The New Yorker – May 13, 2019

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CONTRIBUTORS

Vinson Cunningham (“What Are You

Laughing At?,” p. 32) has been a staff

writer since 2016.

Joyce Carol Oates (Books, p. 63) is the

2019 recipient of the Jerusalem Prize

for Literature. Her latest novel, “My

Life as a Rat,” will be published in June.

David Owen (“Volumetrics,” p. 26) is the

author of the forthcoming book “Vol-

ume Control: Hearing in a Deafening

World,” which is based on his article in

the April 3, 2017, issue of The New Yorker.

Ana Juan (Sketchbook, p. 41) is the il-

lustrator of the children’s-book series

“Fairyland.”

Vijay Seshadri (Poem, p. 58) has con-

tributed to the magazine since 1991.

His most recent book, “3 Sections,” won

the Pulitzer Prize for poetry in 2014.

Lauren Groff (Fiction, p. 56) is the au-

thor of five books, including the novel

“Fates and Furies.” Her latest, the short-

story collection “Florida,” received the

2018-19 Story Prize.

Ariel Levy (“Broken Ground,” p. 44) ,

who became a staff writer in 2008, is

the author of, most recently, the mem-

oir “The Rules Do Not Apply.”

Joshua Yaffa (“A Learned Neighbor,”

p. 18), a Moscow correspondent for the

magazine, was a fellow at the Ameri-

can Academy in Berlin this past fall.

Margaret Talbot (Comment, p. 13) has

been a staff writer at the magazine

since 2004.

Diana Ejaita (Cover) is an illustrator

and a textile designer based in Ber-

lin. This is her first cover for The New

Yorker.

Peter Schjeldahl (The Art World, p. 60),

the magazine’s art critic, is the author

of “Let’s See: Writings on Art from

The New Yorker.”

Rosanna Warren (Poem, p. 35) is the

author of several books, including the

poetry collection “Ghost in a Red Hat.”

Her next book, “So Forth,” will be pub-

lished in 2020.

POLITICSANDMOREPODCAST

Jane Mayer and Evan Osnos join

Dorothy Wickenden to discuss Joe

Biden and #MeToo politics.

PHOTOBOOTH

Karl Ove Knausgaard writes about

Stephen Gill’s “The Pillar,” which

encounters birds on their own terms.

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