The Gaza We Leave Behind
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On a summer evening many years ago, my father and I sat on the roof of our family home in Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, and we talked about my grandfather…
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Victoria Tentler-Krylov’s “New Heights”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story True New Yorkers know that certain spots in the outer boroughs are more quintessentially New York than many places in Manhattan. For the cover of the October 14, 2024 issue, the…
Restaurant Review: Putting the Breakfast in Breakfast Ramen
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyYou’re reading the Food Scene newsletter, Helen Rosner’s guide to what, where, and how to eat. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. In Japan, the most famous variety of asa-ra…
Flag Waving and Flag Burning in Kamala Harris’s America
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The D.N.C. looked like the R.N.C. Apparently, during the harried month that passed between the recusal of Candidate Biden and the mounting of Candidate Harris, the campaign underwent a large image…
What Is Privacy For?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story I belong to the last generation of Americans who grew up without the Internet in our pocket. We went online, but also, miraculously, we went offline. The clunky things we called…
What to See in the 2024 New York Film Festival’s Second Week
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The New York Film Festival, like all worthwhile festivals, regularly offers the joyous surprise of distinctive new artistic voices, whether those of filmmakers who are just starting out or ones whose…
The Killers’ Return to Las Vegas
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story A tense and anticipatory silence engulfed the Colosseum at Caesars Palace. It didn’t last long, but an entire universe of waiting seemed to unfold in mere seconds. Then a series of…
The Brooklyn Museum Celebrates Two Hundred Years
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Jackson ArnArt critic You’re reading the Goings On newsletter, a guide to what we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week. Sign up to receive it in your in-box. “Shanty Town…
The Flat Provocations of “Joker: Folie à Deux”
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story At least the first “Joker” movie, Todd Phillips’s 2019 origin story of the Gotham villain as antihero, had the bravado to take its protagonist’s revolt to noxious extremes. The abused, neglected,…
What Kind of Writer Is ChatGPT?
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Last spring, a graduate student in social anthropology—let’s call him Chris—sat down at his laptop and asked ChatGPT for help with a writing assignment. He pasted a few thousand words, a…