The New Yorker, Volume LXXXVII, No. 119, July 4, 2011 (Cover)”Oh, Say, Can You See”
COMMENT
Endgame
Saying goodbye to Afghanistan.
by Dexter Filkins
THE TALK OF THE TOWN
Bubba Buffa
“Billy Blythe,” a folk opera about the young Bill Clinton.
by Kyle Brazzel
Earnest
A scholar finds literary inspiration in the Facebook note.
by Rebecca Mead
Project Neon
Documenting New York’s disappearing commercial art.
by Raffi Khatchadourian
A Little Bit Famous
René Ricard and his paintings on display in Chelsea.
by Ariel Levy
THE SPORTING SCENE
Super Sam
A late bloomer’s moment of glory.
by Ben McGrath
Primary Sources: The “crash-test dummy with a death wish” in action.
LETTER FROM LUTON
England, Their England
Immigration and resurgent nationalism.
by Lauren Collins
SHOUTS & MURMURS
Fore!
by Larry David
TRUE ROMANCE DEPT.
Looking for Someone
Inside the world of online dating.
by Nick Paumgarten
SKETCHBOOK
“I Can’t Go On, I’ll Go On”
by Maira Kalman
PROFILES
The Han Dynasty
The voice of China’s disaffected generation.
by Evan Osnos
FICTION
“Homage to Hemingway”
by Julian Barnes
DANCING
The Royal Danish Ballet, past and present.
by Joan Acocella
A CRITIC AT LARGE
The fiction of László Krasznahorkai.
by James Wood
BOOKS
Briefly Noted: “Conscience”; “The Man in the Gray Flannel Skirt”; “The Hottest Dishes of the Tartar Cuisine”; “Daughters of the Revolution.”
THE CURRENT CINEMA
“Bad Teacher,” “Terri,” and “The Names of Love.”
by Anthony Lane
POEMS
“No Ideas but in Things”
by Jessica Greenbaum
“The Circus Watcher”
by Mary Jo Bang
Who should have won a Tony.
by Hilton Als
The Feelies onstage at Maxwell’s, in Hoboken.
by Ben Greenman
DANCE NOTES
Swan’s Ways
by Joan Acocella
TABLES FOR TWO
Fishtag
by Mike Peed
GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN
The Theatre
Night Life
Art
Dance
Classical Music
Movies
Readings and Talks
Above and Beyond
Horizon
THE MAIL
Susan Stefan; Katherine R. Carlson; Emily Wheeler
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