4 GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
17 THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Amy Davidson Sorkin on the Supreme Court dra ft o pinion;
the leak’s precedent; an improvised pro-Roe protest;
Central Park v s. t he S erengeti; Jeff Tweedy needs a new hat.
ANNALS OF WAR
Ste ph en Witt 22 Weapon of Influence
The Turkish drone changing the nature o f warf are.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Te ddy Wayne 27 Tucker Carlson on the Alien Invasion
DEPT. OF SCIENCE
Riv ka Galch en 28 The Grothendieck Mystery
Why did a revolutionary mathematician disappear?
PROFILES
Raffi K hatchad ourian 34 Light and Shadow
A self-taught painter’s pain and self-determination.
LETTER FROM CHENGDU
Pe ter Hessler 48 A Bitter Education
Free expression on a Chinese college campus.
COMIC STRIP
Emily Flake 57 “Confessions of a New Mitski Lover”
FICTION
Moh sin Hamid 60 “The Face in the Mirror”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Nikhil K ri shnan 68 Under sta nding L udwig Wittge nste in—or n ot.
73 Briefly Noted
Magg ie Doh erty 74 Edna S t. Vincent Millay’s consuming stardom.
THE ART WORLD
Pe ter S ch jel dahl 78 Henri Matisse’s “The R ed S tu dio,” at MOMA.
THE CURRENT CINEMA
Anthony L ane 80 “Happe ning,” “Doctor Strange in the Multiverse o f Mad ness.”
POEMS
Ludmila K her sonsky 53 “First Day of War”
Chase Twichell 64 “Featherweight”
COVER
Frank Viva “Viva Vélo!”
DRAWINGS C aroline Dworin, Edward S te ed, Lars Kenseth, William Haefeli, Pia Guerra and Ian Boothby, Roz C hast,
Colin Tom, Liam Francis Walsh, Tom Chitty, Sarah Akinterinwa, Trevor Spaulding, Jerald Lewis S POTS Clo’e Floirat
MAY 16, 2022
Banca do Antfer
