Sofoliana and Glotika Baby Loungers Recalled Due to Risk of Serious Injury or Death from Entrapment and Fall Hazards; Violates Mandatory Standard for Infant Sleep Products; Sold on Amazon by Bosen US - U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (.gov) (news.google.com)
A Chef’s Guide to Sumptuous Writing - How the restaurateur Gabrielle Hamilton—of the beloved New York City establishment Prune—became a noted memoirist. (www.newyorker.com)
Sam Shepard’s Enactments of Manhood - “Coyote,” a new biography by Robert M. Dowling, recounts how the cowboy laureate of American theatre invented himself. (www.newyorker.com)
Traci Brimhall Reads Thomas Lux - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Refrigerator, 1957,” by Thomas Lux, and her own poem “Love Poem Without a Drop of Hyperbole in It.” (www.newyorker.com)
Ken Jennings on Why Facts Still Matter on “Jeopardy!” - The man who’s been called “America’s hardest-working nerd” joins Tyler Foggatt live onstage at The New Yorker Festival. (www.newyorker.com)
“Landman” Goes Down Like a Michelob Ultra - Taylor Sheridan’s oil-industry drama trades in gender stereotypes, reactionary politics, and blatant product placement. Why, then, is it so damn satisfying? (www.newyorker.com)
“The Secret Agent,” Reviewed: A Brazilian Political Thriller Teeming with Life - The Brazilian director Kleber Mendonça Filho conjures fateful interconnections among vivid characters living in the grip of military dictatorship. (www.newyorker.com)
Which of These Updated Health-Care Plans Is Right for You? - If the San Andreas Fault opens up, we’ll send Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson to help. Not to help you, specifically—he’ll just generally lend a hand in California. (www.newyorker.com)
Ukrainian Men Approaching Military Age Are Fleeing in Droves - A new policy has led to an exodus of male citizens. Will they return if the war ends? (www.newyorker.com)
A Family Drama Over Gender in “Holy Curse” - In Snigdha Kapoor’s short film, an Indian preteen’s queerness is treated as something to be ritually cleansed—with unpredictable results. (www.newyorker.com)
The Turkey Trot Is for Wimps—Welcome to the Iron Turkey - If you manage to make it through the swim, and to peel off your starchy bathing suit, you’ll begin a hundred-and-twelve-mile uphill bike ride to the most crowded grocery store in America. (www.newyorker.com)
The Best Part of Thanksgiving, Bones and All - The menu is malleable, the gratitudes negotiable, but the turkey’s second life as stock is one of the greatest gifts of the entire blessed year. (www.newyorker.com)
In a Sargent Painting, a Vicomtesse Lives On - The great-great-grandmother of Laurent Saint Périer was one of John Singer Sargent’s alluring muses, before she died in a notorious fire. Now Saint Périer visits her portrait in the Musée d’Orsay. (www.newyorker.com)
“Letter in April,” by Marie T. Martin (translated, from the German, by Kathleen Heil) - “Do you still receive letters from the dead?” (www.newyorker.com)