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From Life in Prison to the Eras Tour
Still, over time, I earned a reputation. “Joe’s straight,” guys would say, with some mix of mockery and begrudging respect. The prison system assigned each of us a security...
How French Should a Restaurant Be?
The onslaught of intensity works, thanks to choices the restaurant makes in portioning (not overlarge) and service (not over-rushed), which gives the palate a bit of time to regroup...
Instant IP Strategies for Inventors to Prevent Intellectual Property Risk
To create a new invention is a significant accomplishment, but such achievements are often swept aside by a lack of intellectual property (IP) protections. Inventors tend to rush the...
The Erotics of Coreen Simpson
“The face was not important in the history of nude photography,” Simpson said, in an interview not too long ago. And what has Simpson used to obscure the faces...
John Carpenter’s Three Favorite Film Scores
Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.The filmmaker...
Art and Life in Richard Linklater’s “Blue Moon” and “Nouvelle Vague”
Leave it to Richard Linklater to see how, in art, the fundamental things apply. In his two new movies—“Blue Moon,” about the lyricist Lorenz Hart, and “Nouvelle Vague,” about...
Misty Copeland’s Ballet Send-Off
Sometimes a return is also a farewell. Misty Copeland, the first Black female principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre, may be the most famous American ballerina of her generation,...
Rose Byrne Hits the Mother Lode
Her comedic pivot would have to wait, though. After a stint living in London, she moved to New York to co-star with Glenn Close in “Damages,” the FX legal...
László Krasznahorkai and Contemporary Europe’s Perilous Reality
In 2011, I wrote that reading László Krasznahorkai “is a little like seeing a group of people standing in a circle in a town square, apparently warming their hands...
Who is the CEO of Verizon?
Do you have Verizon? If you never heard of it or live under a rock, Verizon is a well-known brand of telecommunications that is used all over the world...
