The New Yorker

Founded in 1925, The New Yorker publishes the best writers of its time and has received more National Magazine Awards than any other magazine, for its groundbreaking reporting, authoritative analysis, and creative inspiration. The New Yorker takes readers beyond the weekly print magazine with the web, mobile, tablet, social media, and signature events. The New Yorker is at once a classic and at the leading edge.

Contributors

The Mail: The Mail

Goings On: Goings On

Tables for Two: Meju • 5-28 49th Ave., Queens

Comment: Ceasing Fire

Retrospectives: Banger

The Pictures: Christmas Miracle

In the Streets: Vigil

Meat Pies, S’il Vous Plaît: Let’s Roll

American Chronicles: The Mistrial • When the U.S. prepared to prosecute an insurrectionist ex-President.

Life and Letters: Close to the Bone • The poet Christian Wiman keeps his faith.

Shouts & Murmurs: Which Friendship Plan Is Right For You?

Annals of Technology: The Optimists • The full story of Microsoft’s relationship with OpenAI.

Poems: Autumn Fern

Sketchbook: Toast

Profiles: Peak Performer • Jesse Itzler’s quest to be the world’s top motivational speaker.

Poems: Funny You Should Ask

Fiction: Keats at Twenty-four

A Critic at Large: Turning the Page • Can anything be learned from the lives of critics?

Books: Briefly Noted

Books: The Sound of Memory • What musical monuments can achieve that physical ones can’t.

Musical Events: Pacific Modern • At the California Festival, a parade of premières.

The Theatre: Artist Statement • Jen Silverman’s “Spain” explores art’s power to sway politics.

The Current Cinema: Creature Discomforts • “Poor Things.”

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Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A challenging puzzle.