Issue of July 29, 2013
Eurenglish 101
Streamlining the E.U.’s English.Kayaktivist
A battle over ferry noises in Battery Park City.E-book vs. P-book
The demise of Nook and the future of Barnes & Noble.Think Fast
Working out at the brain gym.Slow Ideas
Why innovations don’t always catch on.Cooking with Daniel
Re-creating classics from French cuisine.The Critics
Timely Projects
“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.
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