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DEC. 7, 2020
DECEMBER 7, 2020
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GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
15
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
David Remnick on the cost of Trump’s war on the press;
the value of a life; the treasures of Frank Zappa’s vault;
a Coney Island school’s
COVID
lawsuit; Tobias Menzies.
BRAVE NEW WORLD DEPT.
Nathan Heller
22
The Back Office
Virtual assistants in a globalized world.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Simon Rich
Francesca Mari
28
Raised by Wolves
LETTER FROM LOS ANGELES
30
A Lonely Occupation
Homeless house sitters in a broken real-estate market.
A REPORTER AT LARGE
Larissa MacFarquhar
36
Solomon’s Dilemma
Families split by a clash of Hasidic and secular values.
COMIC STRIP
Roz Chast
Christopher Payne
with Raffi Khatchadourian
Paul Theroux
41
“A Cheery Story”
PORTFOLIO
48
Vital Vessels
The race to make vials for coronavirus vaccines.
FICTION
58
Dietrologia”
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Adam Gopnik
65
69
The mythology of the Mafia.
Briefly Noted
A CRITIC AT LARGE
Dan Chiasson
Alex Ross
Alexandra Schwartz
Anthony Lane
Brenda Hillman
Yusef Komunyakaa
Adrian Tomine
70
A new biography of Henry Adams.
MUSICAL EVENTS
74
Orchestras adapt to a season of streaming.
ON TELEVISION
76
“Roadkill,” “I Hate Suzie.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA
78
“Nomadland.”
POEMS
42
61
“Winter Song for One Who Suffers”
“Little Spy in My Bedroom”
COVER
“Love Life”
DRAWINGS
Lila Ash, P. C. Vey, Darrin Bell, Emily Flake, Julia Suits, Edward Koren, Sofia Warren,
Liana Finck, Paul Noth, Tom Chitty, Ellis Rosen, Sam Gross
SPOTS
Edward Steed
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