The New Yorker - 18.11.2019

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6 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN


17 THE TALK OF THE TOWN


Amy Davidson Sorkin on the fight over Trump’s immunity;
a Maasai warrior among Deadheads; breakups on loop;
the diary of a caftan; Dax Shepard, museumgoer.

PERSONAL HISTORY
Michael Chabon 24 The Final Frontier
A father, a son, and “Star Trek.”

SHOUTS & MURMURS
Larry David 29 On the First-World Campaign Trail

LETTER FROM INDIANA
Eliza Griswold 30 Crises of Choice
The front lines of the anti-abortion movement.

PROFILES
Margaret Talbot 36 The Pivotal Justice
Elena Kagan and the future of the Supreme Court.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Alec MacGillis 50 After the Crash
What went wrong at Boeing?

FICTION
Weike Wang 62 “The Trip”

THE CRITICS
THE CURRENT CINEMA
Anthony Lane 68 “Ford v Ferrari,” “Doctor Sleep.”

A CRITIC AT LARGE
Isaac Chotiner 71 The origins of Brexit.
73 Briefly Noted
THE THEATRE
Vinson Cunningham 76 Tina Turner’s life, on Broadway.

MUSICAL EVENTS
Alex Ross 78 A festival for the age of distraction.

POEMS
Rachel Hadas 42 “Love and Dread”
Billy Collins 66 “Downpour”
COVER
Birgit Schössow “Dressing for Fall”

DRAWINGS Frank Cotham, Evan Lian, P. S. Mueller, P. C. Vey, Sofia Warren, Roz Chast,
Will McPhail, Teresa Burns Parkhurst, Jack Ziegler, Elisabeth McNair, Emily Flake, Ellis Rosen,
Liana Finck, Benjamin Schwartz, Tom Toro S POTS Daniel Salmieri


NOVEMBER 18, 2019

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