The Democratic Presidential Debates: The Candidates in The New Yorker

Before the first Democratic primary debates of the 2020 election cycle, a collection of New Yorker coverage of Presidential candidates including Joe Biden, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and Kamala Harris.

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The Bittersweet Poetry of “Lima :: Limón”

Dan Chiasson reviews Natalie Scenters-Zapico’s latest poetry collection, “Lima :: Limón,” which probes the richness of contradiction.

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Ayşegül Savaş on Imitation and Identity

Cressida Leyshon interviews Ayşegül Savaş about “Canvas,” her short story from the June 3, 2019, issue of The New Yorker.

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“The Chorus,” by Craig Morgan Teicher

Poetry by Craig Morgan Teicher: “It’s, you know, the part that repeats, / the bit you’re supposed / to remember.”

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“Afghan Funeral in Paris,” by Aria Aber

Poetry by Aria Aber: “Each natural passing articulates / the unnatural.”

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“Canvas,” by Ayşegül Savaş

Fiction by Ayşegül Savaş: “Stories she thought had left her memory without a trace would come back to strike her with their strangeness.”

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Sunday Reading: School Drama

From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces by Lillian Ross, Melanie Thernstrom, Muriel Spark, David Samuels, Calvin Trillin, Don DeLillo, Dana Goodyear, Roger Angell, Jonathan Blitzer, and Jelani Cobb on the campus lives of high-school and university students.

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The Invisible City Beneath Paris

Robert MacFarlane writes about the network of underground tunnels under Paris, in an excerpt from the book “Underland: A Deep Time Journey.”

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Ingeborg Bachmann’s “Malina” Is the Truest Portrait of Female Consciousness Since Sappho

Rachel Kushner writers about Ingeborg Bachmann’s “Malina,” a 1971 novel about female desire and loss of self.

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The Rock Critic Robert Christgau’s Big-Hearted Theory of Pop

David Cantwell writes about the rock critic Robert Christgau and his essay collections “Book Reports: A Music Critic on His First Love, Which Was Reading” and “Is It Still Good to Ya? Fifty Years of Rock Criticism, 1967-2017.”

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In Elvia Wilk’s “Oval,” Earth, Capitalism, and the Human Species Sink Toward Doom

Katy Waldman reviews Elvia Wilk’s novel “Oval,” in which earth, capitalism, and the human species sink toward doom.

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Ben Lerner Reads “Ross Perot and China”

Deborah Treisman hosts the author Ben Lerner, who reads his short story “Ross Perot and China,” from the May 27, 2019, issue of The New Yorker

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Losing Religion and Finding Ecstasy in Houston

Personal History by Jia Tolentino: Christianity formed my deepest instincts, and I have been walking away from it for half my life.

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My Brother Tom’s Schizophrenia

Marin Sardy, the author of “The Edge of Every Day: Sketches of Schizophrenia,” writes about her brother’s struggles with schizoaffective disorder and homelessness, in their home state of Alaska.

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Ben Lerner on Adolescence and His Forthcoming Novel

Cressida Leyshon interviews Ben Lerner about “Ross Perot and China,” his short story from the May 27, 2019, issue of The New Yorker.

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“Business,” by Gregory Fraser

Poetry by Gregory Fraser: “The world / is my business, and the world is none of my business.”

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“High Force,” by Frances Leviston

Poetry by Frances Leviston: “This was / infinity’s house, house of perpetual motion.”

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“Ross Perot and China,” by Ben Lerner

Fiction by Ben Lerner: “When he turned to see what effect his speech had had, she was gone, jeans and sweater in a little pile with the pipe and lighter.”

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Sunday Reading: The Power of Political Satire

From The New Yorker’s archive, pieces by Ian Parker, Eric Schlosser, Emily Nussbaum, Adrian Chen, Louis Menand, and Tad Friend, on notable political satires, including “Dr. Strangelove” and “Veep,” and the impact of comedians like Jon Stewart.

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Sudan’s Uprising, Bashir’s Fall, and My Father’s Passing

Isma’il Kushkush writes about the Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir; Sudan’s changes over the years; the Sudanese people’s shifting relationship to the country; and his father’s recent death.

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