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Malika Favre’s “The Candidate”
For the cover of the October 7, 2024, issue, in which the editors endorse Kamala Harris for President, the artist Malika Favre portrays the Democratic candidate. “As soon as...
The Exhilarating Brilliance of Maggie Smith
Dame Maggie Smith, who died on Friday, at the age of eighty-nine, was one of a generation of female British actors who carved out a long career on the...
Allrecipes, America’s Most Unruly Cooking Web Site
A few months ago, and in possession of a bag of apples, I found myself craving an apple pie, of the archetypal cooling-on-the-window-ledge variety. I pictured a double-crust flaky...
Richard Brody’s New York Film Festival Picks
While Gustavo Dudamel is busy jump-starting the Carnegie Hall season with a glamorous gala—complete with another Gustavo, the baritone Castillo—the Park Avenue Armory has a slightly less ostentatious night...
A Relationship and a Nation in Turmoil in “Bogotá Story”
In 1992, a combination of drought, power outages, and escalating violence took a heavy toll on the nation of Colombia. “Bogotá Story” follows a young couple, living in the...
A Story Collection About People Who Just Can’t Hang
Not until I picked up Tony Tulathimutte’s “Rejection” did I realize how fun it could be to read a book about a bunch of huge fucking losers. It sucks...
How Powerful Is Political Charm?
Back in July, the journalist Ezra Klein interviewed Elaina Plott Calabro, a staff writer at The Atlantic, on his popular podcast, “The Ezra Klein Show.” Calabro had profiled Kamala...
With “143,” Katy Perry Is No Longer In On the Joke
There are few things worse than an overly self-serious pop star—a singer so subsumed by fame and ego that she can no longer appreciate the glorious frivolity of the...
Coming Alive, by Oliver Sacks
In 1966, the London-born neurologist Oliver Sacks, then in his early thirties, started working at Beth Abraham, a hospital for the chronically ill, in the Bronx. He soon began...