07:55 The Folly of Trump’s Oil Imperialism - The President has made clear he wants to exploit Venezuela’s vast oil reserves; history suggests that it won’t be easy. (www.newyorker.com)
01-04 Amanda Petrusich on Katy Grannan’s Photograph of Taylor Swift - Looking at this image is like seeing a picture of yourself taken just before something seismic happened. (www.newyorker.com)
01-04 “Deal-Breaker,” by Allegra Goodman - When he takes her in his arms, she wants to be with him forever. She wants everyone to know that they’re together, everyone except her mother. (www.newyorker.com)
01-04 All Hail the Jamaican Patty - A pastry as ubiquitous in New York City as pizza or bagels is getting its turn on the higher end. (www.newyorker.com)
01-04 What Will New York’s New Map Show Us? - Voters voted for it, even if they weren’t sure what it was. But maps are the ideal metaphor for our models of what the world might be. (www.newyorker.com)
01-04 The Brazen Illegality of Trump’s Venezuela Operation - A scholar of international law on the implications of the U.S. arrest of President Nicolás Maduro. (www.newyorker.com)
01-03 Joan Lowell and the Birth of the Modern Literary Fraud - A century ago, an aspiring actress published a remarkable autobiography. She made up most of it. (www.newyorker.com)
01-03 A Photographer’s Portraits of Her Dad - In the nineteen-eighties, Janet Delaney took pictures of her father at work, and came to a deeper understanding of who he was. (www.newyorker.com)
01-03 Gaza After the Ceasefire - A Palestinian businessman on the persistent humanitarian crisis in the territory, and what he hopes might change. (www.newyorker.com)
01-02 How Taylor Swift’s Engagement Ring Is Changing the Diamond Game - For decades, couples were told to value a certain kind of rarity. The jewelry designer Kindred Lubeck, with the help of her most famous client, is popularizing the unique qualities of old-mine-cut stones. (www.newyorker.com)
01-02 January Festivals Bring the Weird, Wonderful Shows - Also: “Tartuffe” mania, the guitar stylings of William Tyler and Yasmin Williams, Justin Chang’s movies for a new year, and more. (www.newyorker.com)
01-02 “Young Mothers” Is a Gentle Gift from the Dardenne Brothers - In Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne’s latest drama, set in and around a Belgian maternity home, several teen-age moms seek to break through cycles of poverty, addiction, and neglect. (www.newyorker.com)
01-01 Bryan Washington Reads Yiyun Li - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “A Small Flame,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2017. (www.newyorker.com)
01-01 A Day in My Highly Optimized, Convenient Life - With a single tap on the screen, I open the blinds, with another, I turn on the espresso machine, and with a third, I review the footage from my Ring camera. (www.newyorker.com)
01-01 What Zohran Mamdani and Michael Bloomberg Have in Common - As mayors, the socialist and the plutocrat each embody outsized ideas of the city—and distinct forms of capital. (www.newyorker.com)