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The Rebellion of a Fruitless Apple Tree

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Every autumn, I begin to crave generic seasonal comforts: the hues of turning leaves, the chill of sweater weather. I’m not really a pumpkin-spice person, but I’m a sucker for a…

The Mystery of Three Hundred Bodies in the Woods

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story How should the living treat the dead? More specifically, what should we do with their bodies, and why? The answers to these questions, like the mysteries of death itself, are at…

Lorenzo Mattotti’s “Strides”

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story On Sunday, November 3, 2024, more than fifty thousand people from all over the world will participate in the New York City Marathon—an event that many New Yorkers deem their favorite…

Jesse Eisenberg Has a Few Questions

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Vanessa Redgrave once compared Jesse Eisenberg to the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley, because of his “inquiring mind.” Seventeen minutes into my recent lunch with Eisenberg, in Chelsea, I had yet to…

Quick, Affordable Sushi That’s Still a Cut Above

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. On the corner of Thirty-first Street and Sixth…

Soccer Mommy’s Visceral Chronicle of Loss

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The earliest iteration of Soccer Mommy emerged out of a bedroom in the summer of 2015, with a handful of lo-fi, home-recorded songs posted to Bandcamp. The songs were sparse and…

Baseball Is for the Losers

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Baseball culminates every year in the sinking light of autumn evenings, crisp weather that excites the heart and offers clarity on the latest long season. This has been a signal year…

Living in the Shadow of an American Election

Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story This past July, Sinna Nasseri was commissioned by The New Yorker to photograph the Republican National Convention, in Milwaukee. It was the sort of assignment he had undertaken before—in the past…