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The 9.27.20 Issue

Highlights

  2. The Voyages Issue

    Is It Strange to Say I Miss the Bodies of Strangers?

    Weeks before lockdown, I made a whirlwind tour of Istanbul’s public baths. It was a crash course in pleasure that helped me understand what we’ve lost since.

     By Leslie Jamison

    Bathers socialize at the Cemberlitas hammam in Istanbul in March.
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  4. Screenland

    How Trump’s Race-Baiting Lets Liberals Off the Hook

    It’s easy to condemn the president’s rhetoric about the suburbs. But white progressives play their own roles in keeping communities segregated.

     By Matthew Desmond

    CreditPhoto illustration by Chris Burnett

  1. Poem: About the Dead Man’s Recent Dreams

    The "dead man poems" Marvin Bell has been writing for more than a quarter century take on a collective shadow presence when read during a pandemic.

     By Marvin Bell and Naomi Shihab Nye

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    Poem

  2. Ilhan Omar Is Not Here to Put You at Ease

    “You’re agitated by my tone because you think people like me should be sitting in a corner, not heard and not seen.”

     By David Marchese

    CreditMamadi Doumbouya for The New York Times
    Talk

  3. I’m an Asian TV Writer. Should I Take on Projects With Black Leads?

    The magazine’s Ethicist columnist on identity in Hollywood writers’ rooms — and more.

     By Kwame Anthony Appiah

    CreditIllustration by Tomi Um
    The Ethicist

  4. Judge John Hodgman on Naming Your Child

    Should you avoid a last name that makes the child sound like a car?

     By Judge John Hodgman

    CreditIllustration by Louise Zergaeng Pomeroy
    Judge John Hodgman

  5. Find Yourself a Tailor. It’s Not Fancy, It’s Freeing.

    When you start to think of clothes as things that can be altered, the way you see them changes.

     By Rachel Connolly

    CreditRobbie Lawrence for The New York Times
    Letter of Recommendation

  1. How to Move Back Home

    Be creative about space. Communicate early and often. Don’t let your family dynamic regress.

     By Malia Wollan

    CreditIllustration by Radio
    Tip

  2. Covid-19 May Have a Hidden Impact on the Heart

    Should that change how we think about its risks? This is what the research tells us.

     By Kim Tingley

    CreditIllustration by Ori Toor
    Studies Show

  3. A Dish That Reflects Our Nation: Okra Soup

    This simple Gullah Geechee dish emphasizes the freshness of its ingredients — representing at least four continents and five spiritual traditions.

     By Samin Nosrat

    CreditPhotography by Heami Lee. Food stylist: Maggie Ruggiero. Prop stylist: Rebecca Bartoshesky.
    Eat

  4. Behind the Cover: Voyages

    ​Up away from it all, a look at a journey in the Tetons with Jimmy Chin and his pals.

     

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    Issue 9.27.20

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