CONTRIBUTORS
Alec MacGillis (“After the Crash,”
p. 50), who covers politics for Pro-
Publica, is the author of “The Cynic:
The Political Education of Mitch
McConnell.” This article is a collab-
oration between The New Yorker and
ProPublica.
Eliza Griswold (“Crises of Choice,” p. 30)
won a Pulitzer Prize this year for
“Amity and Prosperity: One Family
and the Fracturing of America.”
Alex Barasch (The Talk of the Town,
p. 20) is a member of The New Yorker’s
editorial staff.
Weike Wang (Fiction, p. 62) is the au-
thor of the novel “Chemistry,” which
won the PEN/Hemingway Award and
the Whiting Award in fiction.
Billy Collins (Poem, p. 66) has published
twelve books of poetry. His most recent
is “The Rain in Portugal.”
Vinson Cunningham (The Theatre,
p. 76), a theatre critic for the magazine,
became a staff writer in 2016.
Margaret Talbot (“The Pivotal Justice,”
p. 36) has been a staff writer since 2004.
Michael Chabon (“The Final Frontier,”
p. 24) is the Pulitzer Prize-winning
author of fifteen books, including “The
Amazing Adventures of Kavalier &
Clay,” “Moonglow,” and “The Yiddish
Policemen’s Union.”
Birgit Schössow (Cover) is an illustrator,
an animator, and a musician who lives
near Hamburg. She recently illustrated
two children’s books: one about yoga
and another about the Bauhaus.
Isaac Chotiner (A Critic at Large, p. 71)
is a staff writer. His interview column,
Q. & A., appears on newyorker.com.
Rachel Hadas (Poem, p. 42) will pub-
lish her fifteenth book of poems, “Love
and Dread,” next spring.
Larry David (Shouts & Murmurs, p. 29)
is a co-creator of “Seinfeld.” The tenth
season of “Curb Your Enthusiasm,”
which he created and stars in, will
première on HBO in January, 2020.
VIDEO DEPT.
“Lazarus,” the first in the New Yorker
Documentary series, follows a
Malawian musician with albinism.
PAGE-TURNER
Hua Hsu on W. E. B. Du Bois’s
infographics illustrating black life in
America after emancipation.
LEFT: DAVID DARG; RIGHT: W. E. B. DU BOIS/ COURTESY LIBRARY OF CONGRESS
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