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“A Sunset”
“Play, beauty, the impulse to reproduce it, / The impulse to evoke and bring to rage / And then to stillness the violence / In our natures.”
By Robert Hass
R. Kikuo Johnson’s “A Mother’s Work”
A glimpse into the lives of New York’s caretakers.
By Françoise MoulyArt by R. Kikuo Johnson
Your Lingering Fear of Germs
Sketchpad by Colin Tom: Zooming with a friend and a glass of wine? Freaked out in an elevator? You may have COVID déjà vu.
By Colin Tom
Ina Garten and the Age of Abundance
The Barefoot Contessa looks back at a career built on fantasies of comfort and plenty.
By Molly Fischer
The Supreme Contradictions of Simone Weil
It’s a conundrum of the philosopher’s biography that most basic human needs were alien to her.
By Judith Thurman
Is a Stay at Francis Ford Coppola’s Hotel an Offer You Can’t Refuse?
A guest checks in to the All-Movie Hotel, in Georgia, where “Mr. F.” plays “Godfather”-themed pinball and finished postproduction on “Megalopolis.”
By Charles Bethea
Will Packer’s Year of Firsts
The Hollywood producer visits Martha’s Vineyard for the première of his new Peacock series, “Fight Night,” and runs across Michelle Obama.
By André Wheeler
How Machines Learned to Discover Drugs
The A.I. revolution is coming to a pharmacy near you.
By Dhruv Khullar