Issue of June 24, 2013

Annals of Surveillance

The Prism
by Jill Lepore

A secret history of privacy.

Medical Dispatch

Before Night Falls
by Jerome Groopman

A new direction in Alzheimer’s research.

Fiction

“Stars”
by Thomas McGuane

The Critics

Books

The Gift of Doubt
by Malcolm Gladwell

The wisdom of Albert O. Hirschman.

The Current Cinema

House Parties
by Anthony Lane

“This Is the End,” “Much Ado About Nothing.”

Issue of June 10 & 17, 2013 I

Summer Fiction: Crimes & Misdemeanors

Fiction

“An Inch and a Half of Glory”
by Dashiell Hammett

Fiction

“Brotherly Love”
by Jhumpa Lahiri

Personal History

Pedigree
by Walter Kirn

My friend Clark Rockefeller.

True Crimes

The Crime of Our Life by Roger Angell.

After Black Rock by Joyce Carol Oates.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

In The Back Cabana
by Adam Gopnik

Florida’s murder lit.

The Current Cinema

Rob Jobs
by David Denby

“Now You See Me” and “The Bling Ring.”

Issue of June 3, 2013

Personal History

Company Man
by David Sedaris

How to play host.

The Critics

Books

The Oddyssey
by Jill Lepore

Revisiting Ripley’s “Believe It or Not!”

The Current Cinema

Never Alone
by Anthony Lane

“The Kings of Summer,” “Fast & Furious 6.”