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The dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service’s version of “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more recommendations from our culture editors and writers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2PLtHi
A Century of Life in the City, at the Movies
Also: the dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service tackles “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more.
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January 31, 2026 at 2:00 AM
The dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service’s version of “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more recommendations from our culture editors and writers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2PLtHi
Who really made the sculptures on Easter Island? “The belief that Indigenous monuments must have been made by outsiders has, in more respectable guises, long shaped Western accounts of Indigenous cultural achievement,” Margaret Talbot writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/y-bRmL
Easter Island and the Allure of “Lost Civilizations”
Why Western writers have shrouded the history of Rapa Nui in myth and mystery.
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January 31, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Who really made the sculptures on Easter Island? “The belief that Indigenous monuments must have been made by outsiders has, in more respectable guises, long shaped Western accounts of Indigenous cultural achievement,” Margaret Talbot writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/y-bRmL
The dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service’s version of “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more recommendations from our culture editors and writers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2PLtHi
A Century of Life in the City, at the Movies
Also: the dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service tackles “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 31, 2026 at 12:00 AM
The dream-pop of Hatchie, Elevator Repair Service’s version of “Ulysses,” the theatre-district pub Haswell Green, and more recommendations from our culture editors and writers. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/2PLtHi
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
January 30, 2026 at 11:00 PM
Today’s Daily Cartoon, by Matt Reuter. #NewYorkerCartoons
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wMi7gG
January 30, 2026 at 10:00 PM
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wMi7gG
Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to President Trump. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
Are Democrats Right to Cut an Immigration Deal with Trump?
Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to the President. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs.
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January 30, 2026 at 9:30 PM
Congress has justifiably been criticized for rolling over to President Trump. But how it actually uses its leverage involves genuinely difficult trade-offs. www.newyorker.com/news/the-led...
In “Pillion,” a B.D.S.M.-themed romantic comedy starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, a timid parking-enforcement worker submits to domination by a hunky blond biker. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-xWZsM
January 30, 2026 at 9:00 PM
In “Pillion,” a B.D.S.M.-themed romantic comedy starring Alexander Skarsgård and Harry Melling, a timid parking-enforcement worker submits to domination by a hunky blond biker. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-xWZsM
Where “Game Thrones” was a soaring fantasia of ice, fire, dragons, and direwolves, and “House of the Dragon” was a saga spanning decades, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is “a gentle buddy dramedy,” Sarah Larson writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/brl1U3
In “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms,” Character Development Returns to Westeros
There’s a lot of grime and grunting, but the show is saved by its two endearing leads.
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January 30, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Where “Game Thrones” was a soaring fantasia of ice, fire, dragons, and direwolves, and “House of the Dragon” was a saga spanning decades, “A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms” is “a gentle buddy dramedy,” Sarah Larson writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/brl1U3
Catherine O’Hara died today, at 71. In an interview from 2019, the actor talked about her early days in comedy, why dating Eugene Levy didn't work out, and her approach to improv (“when in doubt, play insane”). Revisit their conversation: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L9Xdws
January 30, 2026 at 7:29 PM
Catherine O’Hara died today, at 71. In an interview from 2019, the actor talked about her early days in comedy, why dating Eugene Levy didn't work out, and her approach to improv (“when in doubt, play insane”). Revisit their conversation: newyorkermag.visitlink.me/L9Xdws
The Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy says that part of the reason he left the American team to compete for Great Britain was that the U.S. coach had messaged his teammates to ask if they felt comfortable sharing a locker room with him. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Sb1r-D
Gus Kenworthy Lived an Olympic Version of “Heated Rivalry”
Ahead of a comeback in Milan, the Olympic freestyle skier and actor discusses alley-oops, auditions, and coming out of the closet as a professional athlete.
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January 30, 2026 at 7:00 PM
The Olympic freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy says that part of the reason he left the American team to compete for Great Britain was that the U.S. coach had messaged his teammates to ask if they felt comfortable sharing a locker room with him. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/Sb1r-D
As thousands of ICE agents descended on Minneapolis this month, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/IZ9yGT
The Schoolchildren of Minneapolis
As thousands of ICE agents arrived, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe.
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January 30, 2026 at 6:30 PM
As thousands of ICE agents descended on Minneapolis this month, kids started staying home from school. A local principal, teachers, and parent volunteers have banded together to keep the families safe. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/IZ9yGT
“My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at 16, James in 2024, at 19,” the author Yiyun Li writes. “Both chose suicide.” Li writes about the loss of her sons, and the type of sorrow for which there is no language. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cwGt5m
January 30, 2026 at 6:00 PM
“My husband and I had two children and lost them both: Vincent in 2017, at 16, James in 2024, at 19,” the author Yiyun Li writes. “Both chose suicide.” Li writes about the loss of her sons, and the type of sorrow for which there is no language. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/cwGt5m
Dry January began as part of a British woman’s half-marathon training in 2011. Now it’s a global phenomenon. Is the trend actually useful?
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The Dry January Hangover
What began, in 2011, as part of a British woman’s half-marathon training has turned into a global phenomenon. But the backlash—both cultural and political—has been building.
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January 30, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Dry January began as part of a British woman’s half-marathon training in 2011. Now it’s a global phenomenon. Is the trend actually useful?
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Revisiting “The Sun Also Rises,” Akhil Sharma was put off by the book’s hatefulness—but also shocked by its brilliance. Ultimately, he realized “that whatever I might gain from rereading Hemingway, it probably wouldn’t be worth the irritation.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/PcIobt
The Brilliance and the Badness of “The Sun Also Rises”
Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should be—brave, admiring of nature and grace—its architecture is held up primarily by hatred.
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January 30, 2026 at 4:01 PM
Revisiting “The Sun Also Rises,” Akhil Sharma was put off by the book’s hatefulness—but also shocked by its brilliance. Ultimately, he realized “that whatever I might gain from rereading Hemingway, it probably wouldn’t be worth the irritation.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/PcIobt
Dr. Gideon Koren was one of Canada’s leading pediatricians and toxicologists—but some of his work was revealed to be deeply flawed. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CqEdlt
Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?
After a newborn died of opioid poisoning, a new branch of pediatrics came into being. But the evidence doesn’t add up.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 PM
Dr. Gideon Koren was one of Canada’s leading pediatricians and toxicologists—but some of his work was revealed to be deeply flawed. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/CqEdlt
Are the recent killings in Minnesota the inflection point that so much of sane America has been waiting for? The beginning of the end of the madness that has gripped our nation? “Would that it were so,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/I788Xs
Operation Trump Rehab
After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
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January 30, 2026 at 2:30 PM
Are the recent killings in Minnesota the inflection point that so much of sane America has been waiting for? The beginning of the end of the madness that has gripped our nation? “Would that it were so,” @sbg1.bsky.social writes. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/I788Xs
Shinzo Abe’s assassin, Tetsya Yamagami, was motivated by his hatred of the Unification Church, a cult that has exerted significant influence in Japan since the 1960s—and that Yamagami’s mother joined when he was just 10. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/74kMxF
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 PM
Shinzo Abe’s assassin, Tetsya Yamagami, was motivated by his hatred of the Unification Church, a cult that has exerted significant influence in Japan since the 1960s—and that Yamagami’s mother joined when he was just 10. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/74kMxF
At another point in American history, loosely regulated federal agents violently removed people from their homes or grabbed them off the streets. They were called “slave catchers.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-vYhFO
What ICE Should Have Learned from the Fugitive Slave Act
Americans took to the streets to defend their neighbors in the nineteenth century, too.
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January 30, 2026 at 1:00 PM
At another point in American history, loosely regulated federal agents violently removed people from their homes or grabbed them off the streets. They were called “slave catchers.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/-vYhFO
Rereading “The Sun Also Rises,” Akhil Sharma was struck by the book’s ugliness—and its brilliance. “In addition to being wretched, the book is also periodically wise,” he writes. www.newyorker.com/books/second...
The Brilliance and the Badness of “The Sun Also Rises”
Although Ernest Hemingway’s novel makes positive claims about what one should be—brave, admiring of nature and grace—its architecture is held up primarily by hatred.
www.newyorker.com
January 30, 2026 at 4:00 AM
Rereading “The Sun Also Rises,” Akhil Sharma was struck by the book’s ugliness—and its brilliance. “In addition to being wretched, the book is also periodically wise,” he writes. www.newyorker.com/books/second...
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xQHtnb
January 30, 2026 at 3:30 AM
“Infinite Jest” is a masterpiece and a pleasure to read, Hermione Hoby writes. “Perhaps the greatest disjunction between the book’s reputation and its contents lies in the notion that it’s a pretentious slog no one could honestly enjoy.” newyorkermag.visitlink.me/xQHtnb
Inside the A24-owned restaurant Wild Cherry, which offers frogs’ legs, a killer cheeseburger, and a heavy dose of haute-theatrical glamour. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Wild Cherry Is Ready for Its Closeup
Inside a playhouse now owned by A24, a new restaurant offers frogs’ legs, a killer cheeseburger, and a heavy dose of haute-theatrical glamour.
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January 30, 2026 at 3:00 AM
Inside the A24-owned restaurant Wild Cherry, which offers frogs’ legs, a killer cheeseburger, and a heavy dose of haute-theatrical glamour. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...
Is Donald Trump actually reversing course on his national immigration crackdown, or is he just following his usual playbook? In a new column, @sbg1.bsky.social cautions against believing that ICE’s madness may soon be dialled back. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YppeAB
Operation Trump Rehab
After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 30, 2026 at 2:30 AM
Is Donald Trump actually reversing course on his national immigration crackdown, or is he just following his usual playbook? In a new column, @sbg1.bsky.social cautions against believing that ICE’s madness may soon be dialled back. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/YppeAB
On this episode of #CriticsAtLarge, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz unpack “Heated Rivalry” ’s appeal, considering its embrace of earnestness and its place in a broader lineage of stories about gay love. swap.fm/l/tny-cal-bl...
January 30, 2026 at 2:00 AM
On this episode of #CriticsAtLarge, Vinson Cunningham, Naomi Fry, and Alexandra Schwartz unpack “Heated Rivalry” ’s appeal, considering its embrace of earnestness and its place in a broader lineage of stories about gay love. swap.fm/l/tny-cal-bl...
Donald Trump’s authoritarian overreach and the recent killings in Minnesota have sparked widespread outrage—and the hope that ICE’s madness may soon be dialed back. But, @sbg1.bsky.social writes, the President has a playbook for moments just like this. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wJLUR1
Operation Trump Rehab
After a wave of public revulsion over the President’s immigration crackdown in Minnesota, he offers a familiar playbook: distraction, disinformation, denial, delay.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
January 30, 2026 at 12:32 AM
Donald Trump’s authoritarian overreach and the recent killings in Minnesota have sparked widespread outrage—and the hope that ICE’s madness may soon be dialed back. But, @sbg1.bsky.social writes, the President has a playbook for moments just like this. newyorkermag.visitlink.me/wJLUR1
How did “Infinite Jest”—a novel that mourns addiction and venerates humility and patience—become a glib cultural punch line? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
“Infinite Jest” Has Turned Thirty. Have We Forgotten How to Read It?
David Foster Wallace’s novel, in all its immensity, became the subject of sanctification and then scorn. But the work rewards the attention it demands.
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January 30, 2026 at 12:00 AM
How did “Infinite Jest”—a novel that mourns addiction and venerates humility and patience—become a glib cultural punch line? www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...