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Louise Erdrich on Novels of Parentless Children
Lately, the writer Louise Erdrich—whose newest story collection, “Python’s Kiss,” is out this week—has been reading books about children who have lost their parents. As she explained recently, these...
Liza Minnelli’s Uncharacteristic Pivot to Self-Disclosure
This sounds remarkably unlike something a real human might say, but then sounding like a human has never been Minnelli’s strength. In an early interview, she boasted about knowing...
Why You Hate Your Weather App
In March, we expect mercurial weather—intrat leo, exeunt agnus—but this March has taken things to an extreme. In Washington, D.C., where I live, the weather was eighty-four degrees and...
Michael Ian Black Enters the Cartoon Caption Contest
The actor and comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. Source link
Engels in the Outfield
A radical history of the Mets insists that baseball can still be the people’s game. Source link
A “Baritenor” Soars in “Tristan und Isolde”
In Act I, the stage picture is cluttered, the meaning unclear. This is an all too familiar issue at the modern Met, which, under the aegis of Peter Gelb,...
Roz Chast’s “City Beasts”
Throughout the past year, the cartoonist Roz Chast has been obsessively working with block printing, taking as much pleasure in the physical act of carving as in the creation...
Under the Influence at the Whitney Biennial
Sula Bermúdez-Silverman embraces the fun and danger of Dadaism—for instance, when she encloses one of her glass sculptures in iron sheep shears in “blister iii” (2025).Art work by Sula...
How Bad Is Plagiarism, Really?
From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry. Source link
New York’s Finest Sandwich
The alchemy of any given sandwich is both specific and forgiving. Its stacked ingredients merge and mingle—you can swap out this or that, as long as whatever replaces it...
