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The Edith Hamilton Way

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This year’s literary pilgrimage was to Hadlyme Cove Cemetery, in Connecticut, where Edith Hamilton is buried, along with her sister Alice Hamilton, who would have been the more famous of the…

Confessions of an Audiobook Addict

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story As a compulsive reader of physical books, I tend to cue up an audiobook not so much as a sonic counterpart to print but as a portable verbal atmosphere to accompany…

Someday Robots Will Be Made of Memory

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story                                 This is drawn from “Artificial: A Love Story.” Sourse: newyorker.com Rate this item:1.002.003.004.005.00Submit Rating No…

Why Dizziness Is Still a Medical Mystery

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One morning last August, while making my bed, my entire visual field shifted sharply to the left, as though I were watching a movie and someone had bumped into the projector.…

Why the Internet Isn’t Fun Anymore

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Lately on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, my timeline is filled with vapid posts orbiting the same few topics like water whirlpooling down a drain. Last week, for instance,…

Judy Chicago Beyond “The Dinner Party”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Rachel SymeStaff writer You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. On a…

Yonatan Popper’s “Service Changes”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story New Yorkers are, by necessity, used to having their plans upended at the last minute. Anyone who regularly rides the bus or subway knows to be on the lookout for announcements…

Three Perfect Breakfast Sandwiches

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. You can eat any old sandwich for breakfast,…

Patrick Stewart Boldly Goes There

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When “Star Trek: The Next Generation” premièred, in 1987, a newspaper referred to its leading man as an “unknown British Shakespearean actor.” Patrick Stewart was already forty-seven and had spent fourteen…