKSSON The Jazz Age never ends at the Whit- ney Museum. Duke Ellingt ...

6 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY LORENZO GRITTI Consider the straight, white, middle-aged American male. He’ ...

THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 7 ILLUSTRATION BY JOHN F. MALTA In what has to be some sort of nostalgia-induced fever dream, ...

8 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHY HOLLINGTON It seems paradoxical, to say the least, that an initiative ...

THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 9 ILLUSTRATION BY CHIARA LANZIERI This fall, the Joyce Theatre is providing live music for all ...

10 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 EVERETT The ongoing tribute to Isabelle Adjani at French Institute Alliance Française conti ...

THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 11 PHOTOGRAPH BY VANESSA GRANDA FOR THE NEW YORKER; ILLUSTRATION BY JOOST SWARTE 1 TABLESFORTW ...

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THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 13 AK-47.” Politicians are often anxious to offer assurances that no one is coming for anyone’ ...

14 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 the former Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, did not help mat- ters when, during ...

THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 15 “ Yup, it’s bedbugs. You must have forgotten to sleep tight.” • • our society is being mani ...

16 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 1 BROTHERHOODDEPT. SUNANDMOON R ick Yorn, the Hollywood manager and producer, was dining re ...

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18 THENEWYORKER,SEPTEMBER23, 2019 For those who have fled dictatorships, U.S. policy on Venezuela is all-important. THE POLIT ...