I’m always grateful when the New Yorker turns me on to people and phenomena that I’m not actively seeking out. For instance, I’ve been hearing about Cécile McLorin Salvant for a couple of years, I’d checked her music out a little bit and pretty quickly dismissed her as just another singer, nothing extraordinary. But Fred Kaplan’s profile of her demanded that I listen closer, and indeed further study has exponentially increased my respect for her and her chief collaborator, pianist Aaron Diehl.
Meanwhile, I’d never heard of Gerhard Steidl, but I love books, especially exquisitely produced art books, and apparently this guy is top of the line. How he works makes for a fascinating piece by Rebecca Mead.
Ian Parker tells the disheartening story of a brutal custody battle between two lesbians over an adopted son (“Are You My Mother?”).
Emily Nussbaum writes a compelling piece about Margaret Atwood’s novel The Handmaid’s Tale and the new TV version of it.
Then there’s this full-page cartoon by the nutty young cartoonist Edward Steed.
Not to mention another brilliant Barry Blitt cover, titled “Ejected.”
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