A Pioneer of Echolocation for the Blind in “Echo”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When Daniel Kish takes his glass eyes out of their sockets, the two boys sitting near him have some questions. Does it feel weird without them? Can he blink? Daniel answers…

The Top Twenty-five New Yorker Stories of 2023

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story News exhaustion is a miasma that has afflicted almost all of us for some time now. We’re drained by the physical and mental exertion that comes with following current events. The…

How Mark Duplass Fights the Sadness

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On October 13th, the filmmaker and actor Mark Duplass posted a photo of himself on Instagram—what looked like a red-carpet closeup, with a bow tie on his neck and a forced…

Hunter Biden and the Things Left Unsaid

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Many Americans, it is safe to assume, would prefer if less were said about Hunter Biden. The troubled son of the President has been a ubiquitous subject of conversation since 2019,…

How Andrew Dosunmu Makes the Street His Studio

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Newly arrived from Lagos, in the early nineties, Andrew Dosunmu, solitary and broke, sometimes slept in the Paris Metro. He had little in his possession beyond his clothes. And it was…