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JAZZ: Reluctant Diva, by Gary Giddins
In a world of niche audiences, the singer who refuses to go gently into a particular niche and stay there is at best a challenge and at worst a double agent. Cassandra Wilson, the willfully original jazz singer, has been puzzling her audiences for nearly half of her fifty-two years…

BOOKS

She’s Not Herself

by James Wood
A first novel about marriage and madness.
BLOG: THE BOOK BENCH

THE CURRENT CINEMA

Bulges

by David Denby
“The Incredible Hulk” and “You Don't Mess with
the Zohan.”
THE FILM FILE

TABLES FOR TWO

Bar Boulud

by Leo Carey
An homage to Lyons, on the Upper West Side.
THE FOOD PAGE
PHOTOGRAPH: LISA KERESZI
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
A selective guide to cultural events in and around New York City.
Browse Listings: THE THEATRE | ART | NIGHT LIFE | DANCE
CLASSICAL MUSIC | MOVIES | READINGS AND TALKS
ABOVE AND BEYOND | ON THE HORIZON

BOOKS

An Upstate Saga

by John Updike
Ethan Canin’s many-layered novel.
MORE BOOKS

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Better Late

by Peter Schjeldahl
Philip Guston becomes more canonical with age.

CRITIC’S NOTEBOOK

Young Folk

by Sasha Frere-Jones
Laura Marling’s
jaded eye.
FRERE-JONES: BLOG

DANCING

Double Story

by Joan Acocella
Alexei Ratmansky’s
steps.

THE THEATRE

Seeing is Believing

by John Lahr
Lee Hall and Edward Albee on artistic vision.
 
06 16, 2008
John Cassidy, Ryan Lizza, and Dorothy Wickenden talk about the economic positions of Barack Obama and John McCain.
BLOGS
Goings On: Salmonella via marijuana, Hitchcock stimulates the brain, and more.
The Book Bench: Free books on the subway, violent boarding-school witches, and more.
Hendrik Hertzberg argues against an R.F.K. Bridge.
George Packer wonders what kind of respect Hillary wants.
Michael Crawford may be offensive to Canadians.
Sasha Frere-Jones advocates censorship.
Dana Goodyear visits the artist June Wayne at home.
SEE ALL BLOGS
THE NAKED CAMPAIGN
Video: Steve Brodner on candidate duplicity.
IN THIS ISSUE
View the table of contents.
AWARDS
The New Yorker has won a National Magazine Award for General Excellence.
VIDEO
Not a Game: Scenarios from Virtual Iraq, a virtual-reality simulation adapted from the video game Full Spectrum Warrior, with commentary by Sue Halpern.
Trapped: The ordeal of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours.
Abandoned in Baghdad: Scenes from George Packer’s play “Betrayed.”
Stories from the Near Future: Video from the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
The Naked Campaign: Steve Brodner draws the Presidential candidates.
AUDIO
Mouthing Off: Peter J. Boyer talks about Keith Olbermann’s unorthodox style.
Perfect Pitch: Sasha Frere-Jones demonstrates how Auto-Tune transforms the human voice.
Sign Language: Mary Gaitskill discusses Vladimir Nabokov and his story “Symbols and Signs,” in this month’s fiction podcast.
In the Bird’s Nest: Paul Goldberger talks about Beijing’s standout buildings.
The Campaign Trail: The candidates’ economic positions.
MORE PODCASTS
Spots by Laurent Cilluffo
SLIDE SHOWS
Chavistas: Photographs of Hugo Chávez and his supporters.
Weird Science: Images from Buckminster Fuller’s world.
Great Walls: Photographs of Beijing’s National Stadium and National Aquatics Center.
Your Eustace: The winners of the 2008 Eustace Tilley Contest.

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Reviews

Thousands of short takes from the pages of The New Yorker.

GOINGS ON
Browse listings for what’s happening in New York.
Goings On Blog
Steve Brodner’s political art on view, and more events involving New Yorker contributors.

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