David Remnick appears in the following:
Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel
Friday, September 06, 2019
Inspired by “Don Quixote,” Rushdie’s “Quichotte” sends its hero through an America ravaged by opioids, white supremacy, and mastodons. It is, by turns, fantastical and all too realistic.
Salman Rushdie’s Fantastical American Quest Novel
Friday, September 06, 2019
Inspired by “Don Quixote,” Rushdie’s Quichotte sends its hero through an America ravaged by opioids, white supremacy, and mastodons. It is, by turns, fantastical and all too realistic.
The New Norms of Affirmative Consent
Tuesday, September 03, 2019
What is affirmative consent, and what does it mean for college students and all sexually active people? Plus, a conversation with a teen-age climate striker.
Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify
Friday, August 30, 2019
A self-help author with no political experience is running for President. And she wants to clear some things up: she is not an anti-vaxxer, and she doesn’t have any crystals.
Marianne Williamson Would Like to Clarify
Friday, August 30, 2019
The self-help author talks with David Remnick about her unorthodox campaign for the Democratic Presidential nomination. And we talk about what exactly “affirmative consent” means.
Jia Tolentino on the Rise and Fall of the Internet
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
The New Yorker staff writer says that she owes her writing career to the Internet. Can she prevent it from destroying her? Plus, the creators of HBO’s “Our Boys”
Roger Federer Opens Up
Friday, August 23, 2019
The tennis master talks to David Remnick on the eve of playing in his nineteenth U.S. Open. Plus, Hua Hsu on a Chinese-Jamaican musical hybrid.
Roger Federer Opens Up
Friday, August 23, 2019
On the eve of his nineteenth U.S. Open, the tennis master sits down with David Remnick. Plus, Jia Tolentino on the corrosiveness of the Internet.
Derren Brown’s Big Secret
Tuesday, August 20, 2019
One of the top magic performers in the world, Derren Brown acquired his talent for misdirection in childhood, as he struggled to find ways to conceal what he thought was a big secret.
Maggie Gyllenhaal on “The Deuce” and #MeToo
Friday, August 16, 2019
The actress talks about playing a sex worker in HBO’s porn-industry drama, and about how #MeToo highlighted the compromises that all women are asked to make.
Maggie Gyllenhaal on “The Deuce,” and the Illusionist Derren Brown
Friday, August 16, 2019
The actress discusses her character’s journey from street walker to director. Plus: a magic performer reveals his secrets to success.
Ian Frazier Among the Drone Racers
Tuesday, August 13, 2019
The New Yorker’s Ian Frazier, holding on for dear life, looks at the birth of a new sport: high-speed drone racing.
Words and Wounds
Monday, August 12, 2019
President Trump bears out the author’s warnings about the violence of language.
The Rippling Effects of China’s One-Child Policy
Friday, August 09, 2019
Nanfu Wang grew up under China’s one-child policy. But it wasn’t until she became pregnant that she began to question the law.
The Effects of China’s One-Child Policy and a Final Interview with Toni Morrison
Friday, August 09, 2019
A documentarian examines one of the biggest social experiments in history; and Hilton Als talks with the celebrated writer.
Toni Morrison Talks with Hilton Als
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
Toni Morrison on her last novel, writing in the modern era, and how her father shaped her understanding of the world.
Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo, Part 2
Tuesday, August 06, 2019
What do you do when a former Al Qaeda official tries to convert you to Islam?
Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo
Friday, August 02, 2019
The U.S. tortured Mohamedou Salahi and kept him at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years. He’s no Al Qaeda mastermind, but, even today, he’s virtually a prisoner. Why won’t we let him go?
Living in the Shadow of Guantánamo
Friday, August 02, 2019
The U.S. tortured Mohamedou Salahi and kept him at Guantánamo Bay for fifteen years. He’s no Al Qaeda mastermind, but, even today, he’s virtually a prisoner. Why won’t we let him go?
Summer, By The Book
Tuesday, July 30, 2019
New Yorker writers on some of their favorite summer reads—from a fictional celebrity memoir to three history doorstops to a children’s classic.
