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Will the Rains Extinguish Burning Man?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last Thursday was a typically atypical day at Burning Man—the last before a series of atypically atypical days. It began, for me, with a bike ride with some friends to the…

How “This Fool” Became the Summer’s Best Comedy

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Early in Hulu’s “This Fool,” a Los Angeles man named Julio (Chris Estrada) indulges in a fantasy only he would find seductive. It’s the night of his thirty-first birthday—a milestone he’s…

See the Lineup for the 2023 New Yorker Festival

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Join us! See the full lineup and purchase tickets. For the twenty-fourth year, the pages of The New Yorker will come to life for three days in New York City. The…

“Swift Justice” Looks Inside a Sharia Courtroom

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story In August, 2021, when tens of thousands of government officials, interpreters, and Westernized élites fled Afghanistan following the Taliban’s capture of Kabul, they were joined by nearly the entire foreign press…

Who Owns This Country?

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story                           This is drawn from “This Country: Searching for Home in (Very) Rural America.” Sourse: newyorker.com Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit…

What a Musical Life Leaves Behind

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story What do we lose when we lose a pianist? The question is on my mind today, the anniversary of the death of the German pianist and conductor Lars Vogt, who succumbed…

A Sunset Toast to Jimmy Buffett

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When I heard on Saturday that Jimmy Buffett had died, I wrote a condolence e-mail to his longtime friend Thomas McGuane, the novelist. McGuane, who is married to Buffett’s sister Laurie,…

The Power of Food for People with Dementia

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story After dementia came for my father—after he could no longer read, after he had lost his table manners, after he had started to run his fingers through his hair, as though…