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September 2020

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  • Keith Knight of “Woke,” and Jia Tolentino Picks Three September 29, 2020

    The cartoonist&rsquo;s political awakening inspired&nbsp;a new show on Hulu. And, at home with a newborn, the writer and voracious cultural critic recommends a book, a record, and a reality show. (article)

  • Can a Newcomer Unseat Lindsey Graham? Plus, Carlos Lozada on “What Were We Thinking” September 25, 2020

    Jaime Harrison, a Democrat who&rsquo;s never held elected public office, is running to unseat a G.O.P. power broker. What&rsquo;s his strategy? Plus, a review of the boom in Trump literature. (article)

  • Can a Newcomer Unseat Lindsey Graham? September 25, 2020

    Jaime Harrison, a Democrat who&rsquo;s never held elected office, is running to unseat a G.O.P. power broker. Plus, Jia Tolentino on what she&rsquo;s been reading and watching since having a baby. (episode)

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    • Can a Newcomer Unseat Lindsey Graham? September 25, 2020

      Jaime Harrison, a Democrat who&rsquo;s never held elected public office, is running to unseat a G.O.P. power broker and key player in the Supreme Court nomination fight. What&rsquo;s his strategy?

    • Carlos Lozada on “What Were We Thinking?” September 25, 2020

      A Washington Post books editor immersed himself in a new genre: books that purport to explain Donald Trump and his era.

    • Keith Knight of “Woke” September 25, 2020

      The cartoonist&rsquo;s political awakening inspired his new show on Hulu. &ldquo;Making people laugh and then punching them in the face with a serious issue,&rdquo; he says, &ldquo;is the way to work.&rdquo;

    • Jia Tolentino Picks Three September 25, 2020

      At home with a newborn, the writer and voracious cultural critic recommends a book, a record, and a reality show.

  • Miranda July’s Uncomfortable Comedies, and a Toast to Roger Angell September 22, 2020

    The writer and filmmaker&rsquo;s third darkly comic feature contains both &ldquo;silly heist stuff&rdquo; and a tragically failed family. Plus, David Remnick honors Roger Angell on his centennial. (article)

  • An Election in Peril September 18, 2020

    New Yorker political writers cover the numerous risks to the election: some quite real, and some that could be self-fulfilling prophecies. (article)

  • An Election in Peril, and a New Film by Miranda July September 18, 2020

    New Yorker political writers cover the numerous risks to the election, real and imagined; and the director discusses her new heist movie. (episode)

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    • An Election in Peril September 18, 2020

      New Yorker political writers cover the numerous risks to the election: some quite real, and some that could be self-fulfilling prophecies.

    • Miranda July’s Uncomfortable Comedies September 18, 2020

      The writer and filmmaker&rsquo;s third darkly comic feature is about a family of grifters. What she calls &ldquo;the silly heist stuff&rdquo; lets her deal with heartbreaking family dynamics.

    • A Century of Roger Angell September 18, 2020

      David Remnick toasts Roger Angell, who has contributed to The New Yorker since the Second World War, with writings on baseball and every other topic under the sun.

  • The Composer Richard Wagner and the Birth of the Movies September 15, 2020

    The music critic Alex Ross teases out Wagner&rsquo;s huge and vexed influence on the twentieth century&mdash;in music, film, politics and more. (article)

  • What to Do with a Confederate Monument? September 11, 2020

    During the Civil War, some men in Maryland&rsquo;s Talbot County fought on the side of slavery. Now a small town struggles with the statue that honors them, and with the meaning of history. (article)

  • What to Do with a Confederate Monument? September 11, 2020

    A small town struggles with a statue honoring men who fought for secession and slavery, and with the meaning of its history. Plus, the long shadow of Richard Wagner on modern culture. (episode)

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  • N. K. Jemisin on H. P. Lovecraft, and Jill Lepore on the End of a Pandemic September 8, 2020

    A celebrated science-fiction author grapples with her genre&rsquo;s deep legacy of racism, and the historian talks about how the polio vaccine changed the world. (article)

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