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April 28, 2008

April 2008

THE MAIL
Paul Wallfisch; M. L. Stein; Christopher A. Karachale
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Hendrik Hertzberg on feeling bitter; James Surowiecki on regulatory overhauls.
ANNALS OF SURVEILLANCE
State Secrets
Patrick Radden Keefe
An Islamic charity’s wiretapping case.
LIFE AND LETTERS
Restoration Drama
Rebecca Mead
Trouble at Edith Wharton’s house.
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Ask the Jihadist
Andy Borowitz
LETTER FROM CHINA
Crazy English
Evan Osnos
The Olympic bid to learn a new language.
OURC FAR-FLUNG CORRESPONDENTS
The Last Verse
Burkhard Bilger
Where can folk music still be found?.
/fiction
“Bullfighting”
Roddy Doyle
THE CRITICS
BOOKS
Rereading Herodotus.
Daniel Mendelsohn
Briefly Noted
ON TELEVISION
The Democratic debaters.
Nancy Franklin
THE ART WORLD
An Olafur Eliasson retrospective.
Peter Schjeldahl
THE THEATRE
“A Catered Affair.”
Hilton Als
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Baby Mama,” “Roman de Gare,” ”88 Minutes.
Anthony Lane
POEMS
“Here Name Your”
Dora Malech
“The World of the Senses”
Franz Wright
“Vernal Bliss”
William Steig
DRAWINGS
Charles Barsotti, Drew Dernavich, Michael Crawford, Jack Ziegler, Jose Arroyo, Tom Cheney, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Mick Stevens, Christopher Weyant, Pete Holmes, David Borchart, Alex Gregory, David Sipress
SPOTS
Anders Wenngren
07 09, 2009
David Bezmozgis reads Sergei Dovlatov’s “The Colonel Says I Love You.”
BLOGS
Evan Osnos spells out the conservative critique of China’s Xinjiang crackdown.
Amy Davidson anticipates theatrics at Sonia Sotomayor’s confirmation hearings.
Steve Coll spots some terrific propaganda art in Chad.
Hendrik Hertzberg revisits the deplorable Time article about homosexuality.
Sasha Frere-Jones covers the Jackson memorial with Ben Greenman.
George Packer discusses “The Weight of a Mustard Seed.”
News Desk: Death in Hollywood, Obama in Moscow.
The Book Bench: Christmas meets the Civil War.
The Front Row: A conservative take on “Year One” and Judd Apatow.
Goings On: Springsteen bootlegs, M.J.’s favorite Stooge.
The Cartoon Lounge: Sali Lamo reminds us that he’s alive.
SEE ALL BLOG POSTS
The Book Club
Now reading “The Left Hand of Darkness,” by Ursula K. LeGuin.
IN THIS ISSUE
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FINGER PAINTING
This week’s iPhone sketch by Jorge Colombo.
Covers
Browse the complete archive using the cover gallery.
AUDIO
Rules of Engagement: Raffi Khatchadourian on Operation Iron Triangle.
The Parent Trap: Jill Lepore on the invention of parenthood.
Music from Marlboro: Alex Ross shares audio clips from the classical-music program.
The Political Scene: Steve Coll, Hendrik Hertzberg, and Ryan Lizza on the upheaval in Iran.
MORE PODCASTS
VIDEO
Make Music New York: Notes and footage from the citywide jamboree.
Calling In Crime: Fighting inner-city youth violence.
Conversations with John Lahr: André Bishop, the artistic director of Lincoln Center Theatre.
Stories from the Near Future: Video from the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
SLIDE SHOWS
Skeleton Key: Peter Schjeldahl analyzes the paintings of James Ensor.
Anatomy of a War Crime: Raffi Khatchadourian discusses murder in Iraq.
Early Fire: Peter Schjeldahl discusses the painter Judith Leyster.
Edith Wharton’s Lost Letters: The writer’s early correspondence.
James Wood as percussionist, and more events involving New Yorker contributors.

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