First Lines to Remember in This Year’s New Yorker Fiction

The first line of a story is what a writer uses to pull the reader in. It is also often the hardest one to write. There are first lines that create a mood: “Once upon a time, in a faraway…
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The first line of a story is what a writer uses to pull the reader in. It is also often the hardest one to write. There are first lines that create a mood: “Once upon a time, in a faraway…
In Georgia, the stage is set for the final Senate battle of the midterm election as voters head back to the polls on Tuesday for the runoff election between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker. In November's general…
The White House on Monday and some Republicans in Congress condemned former President Donald Trump's call for "termination" of the Constitution's rules — while GOP congressional leaders kept silent on Trump's comment and Democrats demanded Republicans rebuke him. White House…
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Spain began this World Cup with seven goals against Costa Rica. That had people purring. Now they are out. England have done enough to excite but Kylian Mbappe’s France stand in their way. The quality of Brazil has tempered expectations…