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Ian Urbina (“The Invisible Wall,” p. 36)
is an investigative journalist based in
Washington, D.C. This piece was pub-
lished in collaboration with The Out-
law Ocean Project, a nonprofit news
organization that reports on environ-
mental and human-rights issues at sea.
Rachel Syme (The Talk of the Town,
p. 19;“Growing Pains,” p. 22), a staff writer,
has covered style and culture for The
New Yorker since 2012.
James Somers (“Head Space,” p. 30) is a
writer and a programmer based in New
York City.
Hala Alyan (Poem, p. 52), a clinical psy-
chologist, is the author of six books.
Her latest novel is “The Arsonists’ City.”
Pankaj Mishra (Books, p. 70) most re-
cently published “Bland Fanatics: Lib-
erals, Race, and Empire.” His novel
“Run and Hide” will be out next year.
Carrie Battan (Pop Music, p. 78) began
contributing to the magazine in 2015,
and became a staff writer in 2018.
Sheelah Kolhatkar (“The Enforcer,”
p. 48), a staff writer, is the author of
“Black Edge.”
Robert Pinsky (Poem, p. 60) edited the
anthology “The Book of Poetry for
Hard Times.” His latest poetry collec-
tion is “At the Foundling Hospital.”
Kate Walbert (Fiction, p. 58) has pub-
lished seven works of fiction, including,
most recently, the short-story collection
“She Was Like That.”
Mark Ulriksen (Cover), an artist and an
illustrator, has contributed more than
sixty covers to the magazine since 1994.
Aimee Lucido (Puzzles & Games Dept.)
has written the children’s books “Emmy
in the Key of Code,” which won a
Northern California Book Award, and
“Recipe for Disaster.”
Jerome Groopman (Books, p. 66), the
Recanati Professor at Harvard Univer-
sity, is a staff writer. His most recent
book is “Your Medical Mind,” written
with Dr. Pamela Hartzband.
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