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The Dishy Operatics of Lily Allen’s Breakup Album
In late October, two days after the British singer-songwriter Lily Allen unexpectedly released her confessional fifth album, “West End Girl,” about the breakdown of her marriage with the actor...
Sergio García Sánchez’s “Sudden Shower”
“I wanted to re-create the exact moment when passersby are caught in the rain,” the Spain-based artist Sergio García Sánchez said about his Central Park cover for the November...
A Bulgarian Novelist Explores What Dies When Your Father Does
That’s where time visibly slows down, it dozes off in the corners, blinking like a cat looking through thin blinds. It’s always afternoon when you remember something, at least...
The Surprising Endurance of Martha Stewart’s “Entertaining”
To most readers, this will seem like fantasy. To Stewart, it was a snapshot of real life. She grew up in a large, middle class Polish American family in...
James Van Der Zee’s Dreamlike Images of the Departed
You could tell that he was getting back to work when the drinking stopped and the parties stopped. Sitting in uneasy silence—he hated being alone, but, spiritually, he was...
Chicago, ICE, and the Lie of the American Pastoral
The taunt—a tack—isn’t new, only reinvigorated under the current regime. Assuaging the anxieties of folks who are not from around here is a rite of passage among Chicagoans who...
Will Paramount Cancel Jon Stewart?
That being said, I want to be clear. The victims of this Administration are not the comedians. We are a visible manifestation of certain things, but the victims are...
Winter Culture Previews
Lorde, Clipse,
Sudan ArchivesThere’s a little something for everyone sprinkled across this winter’s slate of shows in contemporary music. Those looking for ambience should catch the sound-design pioneer Suzanne...
Ken Jennings Talks with Tyler Foggatt
On October 25, 2025, the author and game-show host Ken Jennings joined the senior editor Tyler Foggatt onstage at the 26th annual New Yorker Festival, a weekend of conversations,...
“Fire of Wind” Is a Bold and Inspired Début
There is a sense of replay in the heightened and artificial diction with which Mateus has her cast bear witness, and this sense is enhanced by the painterly compositions...
