The New Yorker is an American weekly magazine featuring journalism, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons, and poetry. It is well known for its illustrated and often topical covers, its commentaries on popular culture and eccentric American culture, its attention to modern fiction by the inclusion of short stories and literary reviews, its rigorous fact checking and copy editing, its journalism on politics and social issues, and its single panel cartoons sprinkled throughout each issue.
The articles featured in this 80-page March 20, 2023 edition include:
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
THE TALK OF THE TOWN - Jeannie Suk Gersen on the battle over abortion pills; in Florida but not of Florida; papering the walls; a field trip with Ben Platt; make way for the alligator.
THE WAYWARD PRESS - Villagegate - A succession struggle at the WestView News.
SKETCHBOOK - "Persia on the Periphery"
SHOUTS & MURMURS - How to Tell if You're in a TV Show
ONWARD AND UPWARD IN THE GARDEN - Pay Dirt - Seed catalogues offer the promise of future glory.
LIFE AND LETTERS - Magic Realism - The novelist who became a character of his own making.
ANNALS OF SCIENCE - A Little-Known Planet - Why we should pay more attention to caterpillars.
FICTION - "False Star"
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Matthew Desmond's "Poverty, by America."
On the art-and soul-of conversation.
The precision of Maylis de Kerangal's fiction.
Briefly Noted
POP MUSIC - The London rapper Central Cee on a New York stage.
THE ART WORLD - Senga Nengudi at Dia Beacon.
THE THEATRE - Jessica Chastain in "A Doll's House."
POEMS
"Ecstasies"
"Sorrow"
COVER - "Pulling Ahead"
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