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CONTRIBUTORS
Tad Friend (“Value Meal,” p. 42), a staff
writer since 1998, is the author of the
memoir “Cheerful Money” and the
essay collection “Lost in Mongolia.”
Jia Tolentino (“The Meme Factory,”
p. 34) is a staff writer. Her first book,
the essay collection “Trick Mirror,”
came out in August.
Henri Cole (Poem, p. 68) is the author
of, most recently, “Orphic Paris.” He
will publish a new poetry collection,
“Blizzard,” in 2020.
Joy Williams (Fiction, p. 66) has pub-
lished four novels and five books of
stories, including “Ninety-nine Stories
of God” and “The Visiting Privilege.”
Joel Kuntz (Sketchbook, p. 63) is a cre-
ative director in New York City. His
“GloboBot” photo series has been dis-
played at art shows around the world.
Elizabeth Kolbert (Comment, p. 19) has
been a staff writer since 1999. Her book
“The Sixth Extinction” won the Pulit-
zer Prize for nonfiction, in 2015.
Anna Wiener (“Girl, Disrupted,” p. 56)
became a contributing writer this year.
Her first book, “Uncanny Valley,” is
forthcoming in January.
D. T. Max (“Dr. Robot,” p. 26) is a staff
writer and the author of “Every Love
Story Is a Ghost Story.”
Christoph Niemann (Cover) has pub-
lished several books, including “Sun-
day Sketching,” “Souvenir,” and “Hopes
and Dreams.”
Annelyse Gelman (Poem, p. 30) is the
author of the poetry collection “Every-
one I Love Is a Stranger to Someone.”
Her collaborative EP “About Repul-
sion,” with samples from Max Ritvo,
Brigit Pegeen Kelly, and Carl Phillips,
will be out in October.
Louis Menand (Books, p. 75) has been
a staff writer since 2001. He teaches at
Harvard University.
Tyler Foggatt (The Talk of the Town,
p. 20) is an editor of the Talk of the
Town section.
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longlists for the 2019 National Book
Awards for Poetry, Fiction, and more.
DAILY COMMENT
Bill McKibben asks what would
happen if the financial industry
stopped funding fossil fuels.
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