Issue of August 5, 2013

The Talk of the Town

Up Life’s Ladder

Princeling
by Emma Allen

Max Irons, Hollywood royalty.

The Gun Lobby

Still Packing
by Larissa MacFarquhar

Concealed-carry handbags.

A Reporter At Large

Trial by Twitter
by Ariel Levy

The Steubenville rape case online.

Fiction

“Paranoia”
by Shirley Jackson

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Young and Restless
by David Denby

“The Spectacular Now” and more.

Issue of July 29, 2013

The Talk of the Town

Babel Dept.

Eurenglish 101
by Lauren Collins

Streamlining the E.U.’s English.

On the Waterfront

Kayaktivist
by Nick Paumgarten

A battle over ferry noises in Battery Park City.

The Financial Page

E-book vs. P-book
by James Surowiecki

The demise of Nook and the future of Barnes & Noble.

American Chronicles

Think Fast
by Patricia Marx

Working out at the brain gym.

Annals of Medicine

Slow Ideas
by Atul Gawande

Why innovations don’t always catch on.

Notes of a Gastronome

Cooking with Daniel
by Bill Buford

Re-creating classics from French cuisine.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Timely Projects
by David Denby

“Fruitvale Station,” “Blue Jasmine.”

Issue of July 22, 2013

The Talk of the Town

The Pictures

Surface, Not Depth
by Tad Friend

B-movie producer Roger Corman at eighty-seven.

A Reporter At Large

Operation Easter
by Julian Rubinstein

The obsessive world of illegal egg collectors.

Our Local Correspondents

The Beach Builders
by John Seabrook

After Sandy, saving the Jersey Shore.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

Sins of the Father
by James Wood

Memoirs by the children of great writers.

Books

The Counterlife
by Christine Smallwood

Lionel Shriver’s “Big Brother.”

The Current Cinema

Grim Tidings
by Anthony Lane

“Pacific Rim,” “Only God Forgives,” “The Act of Killing.”

Issue of July 8 & 15, 2013

The Talk of the Town

The Financial Page

Middle-Class Militants
by James Surowiecki

Brazil’s revolt in the midst of relative prosperity.

Personal History

The Prodigal Daughter
by Jill Lepore

Women’s lives, women’s letters.

Annals of Technology

A Fourth State of Matter
by Nicholson Baker

Notes from an LCD pilgrimage.

Fiction

“All Ahead of Them”
by Tobias Wolff

The Critics

The Current Cinema

In Transit
by Anthony Lane

“The Way, Way Back,” “I’m So Excited.”

Issue of July 1, 2013

Annals of Medicine

The Lyme Wars
by Michael Specter

The battle over a spreading disease.

The Sporting Scene

The Orange Trapper
by John McPhee

Fishing for golf balls.

Shouts & Murmurs

Separation-Anxiety Sleepaway Camp
by Jesse Eisenberg

Profiles

Ed Ruscha’s L.A.
by Calvin Tomkins

The artist where he wanted to be.

Fiction

“Mastiff”
by Joyce Carol Oates

The Critics

The Art World

Seeing and Disbelieving
by Peter Schjeldahl

James Turrell at the Guggenheim.

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.”

Issue of May 27, 2013

The Talk of the Town

L.A. Postcard

Bad Character
by Dana Goodyear

A Spider-Man mystery in California.

The Media

A Word from Our Sponsor
by Jane Mayer

David Koch and public television.

A Reporter at Large

Change the World
by George Packer

Silicon Valley gets political.

Our Local Correspondents

Crowded House
by Tad Friend

The apartment of everyone’s dreams.

The Critics

Books

What the Hell
by Joan Acocella

Dante translations and Dan Brown.

The Current Cinema

Couples
by David Denby

“Before Midnight,” “What Maisie Knew.”

Issue of May 20, 2013

The Innovators Issue

American Chronicles

The Walking Alive
by Susan Orlean

The future of treadmill desks.

Our Local Correspondents

Form and Fungus
by Ian Frazier

Can mushrooms replace plastics?

A Reporter at Large

The Sense of an Ending
by Rebecca Mead

A new direction in dementia care.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

The Baby in the Well
by Paul Bloom

Against empathy.

The Current Cinema

Only Human
by Anthony Lane

“Star Trek Into Darkness,” “Stories We Tell.”

Imagined Inventions

Leaning In by Mindy Kaling.

Issue of May 13, 2013

The Talk of the Town

The Artistic Life

Fair Play
by Emma Allen

An unusual performance piece at Frieze.

Annals of Medicine

Every Disease on Earth
by Rivka Galchen

A hospital in Queens sees it all.

Fiction

“Art Appreciation”
by Fiona McFarlane

The Critics

The Current Cinema

All that Jazz
by David Denby

“The Great Gatsby.”

Issue of May 6, 2013

A Reporter At Large

Bring Up the Bodies
by Nicholas Schmidle

Kosovo’s leaders and its war crimes.

The Sporting Scene

Oddball
by Ben McGrath

The education of R. A. Dickey.

The Critics

Books

Faith Healing
by Adam Kirsch

A poet wrestles with faith and illness.

The Current Cinema

Battle Weary
by Anthony Lane

“Iron Man 3,” “Something in the Air.”

Issue of April 29, 2013

The Financial Page

The Underground Recovery
by James Surowiecki

The gray economy.

Annals of Immigration

The Deportation Machine
by William Finnegan

A citizen vs. the system.

The Writing Life

Draft No. 4
by John McPhee

Searching for the right words.

Profiles

Happiness
by Ian Parker

Noah Baumbach changes direction.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

Don’t Look Down
by George Packer

Depression literature, old and new.

The Current Cinema

Home Fronts
by Anthony Lane

“Oblivion,” “In the House.”

Issue of April 22, 2013

The Journeys Issue

The Talk of the Town

The Boards

Strolling, Strumming
by Alec Wilkinson

Nellie McKay clowns around in “Old Hats.”

Shouts & Murmurs

Apologies
by Cora Frazier

A Reporter at Large

The Martian Chroniclers
by Burkhard Bilger

New discoveries on the Red Planet.

The Sporting Scene

The White Wall
by Ben McGrath

Following the Iditarod.

Issue of April 15, 2013

Life and Letters

The Spy Who Liked Me
by John le Carré

Filming a novel with Richard Burton.

Onward and Upward with the Arts

Puppet Love
by Joan Acocella

Basil Twist creates a “Rite of Spring.”

Profiles

The Last Book
by Nick Paumgarten

Why James Salter isn’t famous.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Commitments
by David Denby

“To the Wonder,” “The Company You Keep.”

The Theatre

Newsies
by Hilton Als

Nora Ephron’s “Lucky Guy.”

Issue of April 8, 2013

The Talk of the Town

Dept. of Hobbyists

Up in the Air
by Sarah Stillman

Building a drone of one’s own.

At the Museums

Thar She Blows!
by Mark Singer

A reverence for whales at the Museum of Natural History.

The Pictures

Andre, Again
by Adam Gopnik

Breakfast with Andre Gregory.

Annals of Communications

Business Outsider
by Ken Auletta

Henry Blodget rebooted.

Personal History

Every Good Boy Does Fine
by Jeremy Denk

A life in piano lessons.

The Wayward Press

The Bad-Boy Brand
by Lizzie Widdicombe

The rise of Vice Media.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Mind Games
by Anthony Lane

“Trance,” “Blancanieves.”

Issue of April 1, 2013

The Talk of the Town

Dept. of Prevention

Foot Soldiers
by Rebecca Mead

Dr. Emily Splichal’s love for shoes.

Reflections

Long Way Home
by David Sedaris

The bureaucracy of living abroad.

Onward and Upward with the Arts

A Problem Like Matilda
by Michael Schulman

Bringing Roald Dahl to Broadway.

Issue of March 25, 2013

The Style Issue

The Talk of the Town

Last Rites

Bare Earth
by Ian Frazier

A suicide in Manhattan.

Personal History

A Box of Puppies
by Lena Dunham

In dogged pursuit of dogs.

Profiles

The Miner’s Daughter
by William Finnegan

Australia’s richest woman.

THE ART WORLD

ANARCHY UNLEASHEDBY CALVIN TOMKINS

Punk comes to the Met.

The Critics

The Current Cinema

Fun in the Sun
by Anthony Lane

“Spring Breakers,” “Reality.”

Issue of March 18, 2013

Annals of Disaster

Notes from Underground
by David Owen

Watch where you step in Florida.

A Reporter At Large

About a Boy
by Margaret Talbot

Transgender surgery for teens.

The Critics

Books

A Fork of One’s Own
by Jane Kramer

“Consider the Fork: A History of How We Cook and Eat.”

The Current Cinema

Kids’ Stuff
by David Denby

“Oz the Great and Powerful,” “Jack the Giant Slayer.”

Issue of February 4, 2013

Profiles

The Operator
by Michael Specter

The trouble with Dr. Oz.

Letter From California

Home Economics
by Tad Friend

A plan for underwater mortgages.

Our Local Correspondents

Life at the Top
by Adam Higginbotham

High-rise window washing.

The Critics

A Critic at Large

Wag the Dog
by Thomas Mallon

The speech that made Richard Nixon.

The Current Cinema

The Evil That Men Do
by Anthony Lane

“Caesar Must Die,” “The Last Stand.”

Issue of January 21, 2013

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

THE PICTURES

TALES OF HOFFMAN
BY HENDRIK HERTZBERG

How Dustin Hoffman found New York.

THE BOARDS

IF THE SHOE FITS
BY MICHAEL SCHULMAN

What is Cinderella if not the ultimate aspirational consumer?

ANNALS OF ARCHITECTURE

THE PSYCHOLOGY OF SPACE
BY DAVID OWEN

Solving the problem of Times Square.

PERSONAL HISTORY

BECOMING THEM
BY JAMES WOOD

The other parent trap.

THE CRITICS

THE CURRENT CINEMA

VIOLENT SCREEN
BY ANTHONY LANE

“Gangster Squad,” “Jack Reacher.”