4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
17 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on John McCain’s legacy;
the Virgin graces MOMA; a rib-house primary;
a schoolhouse rocker; a new memorial for an old war.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Jon Lee Anderson 24 Behind the Wall
An Ambassador sees America’s influence wane.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Riane Konc 31 Encouragement for Struggling Creatives
ONWARD AND UPWARD WITH THE ARTS
Alice Gregory 32 Unbreakable
The singular vision of the filmmaker Claire Denis.
THE POLITICAL SCENE
Jeffrey Toobin 38 The Impeachment War
The growing efort to remove Trump from oice.
LETTER FROM CHICAGO
Jennifer Gonnerman 46 Framed
A wrongful conviction and a fight for the truth.
FICTION
Ben Marcus 56 “Stay Down and Take It”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Thomas Mallon 64 Weegee’s nocturnal photography.
69 Briefly Noted
Stephen Metcalf 71 The rise of superhero cinema.
POP MUSIC
Hua Hsu 76 The chaotic energy of Rammellzee.
MUSICAL EVENTS
Alex Ross 78 Simon Rattle leaves Berlin.
POEMS
Carrie Fountain 43 “To White Noise”
Peter Balakian 51 “Eggplant”
COVER
Gayle Kabaker “Jump!”MAY 28, 2018DRAWINGS Carolita Johnson, Frank Cotham, Jessica Olien, Maddie Dai, Edward Steed, Liana Finck,
Edward Koren, Will McPhail, Seth Fleishman, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Roz Chast, Pia Guerra, Charlie Hankin,
Kaamran Hafeez and Al Batt, Harry Bliss, Amy Hwang, Sara Lautman, Darrin Bell SPOTS Luci Gutiérrez