John Cuneo’s “Garden Party”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story One of the best ways to feel a sense of belonging, or to forge a connection to a city, is to cheer the triumphs and weather the defeats of a sports…
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What You Can Do with an Electric Volkswagen Bus
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The Shapiro brothers, Gefen and Yona, who are nineteen and sixteen and Harpo Marx look-alikes, own eleven cars between them, including a Girl Scout-green 1972 MG Midget, a blueberry-blue 1987 Alfa…
A Bahraini Photographer Returns Home
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At the beach, a young man wearing a faux Givenchy T-shirt and skinny jeans stands on the back of a horse. With one hand, he reaches for the reins on the…
Of Yiddish, Litvaks, and the Evil Eye
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Some years ago, at the annual P.S. 3 book fair, I came across a Yiddish-English dictionary. This was a more serious Yiddish-English dictionary than the somewhat antic one I owned called…
The Best Jokes of 2024
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A good joke doesn’t just fall out of a coconut tree. It exists in the context of all in which it lives and what came before it. And so it’s worth…
Hilton Als on Understanding Difference in “Alok”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Hilton AlsStaff 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. There are…
The Triumph of the Post-Thanksgiving Sandwich
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. Leftovers, eaten the day after, or maybe late…
What Google Off-loading Chrome Would Mean for Users
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Using “the Internet” sometimes seems disconcertingly synonymous with using Google. Google Search, the most popular search engine on the planet, indexes the open Internet, driving traffic to Web sites, and Google…
“The Seed of the Sacred Fig” Is a Shattering Epic of Reproach
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The four central characters in “The Seed of the Sacred Fig,” a gripping, superbly acted drama from the Iranian filmmaker Mohammad Rasoulof, are introduced with an almost ceremonial deliberation. First up…
Why Is Gratitude So Difficult?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story “Does Gratitude to R for φ-ing Imply Gratitude that R φ-ed?” isn’t a question we often ask ourselves on Thanksgiving. Translated into plain English—it’s the title of a scholarly article by…