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August 4, 20197 Screenland Born Identity By Carina Chocano / 11 Talk Megan Rapinoe By David Marchese / 14 The Ethicist Helping Hand By Kwame Anthony Appiah / 18 Letter
of Recommendation Double Boilers By Laura Lippman / 20 Eat Fresh Air and Jerk Chicken By Gabrielle Hamilton22 Sins of the Fatherland
By Giles Harvey / Javier Marías, Spain’s most
celebrated living writer, has spent his career
chronicling his country’s long-deferred reckoning
with its violent past.28 Megafire
By Jon Mooallem / For eight hours last fall,
Paradise, Calif., became a zone at the
limits of the American imagination — and
a preview of the American future.42 13 and Alone
By Vivian Yee / Fanny was in middle school
when her mother was deported to
Mexico, leaving her to navigate the struggles
of adolescence by herself.4 Contributors / 5 The Thread / 10 Poem / 14 Judge John Hodgman / 19 Tip / 52, 53, 54 Puzzles / 53 Puzzle AnswersFanny, a United States citizen, asleep in the
suburban Atlanta home where she was
staying in 2018. Her mother was deported
to Mexico the year before. Page 42.Behind the Cover Kathy Ryan, director of photography: ‘‘Th e cover photograph, which shows the aftermath of the deadliest wildfi re in California history, was taken
in Paradise by Katy Grannan 12 days after the fi re roared through town. Th ere is an eerie silence to this scene of destruction, where a house once stood. Th e landscape
has been reduced to browns and grays, with an unexpected pink tint.’’ Photograph by Katy Grannan for Th e New York Times.