A Holiday Gift Guide: Presents for Music Lovers Our music critic gives a roundup of tactile, old-fashioned ways to honor sound, and the people who make it.
The Offices Only a Newsperson Could Love Ann Hermes spent six years documenting American newsrooms, from Juneau to St. Louis, forming a witty and elegiac portrait of local journalism in action.
Louis C.K. Débuts a Standup Special, "Ridiculous," and Book, "Ingram" In a new standup special, and a début novel, the comedian navigates murky, post-#MeToo terrain: not quite exiled, not quite welcomed back.
My Mother's Memory Loss, and Mine When I began forgetting words in midlife, I wondered if it was menopause--and worried that it was something more.
A War "Stopped" by Trump Festers in Congo From the daily newsletter: despite the President's claim of diplomatic triumph, the conflict in Congo is complex.
Noah Baumbach on "Jay Kelly," His New Movie with George Clooney The director talks with the New Yorker editor Susan Morrison about his new film, in which a famous actor wonders whether he's made the right choices.
Ian McEwan on Imagining the World After Disaster The novelist talks about his new book, set a century in the future, and why writers should try to describe the wider world--not just themselves.
