ILLUSTRATION: TOM BACHTELL
COMMENT: Transitioning, by Hendrik Hertzberg
It has been widely said that never has so much been expected of an incoming President, but that’s only half right…
BLOG: HENDRIK HERTZBERG

LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA

The Cobra

by Tad Friend
Inside Lionsgate’s marketing playbook.

BOOKS

There Was Blood

by Caleb Crain
The Ludlow massacre revisited.

THE CURRENT CINEMA

Che’s Way

by Anthony Lane
Scenes from a revolution.
THE FILM FILE
ILLUSTRATION: ADVERTISING ARCHIVES
MATERNITY DEPT: Baby Food, by Jill Lepore
Has the breast pump liberated working women? Or has it just kept them from their babies?
ASK THE AUTHOR

CLASSICAL NOTES

In Chambers

by Russell Platt
Joseph Haydn, Keeril Makan, and more.

FICTION

Soldier’S Joy

by Antonya Nelson
In her dream, her husband had written her a love letter.
THE FICTION PODCAST

ON TELEVISION

Altered States

by Nancy Franklin
Toni Collette juggles identities in a new Showtime series.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

The issue of January 19, 2009.

MATERNITY DEPT.

Jill Lepore: If breast is best, why are women bottling their milk?

LETTER FROM CALIFORNIA

Tad Friend: Inside a movie marketer’s playbook.

THE POLITICAL SCENE

Elizabeth Kolbert: Can a remedy serve for both global warming and poverty?

PROFILES

Jeffrey Toobin: The most outspoken man in the House gets some real power.

ONLINE ONLY

Ask the Author: Submit a question for Jill Lepore about breast-feeding.

ONLINE ONLY

Audio: Judith Thurman discusses Scrabble, both online and off.

ONLINE ONLY

Audio: A discussion about Obama’s economic plan and his strategy to counter domestic terrorism.

ONLINE ONLY

Video: An interview with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.

COMMENT

Hendrik Hertzberg: Presidents, coming and going.

COMMENT

David Remnick: History, Obama, and the Middle East.

COMMENT

Adam Gopnik: You might as well spend.

COMMENT

Hendrik Hertzberg: How to fill a Senate seat.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Lauren Collins: A Kennedy cousin comes to town.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Ben McGrath: The anti-energy drank.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Jeffrey Toobin: Liberal blogs get sabotaged.

THE TALK OF THE TOWN

Alec Wilkinson: John Tauranac’s new map.

THE FINANCIAL PAGE

James Surowiecki: When fraudsters go bust.

THE FINANCIAL PAGE

James Surowiecki: The newspaper industry’s uncertain future.

THE FINANCIAL PAGE

James Surowiecki: Obama’s economic team.

THE FINANCIAL PAGE

James Surowiecki: On how we created the food crisis.

THE FINANCIAL PAGE

MORE FINANCIAL PAGE

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Ben Greenman: “My Holocaust Memoir.”

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Bruce McCall: “Looking Forward to Your Check.”

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Amy Ozols: “Looking Your Best.”

SHOUTS & MURMURS

Larry Doyle: “Is There a Problem Here?”

FICTION

Antonya Nelson: “Soldier’s Joy.”

FICTION

Joyce Carol Oates: “Pumpkin Head.”

FICTION

Julian Barnes: “The Limner.”

FICTION

Roberto Bolaño: “Meeting with Enrique Lihn.”

POETRY

Franz Wright: “Learning to Read.”

POETRY

Nathalie Anderson: “Eh?”

POETRY

Louise Glück: “At the River.”

POETRY

Michael Robbins: “Alien vs. Predator.”

ARCHIVE

Jill Lepore: Jefferson, Hemings, and a disclaimed lineage, from 2008.

ARCHIVE

Jill Lepore: Fake memoirs, factual fictions, and the history of history, from 2008.

ARCHIVE

Alastair Reid: “Halloween on a Triple: Forty-five Points,” from 1981.

ARCHIVE

William Mangold, M. Masonpierre, and Brendan Gill: “Only the Beginning,” from 1953.

GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN

Our weekly cultural listings.

MOVIES

Anthony Lane: Steven Soderberg’s “Che.”

MOVIES

Anthony Lane: “Young Mr. Lincoln,” at MOMA.

MOVIES

David Denby: “Defiance” and “The Secret of the Grain.”

MOVIES

David Denby: “Good,” at Village East Cinemas.

MOVIES

THE FILM FILE

BOOKS

Caleb Crain: The Ludlow massacre revisited.

BOOKS

Adam Kirsch: Hannah Arendt and the power of the impersonal.

BOOKS

Ariel Levy: A new edition of “The Joy of Sex.”

BOOKS

Briefly Noted: “The Art Instinct,” by Denis Dutton

BOOKS

MORE BOOKS

MUSIC

Russell Platt: Joseph Haydn, Keeril Makan, and more.

MUSIC

Sasha Frere-Jones: The Bon Iver sound.

MUSIC

Sasha Frere-Jones: FM3’s Buddha Machine.

MUSIC

Alex Ross: Celebrations of Carter and Messiaen.

TELEVISION

Nancy Franklin: Toni Collette juggles identities in a new Showtime series.

TELEVISION

Nancy Franklin: Elvis Costello and William Shatner each host a talk show.

TELEVISION

Nancy Franklin: Tina Fey’s “30 Rock.”

TELEVISION

Kelefa Sanneh: “Fringe” and “The Mentalist.”

THE THEATRE

Hilton Als: Paul Celan, at the Museum of Jewish Heritage.

THE THEATRE

John Lahr: “Pal Joey” gets a makeover.

THE THEATRE

John Lahr: Two solipsists onstage.

THE THEATRE

Hilton Als: Labelle’s “Back to Now.”

ART

Andrea K. Scott: Vik Muniz, at MOMA.

ART

Peter Schjeldahl: Pipilotti Rist, at the Museum of Modern Art.

ART

Peter Schjeldahl: A Marlene Dumas retrospective.

ART

Vince Aletti: Cindy Sherman, at Skarstedt and Metro Pictures.

DANCE

Joan Acocella: Scenes from the Next Wave Festival.

DANCE

Joan Acocella: “The Return of Fräulein Maria,” at Joe’s Pub.

DANCE

Joan Acocella: A.B.T. celebrates a centennial.

DANCE

Joan Acocella: Two former Balanchine stars and their companies.

THE SKY LINE

Paul Goldberger: The new 2 Columbus Circle can’t break free of its predecessor.

THE SKY LINE

Paul Goldberger: Beijing’s great new architecture is a mixed blessing for the city.

THE SKY LINE

Paul Goldberger: Beijing’s Olympic architecture.

THE SKY LINE

Paul Goldberger: What can a designer bring to the world of architecture?

TABLES FOR TWO

Mike Peed: Flex Mussels, on the Upper East Side.

TABLES FOR TWO

Shauna Lyon: Café Select, in Nolita.

TABLES FOR TWO

Leo Carey: Irving Mill, in Manhattan.

TABLES FOR TWO

Andrea Thompson: JoeDoe, in Manhattan.

TABLES FOR TWO

THE FOOD PAGE
 
01 12, 2009
A discussion on Obama’s economic and counter-terrorism plans.
BLOGS
George Packer hopes Obama will help resettle 40,000 Iraqi refugees.
Steve Coll considers a carbon tax.
James Surowiecki says most American companies borrowed responsibly.
Sasha Frere-Jones can’t get enough of the Buddha Machine.
Hendrik Hertzberg sees Chicago’s chance to redeem itself.
The Book Bench: Upton Sinclair mojitos, Bolaño’s title, taxidermy and photography.
Goings On: Oscar advice, Rothkos, quality time with Prince.
The Cartoon Lounge: Psychic New Year’s, digging up a time capsule, no Inauguration in 2009.
Ask the Author: Alex Ross answers readers’ questions about Leonard Bernstein.
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The Eustace Tilley Contest
Create a cover featuring our iconic dandy. Submit your design by January 15, 2009.
IN THIS ISSUE
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Covers
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AUDIO
War of Words: A discussion about Scrabble, both online and off.
The Living Dead: A reading of James Salter’s “Last Night.”
Face Time: Staff photographers Martin Schoeller and Steve Pyke discuss their work.
Joy Revision: Ariel Levy discusses the relevance of “The Joy of Sex.”
The Transition: A discussion on Obama’s economic and counter-terrorism plans.
MORE PODCASTS
VIDEO
Justin Vernon Express: An interview with Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon.
Hot Seats: How an illegally logged tree becomes a toilet seat at Wal-Mart.
Not a Game: Scenarios from Virtual Iraq, with commentary by Sue Halpern.
Trapped: The ordeal of Nicholas White, who was trapped in an elevator for forty-one hours.
Stories from the Near Future: Video from the 2008 New Yorker Conference.
SLIDE SHOWS
Deserted: A portfolio of images from Sudanese refugee camps in Chad.
Sexual Evolution: A portfolio of images from “The Joy of Sex” and “Our Bodies, Ourselves.”
The Face of Death: Paintings and drawings from the Marlene Dumas retrospective at MOMA.
Secrets of the Bomb: Images and documents that tell the story behind the first atomic bomb.

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