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Contributors

Goings On

Photo Booth: Tyler Mitchell’s Mood Board

Comment: Greenland Games

The Boards: Source Material

Dept. of Twirls: Still on Ice

How-To Dept.: Love Language

Visiting Dignitary: Microphone Master

Annals of Politics: One Direction • What MAGA can teach Democrats about organizing—and infighting.

Shouts & Murmurs: Diagnosis: Wellness Guru

Letter from Japan: Moon Shot • A shocking act of political violence exposes a cult’s deep influence.

A Reporter at Large: A Fatal Error • A celebrated researcher got a case wrong—did he obscure a poisoning?

Poems: Where Is the Shrine to Johnny Shines?

American Chronicles: Fake News • How Tucker Carlson became the most trusted voice in right-wing media.

Takes: Emily Nussbaum on Jane Kramer’s “Founding Cadre”

Fiction: The Quiet House

Poems: Mami at Her Vanity • Ciudad Trujillo, 1950s

Books: Long Story • “Infinite Jest” turns thirty. Have we forgotten how to read it?

Books: Briefly Noted

Books: Stone Face • How Easter Island was cast as the site of a lost civilization.

Musical Events: Empire of Quiet • The centenary of Morton Feldman, whose elemental music continues to bewitch.

On Television: Meet the Press • The cruelty and theatre of the Trump media briefing.

The Current Cinema: Counternarratives • “Natchez” and “Mr. Nobody Against Putin.”

Cartoon Caption Contest

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A challenging puzzle.