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.”