1. 匈牙利避免了民主崩溃。我们能做到吗？——在维克托·奥尔班执政期间，匈牙利历经多年的腐败和民主侵蚀，如今必须重建其制度。新任总理佩特尔·马加尔面临着如何实现这一目标的质疑。

07:30  Hungary Avoided Democratic Collapse. Can We? - After years of corruption and democratic erosion under Viktor Orbán, Hungary must rebuild its institutions. Its new Prime Minister, Péter Magyar, faces questions about how he’ll do it. (www.newyorker.com)

2. 《克里姆林宫的巫师》的空洞诡计——奥利维耶·阿萨亚斯改编自一部以弗拉基米尔·普京虚构顾问为原型的小说，却将政治简化为个人恩怨，将暴行贬低为轶事。

07:23  The Hollow Trickery of “The Wizard of the Kremlin” - Olivier Assayas’s adaptation of a novel about a fictionalized adviser to Vladimir Putin reduces politics to personalities and atrocities to anecdotes. (www.newyorker.com)

3. 奥利维耶·阿萨亚斯的“政治觉醒”——这位导演的最新作品《克里姆林宫的巫师》探讨了弗拉基米尔·普京的崛起之路，在此他谈到了几本对他理想形成产生过重要影响的书籍。

04:00  Olivier Assayas’s Coming of Political Age - The director—whose newest film, “The Wizard of the Kremlin,” examines the ascent of Vladimir Putin—discusses a few of the books that have helped to shape his ideals. (www.newyorker.com)

4. 每日漫画：5月13日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

02:36  Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

5. 西班牙为何敢于对抗唐纳德·特朗普——社会党总理佩德罗·桑切斯自始至终一直领导着欧洲各国反对对伊朗开战。

05-13  Why Spain Is Standing Up to Donald Trump - Pedro Sánchez, the Socialist Prime Minister, has led the European opposition to the Iran war from the start. (www.newyorker.com)

6. 巴迪·布拉德利的舞蹈遗产——莫琳·福特的新传记《感受地板》讲述了一位鲜为人知的黑人编舞家如何将最新舞步传授给白人明星们。

05-13  Buddy Bradley’s Legacy of Dance - Maureen Footer’s new biography, “Feel the Floor,” shows how a little-known Black choreographer taught white stars all the latest moves. (www.newyorker.com)

7. 为何特朗普的灵性顾问为总统献上了一尊金像——福音派牧师马克·伯恩斯解释说，尽管特朗普总统发布过自己扮成耶稣的照片，但他的支持者并不认为他是神一般的存在。

05-13  Why Trump’s Spiritual Adviser Dedicated a Golden Statue to the President - Mark Burns, an evangelical pastor, explains that Trump’s supporters don’t think of him as a godlike figure, even as the President posts pictures of himself as Jesus. (www.newyorker.com)

8. 一位科学家在“洪迪乌斯号”邮轮上与汉坦病毒的惊险遭遇——当时他正身处南大西洋某处，一位朋友发来短信，说一艘邮轮上爆发了疫情：“求求你，别告诉我你就在这艘船上。”

05-13  A Scientist’s Close Call with Hantavirus Aboard the M.V. Hondius - He was somewhere in the South Atlantic when a friend texted him about an outbreak on a cruise: “Please tell me you’re not on this ship.” (www.newyorker.com)

9. 每日漫画：5月12日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-12  Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 12th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

10. 停火的艺术——特朗普总统处理伊朗战争的方式，如何将这场时而短暂停火、时而持续不断的冲突，变成了现状。

05-12  The Art of the Ceasefire - How President Trump’s approach to the war in Iran is turning endless conflict, interrupted by fleeting pauses, into the status quo. (www.newyorker.com)

11. 将“特朗普时代”载入史册——当国家的历史已成为政治角力的战场时，该如何更新美国历史教科书？

05-12  Writing the Trump Years Into History - How do you bring an American-history textbook up to date when the country’s past has become a political battleground? (www.newyorker.com)

12. 根据你的睡姿，你的性格是——你总爱用全身的重量压在睡伴身上，而你的体重会突然完全转移到搭在对方身上的那条腿或手臂上。

05-12  Your Personality, According to Your Sleeping Position - You have a penchant for pinning your sleep partner beneath your full weight, which has suddenly shifted entirely into the leg or arm you’ve draped across their body. (www.newyorker.com)

13. 一位教授兼前院长认为，大学教育为何可能走向“OnlyFans”化——大学教育已变得千篇一律。在人工智能时代，学生们可能会寻求那些在别处无法获得的东西。

05-12  Why the Future of College Could Look Like OnlyFans - Universities have become generic, one professor and former dean argues. In the A.I. era, students may demand something they can’t get elsewhere. (www.newyorker.com)

14. 每日漫画：5月11日（星期一）——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-12  Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 11th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

15. 洛杉矶二十一名兄妹的命运——近二十名儿童被发现面临遭受虐待和忽视的风险。他们的父母是否会为此承担责任？

05-11  The Fate of Twenty-one Los Angeles Siblings - Nearly two dozen kids were found at risk of abuse and neglect. Will their parents be held accountable? (www.newyorker.com)

16. 从“精神效应”到“精神困境”——既然超低价航空公司在欧洲如此成功，为何在美国却难以蓬勃发展？

05-11  From the Spirit Effect to the Spirit Dilemma - Why can’t ultra-discount airlines thrive in the U.S. when they are so successful in Europe? (www.newyorker.com)

17. 《Obsession》背后的26岁青年：一部关于单相思走向失控的惊悚故事——电影制作人柯里·巴克十几岁时以网络短剧喜剧演员的身份崭露头角。如今，他正以好莱坞下一位杰出恐怖片导演的身份声名鹊起。

05-11  The Twenty-Six-Year-Old Behind “Obsession,” a Terrifying Tale of a Crush Gone Awry - The filmmaker Curry Barker got his start online as a teen-age sketch comedian. Now he’s making his name as Hollywood’s next great horror auteur. (www.newyorker.com)

18. 佐兰·曼达尼任命的新任惩教专员能否解决莱克斯岛监狱的问题？——斯坦利·理查兹将对改革的信心以及他自身的入狱经历带入这场持续的危机之中。

05-11  Can Zohran Mamdani’s New Correction Commissioner Solve the Problem of Rikers? - Stanley Richards brings faith in reform and his own experience of incarceration to an ongoing crisis. (www.newyorker.com)

19. 与临终母亲共读如何让我了解她的一生——作为一名教师，她常与别人的孩子谈论文学。终于，我也获得了同样的机会。

05-10  How Reading with My Dying Mother Revealed Her Life - As a teacher, she would talk about literature with other people’s children. Finally I got the same chance. (www.newyorker.com)

20. 餐厅点评：Lysée——每周有一个晚上，在李恩智位于曼哈顿的这家小巧的糕点店Lysée里，甜点既是开胃菜，也是主菜，更是餐桌上的全部。

05-10  Restaurant Review: Lysée - One evening a week, at Eunji Lee’s tiny Manhattan pâtisserie, Lysée, sweets are appetizer, entrée, and everything else. (www.newyorker.com)

21. 佩特尔·马加尔带领匈牙利人摆脱了专制统治。如今他将带领他们走向何方？——在当选后首次接受外国记者的深度专访时，这位新任总理承诺：“我们不想建立一个权力机器。”

05-09  Péter Magyar Led Hungarians out of Autocracy. Where Will He Take Them Now? - In his first substantial conversation with a foreign journalist since being elected, the new Prime Minister promised, “We don’t want to build a power machine.” (www.newyorker.com)

22. 洛杉矶终于准备好迎接地铁了吗？——历经数十年的屡屡受挫，一条新的地铁线路终于在这座城市最拥堵的大道上开通了。

05-09  Is Los Angeles Finally Ready to Take the Subway? - After decades of false starts, a new rail line has opened along the city’s most congested boulevard. (www.newyorker.com)

23. 《羊侦探》对绵羊的误解——这部由休·杰克曼和艾玛·汤普森主演的新片改编自一部近乎完美的“绵羊犯罪小说”，但令人失望的是，该改编作品对动物心理几乎毫无兴趣。

05-09  What “The Sheep Detectives” Doesn’t Understand About Sheep - The new film, starring Hugh Jackman and Emma Thompson, is based on a near-perfect “sheep crime novel”—but the adaptation shows disappointingly little interest in the animal mind. (www.newyorker.com)

24. 精神航空与非休闲阶层的休闲时光之终结——这家廉价航空公司曾是一团糟。但它也是经济型旅行的象征，为大众带来了一种朴素的自由。

05-09  Spirit Airlines and the Death of Leisure for the Non-Leisure Class - The low-cost carrier was a mess. But it was also an icon of budget travel, facilitating a kind of modest freedom for the masses. (www.newyorker.com)

25. 重拾母爱的祖母们——在《Mawmaw》中，摄影师安东尼·威尔逊向西弗吉尼亚州的女性们致敬，她们在经历种种变故后，依然悉心照料着子女的子女。

05-09  The Grandmothers Who Become Mothers Again - In “Mawmaw,” the photographer Anthony Wilson pays tribute to West Virginia women who, after one tragedy or another, care for their children’s children. (www.newyorker.com)

26. 亿万富翁们是否走得太远了？——“我们看到他们已经操之过急，”社会学家布鲁克·哈灵顿说，“他们正在掠夺美国的文化机构。他们正在掠夺民主。”

05-09  Have Billionaires Gone Too Far? - “We’ve seen them overplaying their hand,” the sociologist Brooke Harrington says. “They’re pillaging American cultural institutions. They’re pillaging democracy.” (www.newyorker.com)

27. 英国政坛的动荡新时代——基尔·斯塔默的支持率低迷导致工党在地方选举中遭遇惨败。如今，随着五大政党竞相争夺选票，极右翼势力或许已具备赢得大选的有利条件。

05-09  The Chaotic New Era of British Politics - Keir Starmer’s unpopularity has led Labour to a humiliating defeat in local elections. Now, with five major parties competing for votes, the far right could be well positioned for a general-election victory. (www.newyorker.com)

28. 凯西·马斯格雷夫斯专辑乐评：《Middle of Nowhere》——在这张新专辑《Middle of Nowhere》中，这位歌手巧妙地演绎了乡村音乐的两大经典主题：她的家乡得克萨斯州，以及孤独。

05-09  Kacey Musgraves Music Review: “Middle of Nowhere” - On her new album, “Middle of Nowhere,” the singer toys with two of country music’s great themes: her home state of Texas, and solitude. (www.newyorker.com)

29. 《沉默的朋友》中，一棵树在马尔堡生长——在伊尔迪科·埃内迪这部引人深思的自然史诗中，来自三个不同时代的三个孤独的实验者，试图揭开植物的奥秘，并从中领悟到关于自身的重要真谛。

05-09  A Tree Grows in Marburg in “Silent Friend” - In Ildikó Enyedi’s meditative nature epic, three lonely experimenters from three different eras seek to unlock the secrets of plants—and learn something vital about themselves. (www.newyorker.com)

30. 特朗普时代下的巴拉克·奥巴马——记者彼得·斯莱文向前总统提出了许多民主党人心中的疑问：在危机时刻，他为何不采取更多行动？

05-09  Barack Obama in the Trump Era - The reporter Peter Slevin asks the former President the question on many Democrats’ minds: Why isn’t he doing more in a time of crisis? (www.newyorker.com)

31. 在母亲身陷囹圄中长大——哈丽特·克拉克的新小说《山丘》与她童年时探望被关押在监狱中的母亲的经历如出一辙。她接受了蕾切尔·阿维夫的采访。

05-09  Growing Up with a Mother in Prison - Harriet Clark’s new novel, “The Hill,” parallels her own childhood years spent visiting the prison where her mother was incarcerated. She talks with Rachel Aviv. (www.newyorker.com)

32. 每日漫画：5月8日，星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-08  Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 8th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

33. 蕾切尔·赛姆盛装亮相——另：杰西卡·温特推荐的以母亲为主题的电影

05-08  Rachel Syme Gets Suited Up - Also: Jessica Winter’s mom-themed movie picks (www.newyorker.com)

34. 那鲜红的“V”字——我倒也乐得当个青少年时期的异类——尤其是当这种排斥来自一群蠢货的时候。

05-08  The Scarlet “V” - I was comfortable being a tween pariah—especially when the rejection came from such idiots. (www.newyorker.com)

35. 我们是否对未来想得太多了？——在人类历史的大部分时间里，人们并不试图预测未来。也许这才是明智之举。

05-08  Do We Think Too Much About the Future? - For most of history, people didn’t try predicting it. Maybe that was wise. (www.newyorker.com)

36. 教皇就任一周年之际，白宫再度发难——谁能想到利奥十四世竟能在如此短的时间内创造如此多的历史？

05-08  The Pope’s First Anniversary Is Marked by More Sparring from the White House - Who would have thought that Leo XIV would make so much history so fast? (www.newyorker.com)

37. 对普京而言，问题（和偏执）正不断加剧——无人机袭击、网络中断以及经济的突然下滑，已导致一些俄罗斯知名人士开始公开质疑总统的执政能力。

05-08  For Putin, Problems (and Paranoia) Keep Mounting - Drone attacks, internet blackouts, and a sudden downturn in the economy have led some prominent Russians to start openly questioning their President’s grip on power. (www.newyorker.com)

38. 大卫·阿滕伯勒的时代——对于几代电视观众而言，这位备受喜爱的主持人将我们客厅里的那块玻璃屏幕与窗外的广阔世界紧密相连。而他的传奇仍在继续。

05-08  The Reign of David Attenborough - For generations of TV viewers, the beloved presenter has linked the patch of glass in our living rooms and the wide world beyond. And he’s not done yet. (www.newyorker.com)

39. 直击霍尔木兹海峡——吱吱作响的轮子才能得到润滑油。

05-08  Straight Outta Hormuz - The squeaky wheel gets the oil. (www.newyorker.com)

40. 《总统的所有承包商》——在顾问们敦促其专注于国内议程之际，特朗普将目光投向了首都周边的建设项目。

05-08  All The President’s Contractors - Urged by advisers to focus on the domestic agenda, Trump trains his gaze on construction projects around the capital. (www.newyorker.com)

41. 每日漫画：5月7日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

05-07  Daily Cartoon: Thursday, May 7th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

42. 英国的反犹太主义问题——在近期发生一系列暴力袭击事件后，英国政府已将反犹太主义定性为“危机”。但他们的解决方案究竟能保护犹太人，还是会使局势雪上加霜？

05-07  The U.K.’s Antisemitism Problem - The British government has declared antisemitism a “crisis” after a recent spate of violent attacks. But will their solutions protect Jews, or make the situation worse? (www.newyorker.com)

43. 大都会艺术博物馆慈善晚会、电影《穿普拉达的女王2》以及时尚界的现状——这场奢华的筹款晚会和这部票房大片，都凸显了近几十年来时尚界与媒体领域的剧变。如今，谁才是真正的主导者？

05-07  The Met Gala, “The Devil Wears Prada 2,” and the State of Style - The opulent fund-raiser and the box-office hit both highlight dramatic shifts in fashion and media in recent decades. These days, who’s calling the shots? (www.newyorker.com)

44. 在这个中期选举季，别忘了“葡萄酒妈妈”们——在这个政治氛围异常激烈的时代，这个界定模糊、饱受非议的群体依然是选举中可靠的动力源泉。

05-07  This Midterm Season, Don’t Forget Your Wine Mom - In an age of hyperpolitics, the ill-defined, much-maligned cohort remains a reliable source of electoral energy. (www.newyorker.com)

45. 缩减社会保障规模的真正代价——在新领导层的领导下，该机构削弱了全国各地办事处的作用，并将业务集中管理，这使得数百万美国人更难获得福利方面的帮助。

05-07  The Real Cost of Downsizing Social Security - Under new leadership, the agency has reduced the role of field offices across the country and centralized its operations, making it harder for millions of Americans to get help with their benefits. (www.newyorker.com)

46. 一场国会初选如何演变成围绕人工智能的代理之战——亚历克斯·博雷斯希望对这项技术进行监管。他的竞选活动使OpenAI与Anthropic两家公司的影响力形成了对峙。

05-07  How a Congressional Primary Became a Proxy Battle Over A.I. - Alex Bores wanted to regulate the technology. His race has pitted OpenAI’s influence against Anthropic’s. (www.newyorker.com)

47. 母亲节礼物，传达“对不起，我青春期时对你做的一切”——一支奢华的香薰蜡烛或许无法弥补那些因荷尔蒙剧烈波动而造成的多年“折磨”，但试一试总没错！

05-07  Mother’s Day Gifts That Say, “Sorry for Everything I Did to You as a Teen” - A luxurious candle probably can’t undo years of terrorization brought on by massive hormonal swings, but it’s worth a try! (www.newyorker.com)

48. 卡什·帕特尔针对《大西洋月刊》提起的战略性、无理诉讼——近期一波法律诉讼给记者们带来了新的压力，也引发了人们对调查性报道未来的担忧。

05-07  Kash Patel’s Strategic, Frivolous Lawsuit Against The Atlantic - A recent wave of legal challenges is putting renewed pressure on journalists and raising concerns about the future of investigative reporting. (www.newyorker.com)

49. 道格拉斯·斯图尔特谈描写同性恋生活的伟大小说——这位小说家的新作《约翰之约翰》现已出版，他在此分享了几部自己最喜爱的、以酷儿角色为主角的历史小说。

05-07  Douglas Stuart on Great Novels of Gay Life - The novelist—whose new book, “John of John,” is out now—shares a few of his favorite works of historical fiction that center on queer characters. (www.newyorker.com)

50. 杨安泽加入配文大赛——这位政界人士尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Andrew Yang Enters the Caption Contest - The politician tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

51. 丹尼·德维托加入配文大赛——这位演员、制片人和导演尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Danny DeVito Enters the Caption Contest - The actor, producer, and director tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

52. 《芝麻街》加入配文大赛——艾摩、大鸟、饼干怪兽和艾比·卡达比尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Sesame Street Enters the Caption Contest - Elmo, Big Bird, Cookie Monster, and Abby Cadabby try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

53. “The Try Guys” 参加配文大赛——这些网络红人兼《搞砸的隐秘力量》一书的合著者，尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  The Try Guys Enter the Caption Contest - The internet sensations and co-authors of “The Hidden Power of F*cking Up” try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

54. 库梅尔·南贾尼和戴夫·巴蒂斯塔参加配文大赛——《斯图伯》的主演们尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Kumail Nanjiani and Dave Bautista Enter the Caption Contest - The “Stuber” stars try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

55. 佐伊·索尔达娜和扎克·加利费安纳基斯参加配文大赛——《失踪环节》的主演们尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Zoe Saldaña and Zach Galifianakis Enter the Caption Contest - The “Missing Link” stars try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

56. 卡拉莫·布朗、安东尼·波罗夫斯基和鲍比·伯克参加配文大赛——《酷男帮》剧组成员尝试为《纽约客》漫画配文。

05-07  Karamo Brown, Antoni Porowski, and Bobby Berk Enter the Caption Contest - “Queer Eye” cast members try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

57. 亚当·科诺弗参加配文大赛——这位演员兼作家尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Adam Conover Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and writer tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

58. 威尔·法瑞尔和约翰·C·赖利参加配文大赛——这两位演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly Enter the Caption Contest - The actors try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

59. 乔恩·哈姆加入配文大赛——这位演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Jon Hamm Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

60. 尼克·克罗尔加入配文大赛——这位演员兼喜剧演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Nick Kroll Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

61. 雷特和林克参加配文大赛——YouTube每日节目《Good Mythical Morning》的两位主持人尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Rhett and Link Enter the Caption Contest - The hosts of the daily YouTube show “Good Mythical Morning” try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

62. 吉姆·加菲根参加配文大赛——这位演员兼喜剧演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Jim Gaffigan Enters the Caption Contest - The actor and comedian tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

63. 爱丽丝·卡斯诺夫参加配文大赛——一位神童尝试为《纽约客》漫画配文。

05-07  Alice Kassnove Enters the Caption Contest - A child prodigy tries her hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

64. 尼克·奥弗曼加入配文大赛——这位演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Nick Offerman Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

65. 比尔·哈德尔加入配文大赛——这位喜剧演员兼演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-07  Bill Hader Enters the Caption Contest - The comedian and actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

66. 一场针对人工智能的低保真反抗——随着精致、机器生成的视觉效果无处不在，艺术家和设计师们正拥抱一种充满手工痕迹的不完美风格。

05-07  A Lo-Fi Rebellion Against A.I. - As slick, machine-generated visuals become ubiquitous, artists and designers are embracing a style of handmade imperfection. (www.newyorker.com)

67. 一位父亲新近萌生的女权主义——如果要我坦率地说，没有哪个男孩配得上我的“公主”——如果我不承认“公主”这个称呼本质上带有居高临下的意味，我大概会这么说。

05-06  A Father’s Newfound Feminism - If you want my honest opinion, no boy will ever be good enough for my princess—is a thing I’d say if I didn’t acknowledge that “princess” is a fundamentally patronizing epithet. (www.newyorker.com)

68. 亚当·斯科特参加配文大赛——这位演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-06  Adam Scott Enters the Caption Contest - The actor tries his hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

69. 阿比·雅各布森和扎克·伍兹参加配文大赛——这两位演员尝试为《纽约客》的漫画配文。

05-06  Abbi Jacobson and Zach Woods Enter the Caption Contest - The actors try their hand at captioning New Yorker cartoons. (www.newyorker.com)

70. 每日漫画：5月6日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-06  Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, May 6th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

71. 伊朗战争如何使权力天平向中国倾斜——随着美国在海外的信誉和军事能力受到考验，中国通过置身事外并从中汲取经验，获得了更多话语权。

05-06  How the Iran War Is Shifting Power Toward China - As the U.S.’s credibility and military capacity are tested abroad, China has gained leverage by staying out of the fight and learning from it. (www.newyorker.com)

72. 穆里尔·斯帕克，这位双面间谍——一部新传记指出，这位小说家虚构了自己的身世，但秘密密码才是她天才的源泉。

05-06  Muriel Spark, the Double Agent - A new biography claims that the novelist fabricated her origin story—but that secret codes lie at the heart of her genius. (www.newyorker.com)

73. 2026年大都会艺术博物馆慈善晚会：贝索斯夫妇、碧昂斯与鲜血——今年的晚会不仅有备受争议的联合主席，还以垒球为主题，并至少有一处对艺术史上的丑闻进行了恰如其分的隐喻。

05-06  The 2026 Met Gala: Bezoses, Beyoncé, and Blood - This year’s event had controversial co-chairs, a softball theme, and at least one apt reference to an art-historical scandal. (www.newyorker.com)

74. 多梅尼科·格诺利令人目眩的日常生活特写——这位意大利画家将静物画推向了新的极致，让一条领带或一张床单看起来宛如外星景观。

05-05  Domenico Gnoli’s Dizzying Closeups of the Everyday - The Italian painter took still-life to new extremes, making a tie or a bedsheet look like an alien landscape. (www.newyorker.com)

75. 每日漫画：5月5日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-05  Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, May 5th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

76. 人工智能会让大学变得过时吗？——美国人早已对各类机构，包括学术界，心存疑虑。越来越多的人可能会认为，大学所授予的文凭并不值得付出那样的代价。

05-05  Will A.I. Make College Obsolete? - Americans already distrust institutions, including academia. More and more people may decide that its stamp of approval isn’t worth the cost. (www.newyorker.com)

77. 我完全不明白女儿为什么不跟我说话——我完全不明白女儿为什么不跟我说话。等她不再歪曲自己的童年记忆时，我才会停止“篡改历史”。

05-05  I Have No Idea Why My Daughter Doesn’t Talk to Me - I have no idea why my daughter doesn’t talk to me. I’ll stop “rewriting history” when she stops remembering her childhood wrong. (www.newyorker.com)

78. 俄亥俄州初选地图：实时结果——谢罗德·布朗正在角逐J.D.万斯参议员席位的民主党初选；维韦克·拉马斯瓦米有望赢得共和党州长初选。

05-05  Ohio Primary Elections Map: Live Results - Sherrod Brown is running in the Democratic primary for J. D. Vance’s Senate seat; Vivek Ramaswamy looks to win the Republican primary for governor. (www.newyorker.com)

79. 玛丽莲·梦露将被拍摄升华为一种艺术——好莱坞美女如云，而梦露拥有的却是一种更为罕见的特质：感染力。

05-05  Marilyn Monroe Made Being Photographed Into an Art - Hollywood was full of beauties. What Monroe had was something rarer: the ability to project. (www.newyorker.com)

80. 每日加赠漫画：《天际之灵》——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-05  Bonus Daily Cartoon: Spirit in the Sky - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

81. 每日漫画：5月4日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-04  Daily Cartoon: Monday, May 4th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

82. 艾伦·巴斯《女儿手术期间，我想起在佛罗伦萨酒店度过的一个夜晚》——“她在老桥上的一家摊位买了一件黑色皮夹克。”

05-04  “While My Daughter Is in Surgery I Think About a Night in a Hotel in Florence,” by Ellen Bass - “She’d bought a black leather jacket from a stall on the Ponte Vecchio.” (www.newyorker.com)

83. 重塑身份政治的这一理念背后有着错综复杂的来龙去脉——金伯莉·克伦肖向我们提出了“交织性”和“批判性种族理论”这两个概念。她的新回忆录表明，她仍在为这些概念的含义而持续抗争。

05-04  The Idea That Reshaped Identity Politics Has a Complicated Backstory - Kimberlé Crenshaw gave us the terms “intersectionality” and “critical race theory.” Her new memoir shows that she isn’t done fighting over what they mean. (www.newyorker.com)

84. 让美国看起来像一片应许之地的艺术家——弗雷德里克·埃德温·丘奇让整个国家相信了自己的神话。这既是他的成就，也是他的覆灭。

05-04  The Artist Who Made America Look Like a Promised Land - Frederic Edwin Church sold a nation on its own mythology. That was his making—and his unmaking. (www.newyorker.com)

85. 在HBO的《黑暗巫师》中，迪恩·波特登场——这位高空跳伞运动员于2015年在一场悲剧性事故中丧生，当时距离他领取行为艺术奖仅剩一天。一部新的纪录片系列将探索他的生平与遗产。

05-04  In HBO’s “The Dark Wizard,” Dean Potter Climbs On - The BASE jumper died in a tragic accident in 2015, the day before he was to accept an award for performance art. A new docuseries explores his life and legacy. (www.newyorker.com)

86. 美国人如何再次陷入“淘金热”——飙升的金价、在社交媒体上走红的淘金网红、充满男子气概的淘金真人秀，以及特朗普对黄金的痴迷，共同点燃了一场自1849年以来前所未有的淘金热潮。

05-04  How Americans Caught Gold Fever Again - Soaring gold prices, viral panning influencers, macho gold-mining reality shows, and Trump’s gold obsession have ignited a craze for prospecting not seen since 1849. (www.newyorker.com)

87. 巴拉克·奥巴马反思自己在“特朗普时代”的角色——这位前总统仍是美国最受欢迎的政治人物之一。他对国家负有怎样的责任？

05-04  Barack Obama Considers His Role in the Age of Trump - The former President remains one of the most popular politicians in the country. What are his obligations to it? (www.newyorker.com)

88. 科尔伯特节目中的小号手谈《深夜秀》停播后的生活——自2015年以来，乔恩·兰普利一直担任《深夜秀》的驻场乐队成员，而该节目已被CBS电视台毫不留情地取消。随着最后一集的临近，他回顾了这段经历。

05-04  Colbert’s Trumpet Player on Life After Late Night - Since 2015, Jon Lampley has played in the house band of “The Late Show,” which CBS unceremoniously cancelled. As the final episode looms, he takes a look back. (www.newyorker.com)

89. 两百五十年的复杂纪念活动——唐纳德·特朗普不愿承认错误的态度表明，今年7月4日，我们恐怕难以看到那些直面美国历史复杂性的纪念活动。

05-04  Two Hundred and Fifty Years of Complicated Commemorations - Donald Trump’s aversion to admitting fault suggests that we will not likely see events that grapple with the nuanced nature of the nation’s history this July 4th. (www.newyorker.com)

90. 人工智能行业正蓬勃发展。它何时才能真正盈利？——就在埃隆·马斯克起诉其前OpenAI合伙人之际，人工智能公司正迅速扩张，但利润依然稀缺。

05-04  The A.I. Industry Is Booming. When Will It Actually Make Money? - As Elon Musk sues his former OpenAI partners, A.I. companies are expanding rapidly, but profits are still scarce. (www.newyorker.com)

91. 美国建国250周年——一个国家的希望与矛盾。

05-04  America at 250 - A nation’s hopes and paradoxes. (www.newyorker.com)

92. 《独立宣言》在修改前是否更好？——在争论、批评与妥协之中，这个分裂的国家不得不展现出团结一致的姿态。但这付出了代价。

05-04  Was the Declaration of Independence Better Before the Edits? - Amid contention, criticism, and compromise, a divided nation had to present a unified front. It came at a cost. (www.newyorker.com)

93. 充满美国特色且极具张力的高中辩论世界——“一旦顺利进行，就会让人欲罢不能。”

05-04  The Very American, Very Intense World of High-School Debate - “When it goes well, it can be extremely addicting.” (www.newyorker.com)

94. 简评书评——《韩国救世主》、《小镇女孩》、《湖底》和《八月、九月、十月》

05-04  Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Korean Messiah,” “Small Town Girls,” “Underlake,” and “August, September, October.” (www.newyorker.com)

95. 长者优惠迪士尼乐园——准备好你的优惠券吧。蟾蜍先生的疯狂之旅即将带你前往泌尿科医生那里，还有“打盹隧道”等着你。

05-04  Senior-Discount Disneyland - Get your coupons ready. Here comes Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride to the Urologist and the Tunnel of Nap. (www.newyorker.com)

96. 布伦达·希尔曼的《1970》——“你的头发有一码长。蓝色工装衬衫。破洞牛仔裤。”

05-04  “1970,” by Brenda Hillman - “Your hair is a yard long. Blue work shirt. Ripped jeans.” (www.newyorker.com)

97. 美国革命其实没那么了不起——美国人长期以来一直认为，正是他们掀起了全球性的反抗浪潮。但若将这一事件置于当时更广泛的帝国战争背景下审视，情况就大不相同了。

05-04  The American Revolution Wasn’t That Big a Deal - Americans have long imagined that they set off a global age of revolt. Seen within the era’s wider wars of empire, the story looks rather different. (www.newyorker.com)

98. 哈丽特·克拉克的处女作是一部别具一格的成长小说——在《山丘》中，一位女儿通过探望身陷囹圄的母亲逐渐成长，继承了那段曾摧毁她家庭的青年激进主义所留下的余波。

05-04  Harriet Clark’s Début Is a New Kind of Coming-of-Age Novel - In “The Hill,” a daughter comes of age through visits to her imprisoned mother, inheriting the afterlife of a youthful radicalism that shattered her family. (www.newyorker.com)

99. 在高线公园，佛像取代了巨型鸽子——那座鸟类雕塑从切尔西“鸽舍”飞走后，策展人塞西莉亚·阿莱曼尼主持安装了一件新作品——一座神圣的砂岩巨像，其原型是一尊被塔利班摧毁的佛像。

05-04  On the High Line, Buddha Is the New Giant Pigeon - After the bird sculpture flew the Chelsea coop, the curator Cecilia Alemani oversaw the installation of a new work—a sacred sandstone colossus, based on one destroyed by the Taliban. (www.newyorker.com)

100. 《宪法第二十五修正案》真的可行吗？——肯尼迪遇刺后，一位名叫约翰·费里克的初出茅庐的律师被召至华盛顿起草该条款。如今，人人都希望他能就将特朗普赶下台一事发表看法。

05-04  Is the Twenty-fifth Amendment Really an Option? - After J.F.K.’s assassination, a neophyte lawyer named John Feerick was summoned to Washington to draft the provision. Now everyone wants him to weigh in on booting Trump from office. (www.newyorker.com)

101. 一个美国青少年的生活与时代——从某些方面来说，这世界已经完蛋了。但作为一个12岁孩子，生活还是挺不错的。

05-04  The Life and Times of an American Tween - In some ways, the world is cooked. But being a twelve-year-old still kind of eats. (www.newyorker.com)

102. 读者来信——读者就莎拉·斯蒂尔曼关于移民儿童被拘留的报道、帕特里克·拉登·基夫对新奥尔良汽车保险欺诈案的调查，以及罗南·法罗和安德鲁·马兰茨对萨姆·阿尔特曼的专访发表了看法。

05-04  Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to Sarah Stillman’s piece about the detention of migrant children, Patrick Radden Keefe’s investigation into car-insurance fraud in New Orleans, and Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz’s profile of Sam Altman. (www.newyorker.com)

103. 巴里·布利特的《红、白与有点蓝》——美国的生日派对。

05-04  Barry Blitt’s “Red, White, and Kinda Blue” - America’s birthday party. (www.newyorker.com)

104. 《特朗普的美国地图》——对美国的一次完全不带党派色彩的制图学重新诠释。

05-04  Mapping Trump’s America - A totally nonpartisan cartographic reinterpretation of the United States. (www.newyorker.com)

105. 李昌镐的《排名》——我们大多是男孩，年纪尚轻，彼此间的羁绊显得格外强烈，如同部落一般，紧密得像止血带，然而我们的部落却始终充斥着无休止的争执。

05-03  “Standings,” by Chang-rae Lee - We were mostly boys and young enough that the bonds felt fierce, like in a tribe, tourniquet tight, yet our tribe was fuelled by constant disagreements. (www.newyorker.com)

106. 李昌镐谈1976年的童年生活——这位作家探讨了他的短篇小说《排名》。

05-03  Chang-rae Lee on What Childhood Was Like in 1976 - The author discusses his story “Standings.” (www.newyorker.com)

107. 餐厅点评：Vato 与 Los Burritos Juarez——这种以薄饼为主、风味浓郁的墨西哥北部风格卷饼正逐渐受到青睐，帕克斜坡区的 Vato 以及福特格林区的 Los Burritos Juarez 便是其中的代表。

05-03  Restaurant Review: Vato and Los Burritos Juarez - The slim, tortilla-forward northern-Mexican burrito is getting its due, at spots including Vato, in Park Slope, and Los Burritos Juarez, in Fort Greene. (www.newyorker.com)

108. 李昌镐朗读《排名》——作者朗读了发表于2026年5月11日和18日刊的这篇短篇小说。

05-03  Chang-rae Lee Reads “Standings” - The author read his story from the May 11 & 18, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

109. 最高法院是如何废除《投票权法案》的--二十年来，保守派大法官一直在努力铲除民权时代的堡垒。

05-03  How the Supreme Court Demolished the Voting Rights Act - For two decades, the conservative Justices worked to eliminate a bulwark of the civil-rights era. (www.newyorker.com)

110. 《蒂米——那头受困的座头鲸的奇异传奇》——科学家们认为，这头病恹恹的座头鲸应该被放任自生自灭。但一支由私人资助、成员背景各异的救援队却不这么认为。

05-03  The Strange Saga of Timmy, the Stranded Humpback Whale - Scientists said that an ailing humpback should be left to die in peace. A motley crew of privately funded rescuers disagreed. (www.newyorker.com)

111. 迪士尼的成年粉丝是地球上最幸福的债务人吗？——对于华特迪士尼公司最忠实的粉丝来说，追寻魔法的旅程可能伴随着五位数的信用卡账单。

05-02  Are Disney Adults the Happiest Debtors on Earth? - For the Walt Disney Company’s most loyal fans, the pursuit of magic can come with a five-figure credit-card bill. (www.newyorker.com)

112. 《走进“连环杀手的心灵”之旅》——在联合广场附近的一场快闪展上，参观者可以走进一家前Urban Outfitters门店，沉浸于“恐怖屋”般的氛围之中。

05-02  My Journey Inside the “Mind of a Serial Killer” - At a pop-up exhibition near Union Square, visitors can immerse themselves in a house-of-horrors-style environment inside a former Urban Outfitters store. (www.newyorker.com)

113. 索拉布·胡拉镜头下的克什米尔：凝固的景象——在《雪》中，这位摄影师展现了一个既充满美丽又饱受血腥蹂躏的地区所陷入的瘫痪状态。

05-02  Sohrab Hura’s Frozen Vision of Kashmir - In “Snow,” the photographer evokes the paralysis of a region defined at once by beauty and bloodshed. (www.newyorker.com)

114. 乔纳森·斯威夫特的最后一个玩笑——这位作家亲自撰写了自己的墓志铭。其中是否暗藏着讽刺之意？

05-02  Jonathan Swift’s Last Joke - The writer composed his own epitaph. Did it have a secret satirical intent? (www.newyorker.com)

115. 卢克雷西亚·马尔特尔那充满激情的道德洞察力——在这位阿根廷导演的新纪录片《我们的土地》以及近期修复的杰作《无头女人》中，形式的难以捉摸反而成为了通往真理的最直接途径。

05-02  The Furious Moral Clarity of Lucrecia Martel - In the Argentinean filmmaker’s new documentary, “Our Land,” and a recently restored masterpiece, “The Headless Woman,” an elusiveness of form becomes the most direct way to the truth. (www.newyorker.com)

116. 莫莉·罗杰斯为《穿普拉达的女王2》设计服装的蜿蜒之路——这位资深服装设计师曾在其好友帕特里夏·菲尔德麾下工作数十年，为卡莉·布雷萧等角色设计服装。随后，她便毅然单飞。

05-02  Molly Rogers’s Well-Worn Path to Costuming “The Devil Wears Prada 2” - The veteran costume designer worked for decades under her friend Patricia Field outfitting the likes of Carrie Bradshaw. Then, and just like that, she struck out on her own. (www.newyorker.com)

117. 一位获得特朗普背书的共和党人如何有望成为加州下一任州长——在民主党人比共和党人多出20%的加州，史蒂夫·希尔顿在民调中领先。他能在“蓝州”加州胜出吗？

05-02  How a Trump-Endorsed Republican Could Become California’s Next Governor - Steve Hilton is leading in the polls in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans by twenty per cent. Could he win in blue California? (www.newyorker.com)

118. NBA传奇人物史蒂夫·科尔——这位金州勇士队主教练谈及与巅峰时期的迈克尔·乔丹并肩作战的经历、他对领导力的领悟，以及在联盟中直言不讳到什么程度才算过火。

05-02  The N.B.A. Legend Steve Kerr - The Golden State Warriors’ coach on playing with Michael Jordan in his prime, what he’s learned about leadership, and how outspoken is too outspoken in the league. (www.newyorker.com)

119. 每日漫画：5月1日，星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

05-01  Daily Cartoon: Friday, May 1st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

120. 我们在睡梦中也能学习。但我们应该这样做吗？——最新研究表明，人们在做梦时能够进行交流，甚至练习技能。

05-01  It’s Possible to Learn in Our Sleep. Should We? - New research suggests that people can communicate and even practice skills while dreaming. (www.newyorker.com)

121. 《淑女修身课》：要不要碎纸——一场碎纸活动应该充满节日气氛，就像嘉年华一样，有气球、棉花糖和蓝草乐队。

05-01  Finishing School: To Shred or Not to Shred - A shredding event should be festive, like a carnival, with balloons and cotton candy and a bluegrass band. (www.newyorker.com)

122. 莎拉·顺莲·拜纳姆朗读琼·西尔伯的作品——作者将与黛博拉·特雷斯曼一同朗读并探讨发表于2022年《纽约客》杂志上的作品《进化》。

05-01  Sarah Shun-lien Bynum Reads Joan Silber - The author joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Evolution,” which was published in The New Yorker in 2022. (www.newyorker.com)

123. 《激烈对决》及其“葡萄酒妈妈”粉丝们再度聚首——此外还有：MUNA乐队充满活力的流行音乐、胡安妮塔·麦克尼利的直击心灵的画作、音乐剧《海滩》等精彩内容。

05-01  “Heated Rivalry” and Its Wine-Mom Fans Reunite - Plus: the radiant pop of MUNA, the visceral paintings of Juanita McNeely, a “Beaches” musical, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

124. 查尔斯和唐纳德意见一致——算是吧，差不多吧。

05-01  Charles and Donald See Eye to Eye - Sort of, more or less. (www.newyorker.com)

125. 一位（或两位）国王、一位总统和一个“喷子”——关于查尔斯国王国事访问的思考。

05-01  A King (or Two), a President, and a Troll - Reflections on Charles’s State Visit. (www.newyorker.com)

126. 《双钢琴》将现代情感剧拍出了复古风味——阿诺·德普莱尚这部充满张力的作品讲述了一位钢琴家回到故乡，与恩师及前情人重逢的故事。影片将人物性格如多米诺骨牌般层层铺陈，却对他们所处的现实世界视而不见。

05-01  “Two Pianos” Turns Modern Melodrama Old-Fashioned - Arnaud Desplechin’s vigorous tale of a pianist’s return home to a mentor and an ex-lover lines up its characters’ traits like dominoes, and ignores the world they live in. (www.newyorker.com)

127. 刺杀未遂事件与王室访美——一位目击者对比了白宫记者晚宴的现场与查尔斯国王及卡米拉王后此次访美之行，此时正值美英关系紧张之际。

05-01  An Assassination Attempt and a Royal Visit to Washington - An eyewitness contrasts the scene at the White House Correspondents’ dinner with King Charles and Queen Camilla’s trip amid strained U.S.-U.K. relations. (www.newyorker.com)

128. 每日漫画：4月30日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-30  Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 30th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

129. 爱尔兰毒枭丹尼尔·基纳汉在迪拜被捕——在迪拜自由生活了十年后，这位臭名昭著的爱尔兰毒贩终于被捕，预计将被遣返回都柏林受审。

04-30  The Irish Drug Kingpin Daniel Kinahan Is Arrested in Dubai - After living freely in Dubai for a decade, the notorious Irish drug dealer has finally been arrested, and is likely to be sent back to Dublin to stand trial. (www.newyorker.com)

130. 《迈克尔》试图展现——或掩盖什么 - 这部传记电影将这位所谓的“流行乐之王”重新推到了文化舞台的中心，为这位巨星充满争议的遗产涂上了一层新的光鲜外衣。

04-30  What “Michael” Tries to Show—or Hide - The bio-pic places the so-called King of Pop back at the center of the culture, putting a fresh coat of varnish on the star’s troubled legacy. (www.newyorker.com)

131. 《小熊维尼的家》——“赫法特伦普，”猫头鹰说，“住在‘赫夫’里。至少，天气暖和的时候是这样。到了冬天，他就会搬到‘斯尼特’去。”

04-30  The White House at Pooh Corner - “The Heffatrump,” said Owl, “lives in a Huff. At least, he does in warm weather. In winter he moves to a Snit.” (www.newyorker.com)

132. 《施米加敦！》和《迷失男孩》是精彩绝伦的翻拍之作——如今，“夸张风格”已成为百老汇音乐剧的主流美学。而这两部新作却敢于展现真挚的一面。

04-30  “Schmigadoon!” and “The Lost Boys” Are Killer Revamps - Camp has become the go-to aesthetic for Broadway musicals. These two new shows dare to be sincere. (www.newyorker.com)

133. 查尔斯国王与卡米拉王后访美——一面国旗的失误、白宫的施工现场、一场与传粉者的合影，以及特朗普对扮演王室成员的热衷，共同造就了此次访问中那诡异的氛围。

04-30  King Charles and Queen Camilla Come to Washington - A flag flub, a White House construction zone, a pollinator photo op, and Trump’s love of royal cosplay all contributed to the bizarre atmosphere of the visit. (www.newyorker.com)

134. 莫妮卡·费雷尔朗读露西·布罗克-布罗伊多作品——这位诗人将与凯文·杨一同朗读并探讨露西·布罗克-布罗伊多的《卡罗莫尔》，以及她自己的诗作《五十年代》。

04-30  Monica Ferrell Reads Lucie Brock-Broido - The poet joins Kevin Young to read and discuss “Carrowmore,” by Lucie Brock-Broido, and her own poem “The Fifties.” (www.newyorker.com)

135. 《穿普拉达的女王2》影评——这部由安妮·海瑟薇、梅丽尔·斯特里普和艾米丽·布朗特再度联袂出演的续集，既令人倍感亲切，又时而荒诞不经——但它同时也是一面精明而光鲜的镜子，映照出我们所处的时代。

04-30  “The Devil Wears Prada 2” Movie Review - The sequel, which reunites Anne Hathaway, Meryl Streep, and Emily Blunt, is familiar and at times preposterous—but it’s also a savvy, shiny reflection of our era. (www.newyorker.com)

136. 每日漫画：4月29日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-29  Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 29th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

137. 动荡时代的“柯克化”——文化已从调侃某人的死亡，转变为沉迷于实时调侃战争。

04-29  The Kirkification of Our Troubled Times - The culture has transitioned from memeing one man’s death to delighting in the memeing of wars in real time. (www.newyorker.com)

138. 《速度与激情》如何讲述好莱坞的故事——漫威电影宇宙常被视为好莱坞超级系列电影的典范。《速度与激情》系列电影的影响力或许同样不容小觑。

04-29  How “The Fast and the Furious” Tells the Story of Hollywood - The Marvel Cinematic Universe is often held up as the exemplar of the Hollywood mega-franchise. The “Fast” movies may have been just as influential. (www.newyorker.com)

139. 每日漫画：4月28日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-28  Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 28th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

140. 普京和泽连斯基如何看待伊朗战争——这场战争的连锁反应加剧了全球范围内的冲突、经济动荡和地区紧张局势，乌克兰也不例外。

04-28  How Putin and Zelensky View the War in Iran - The war’s ripple effects have exacerbated conflicts, economic insecurity, and regional tensions around the world, including in Ukraine. (www.newyorker.com)

141. 米歇尔·赫斯特对墨西哥的激情描绘——赫斯特以不乏男同性恋情调的视角，捕捉了这个国家的文化，从圣死女神崇拜的公共仪式到日常生活场景。

04-28  Michel Hurst’s Impassioned Vision of Mexico - Hurst captured the country’s culture—from public rituals of the cult of Santa Muerte to scenes from everyday life—with no small amount of homoeroticism. (www.newyorker.com)

142. 与医疗服务提供商支持机器人的对话——比起登录门户网站，我宁愿做以下几件事：被蚊子叮三口。开车一路去恩西诺办理公证。

04-28  Conversation with a Health-Care-Provider Support Bot - Here are a few things I’d rather do than log in to a portal: Get three mosquito bites. Drive all the way to Encino to have something notarized. (www.newyorker.com)

143. 唐纳德·特朗普与伊朗的“两败俱伤”式谈判——总统坚持要求德黑兰无条件投降，导致协议无法达成。

04-28  Donald Trump’s Lose-Lose Negotiations with Iran - How the President’s insistence on Tehran’s unconditional surrender made it impossible to make a deal. (www.newyorker.com)

144. 每日漫画：4月27日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-27  Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 27th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

145. 唐纳德·特朗普的“特赦经济”——对某些富有的违法者而言，获得特赦只需一场高尔夫球赛——或者在海湖庄园享用一顿价值百万美元的盛宴——就能轻松实现。

04-27  Donald Trump’s Pardon Economy - For some wealthy offenders, clemency is just a golf game—or a million-dollar plate at Mar-a-Lago—away. (www.newyorker.com)

146. 帕特里克·鲍尔的百老汇之路与《贝基·肖》——在出演《皮特》之前，这位演员曾做过服务生、调制拿铁，还曾满城奔波为凯莉·布拉德肖搬运戏服。

04-27  Patrick Ball’s Path to Broadway and “Becky Shaw” - Before “The Pitt,” the actor waited tables, made lattes, and schlepped Carrie Bradshaw’s wardrobe around town. (www.newyorker.com)

147. 玛莎·格雷厄姆的舞蹈革命还能持续多久？——在她创立的舞团迎来百年华诞之际，该舞团正处于“传承”与“革新传统”之间的两难境地。

04-27  How Long Can Martha Graham’s Dance Revolution Last? - As the company she left behind celebrates its centenary, it finds itself caught between preservation and radical tradition. (www.newyorker.com)

148. “比利牧师”向诺曼·福斯特的新“巨石”发起挑战——刚为尼尔·杨的演唱会担任开场嘉宾的街头传教士比利·塔伦，已从焚烧米老鼠人偶的抗议活动转向反对摩根大通与化石燃料行业的关联。

04-27  Reverend Billy Takes On Norman Foster’s New Monolith - Fresh from opening shows for Neil Young, the street preacher Billy Talen has moved on from burning Mickey Mouse in effigy to protesting JPMorgan Chase’s ties to fossil fuels. (www.newyorker.com)

149. 纽约现代艺术博物馆PS1分馆的“徽章、运动与曼达尼”展——从事出租车驾驶工作的埃尔查法兄弟——比拉尔和萨拉赫——成为艺术家肯尼思·谭新作的主角，该作品展现了他们工作的艰辛。

04-27  Medallions, Movement, and Mamdani at MOMA PS1 - The cab-driving Elcharfa brothers, Bilal and Salah, star in a new piece by the artist Kenneth Tam that showcases the hardships of their jobs. (www.newyorker.com)

150. 卡什·帕特尔对《大西洋月刊》提起的荒谬诉讼——这位联邦调查局局长的律师们似乎误解了法律（或逻辑）的运作方式。

04-27  Kash Patel’s Implausible Lawsuit Against The Atlantic - The F.B.I. director’s lawyers seem to misunderstand how the law (or logic) works. (www.newyorker.com)

151. 杰罗姆·鲍威尔抗拒唐纳德·特朗普的启示——一个独立的美联储需要一位独立的领导人。凯文·沃什胜任此职吗？

04-27  The Lessons from Jerome Powell’s Defiance of Donald Trump - An independent Fed needs an independent leader. Is Kevin Warsh up to the job? (www.newyorker.com)

152. 当有人将装有字条的瓶子扔进大海时，会发生什么？——大多数瓶子都会消失无踪。一位爱好者正致力于寻找这些字条——以及写下它们的人。

04-27  What Happens When Someone Throws a Message in a Bottle Into the Sea? - Most simply disappear. One enthusiast is on a quest to find the notes—and the people behind them. (www.newyorker.com)

153. 托默·哈努卡的《春之问候》——中央公园风格。

04-27  Tomer Hanuka’s “Spring Salutations” - Central Park flow. (www.newyorker.com)

154. 《罗马之死》与《温室》书评——沃尔夫冈·科彭于1951至1954年间创作的“失败三部曲”，是一幅描绘一个在物质与道德上均已支离破碎的国家的宏大、多声部画卷。

04-27  “Death in Rome” and “The Hothouse,” Reviewed - Wolfgang Koeppen’s “trilogy of failure,” written from 1951 to 1954, is a sprawling, polyphonic portrait of a physically and morally shattered country. (www.newyorker.com)

155. 蒂莎妮·多希的《语言起源论》——“昨夜，离家数月之后，／一只田鹬划破沉寂的夜色，／发出警报。”

04-27  “A Theory on the Origin of Language,” by Tishani Doshi - “Last night, after months away from home, / a lapwing piercing the still dark still / with its warnings.” (www.newyorker.com)

156. “Sqirl 重振篇”——这家备受喜爱的洛杉矶咖啡馆曾因一桶发霉的果酱而陷入低谷。如今，它已重新开放，提供晚餐服务。

04-27  The Sqirl Redemption Arc - The beloved L.A. café was brought low by a bucket of moldy jam. Now it’s open for dinner. (www.newyorker.com)

157. 劳里·梅特卡夫的第三幕——曾遭解雇的制作人斯科特·鲁丁正押注于将她打造成“美国戏剧界的第一夫人”，以此谋求自己的东山再起。

04-27  Laurie Metcalf’s Third Act - The once cancelled producer Scott Rudin has staked his own comeback on making her the First Lady of American Theatre. (www.newyorker.com)

158. 马塞尔·杜尚的多重面貌——这位变幻莫测的艺术家如何颠覆了艺术本身。

04-27  The Many Forms of Marcel Duchamp - How the shape-shifting artist radicalized art itself. (www.newyorker.com)

159. 艾伦·伯斯汀的内心书房——克里斯·克里斯托弗森在两人共同出演《爱丽丝已不在此》时曾告诉她，自己是一名诗人。她的新书以诗歌的形式讲述了她的人生故事。

04-27  Ellen Burstyn’s Inner Library - Kris Kristofferson told her he was a poet when they co-starred in “Alice Doesn’t Live Here Anymore.” Her new book tells the story of her life in poetry. (www.newyorker.com)

160. 美国环保署能否在李·泽尔丁的领导下生存下去？——这家原本旨在保护环境和人类健康的机构，如今却废除了安全法规，支持煤炭产业，并对气候变化置若罔闻。

04-27  Can the E.P.A. Survive Lee Zeldin? - The agency, which was founded to protect the environment and human health, has cancelled safety regulations, supported coal, and stopped caring about climate change. (www.newyorker.com)

161. 安东尼·沃尔顿的《汤普金斯广场》——“那是他们私下筹划已久的夜晚，在思绪的幽闭角落里酝酿了数年之久，才终于得以或应当发生。”

04-27  “Tompkins Square,” by Anthony Walton - “It was an evening they had planned, privately, in the sequester / of their thoughts for years before it could or should have / happened.” (www.newyorker.com)

162. 艾娃的人生清单——春天来了，随之而来的还有“巨胸家庭主妇”、“大腹便便的笨蛋”和“普通保姆”的身影。

04-27  Ava’s Life List - Spring is here, and with it sightings of the Great-breasted Hausfrau, the Pot-Bellied Galoot, and the Common Nanny. (www.newyorker.com)

163. 简评书评——《追寻当下》、《非偶然》、《关于失去与薰衣草》和《无路可归》

04-27  Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “In Search of Now,” “Nothing Random,” “Of Loss and Lavender,” and “No Way Home.” (www.newyorker.com)

164. 唐纳德·特朗普的大扫除——具体原因往往含糊其辞，继任者尚未确定，但政府官员正纷纷离职，其中包括三位内阁部长。

04-26  Donald Trump’s Spring Cleaning - The exact reasons are often left vague and the successors to be determined, but people are leaving the Administration—including three Cabinet secretaries. (www.newyorker.com)

165. 史蒂夫·科尔是否已心力交瘁？——金州勇士队主教练谈他在球队的未来、与德雷蒙德·格林的复杂关系，以及是否会涉足政坛。

04-26  Has Steve Kerr Had Enough? - The head coach for the Golden State Warriors on his future with the team, his complicated relationship with Draymond Green, and whether he might give politics a try. (www.newyorker.com)

166. 赛义德·萨拉菲扎德朗读《排除法》——作者朗读了发表于2026年5月4日刊的这篇短篇小说。

04-26  Saïd Sayrafiezadeh Reads “Process of Elimination” - The author reads his story from the May 4, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

167. 赛义德·萨拉菲扎德谈《以卡夫卡开篇》——作者探讨了他的短篇小说《排除法》。

04-26  Saïd Sayrafiezadeh on Opening with Kafka - The author discusses his story “Process of Elimination.” (www.newyorker.com)

168. 赛义德·萨拉菲扎德的《排除法》——小费罐失踪的那晚，我们原以为是某个学生偷走了它，也可能是某位教授——一位兼职教授——趁我们不注意时拿走了它。

04-26  “Process of Elimination,” by Saïd Sayrafiezadeh - The night the tip jar went missing, we assumed that it had been stolen by a student, or maybe a professor—an adjunct—who had taken it when we weren’t looking. (www.newyorker.com)

169. 海伦，帮帮我：如何重整你的厨房——《纽约客》美食评论家为读者解答烘焙难题。

04-26  Helen, Help Me: How to Recalibrate Your Kitchen - A New Yorker food critic responds to a reader’s baking woes. (www.newyorker.com)

170. 白宫记者晚宴现场枪声大作——我原以为是某位餐饮服务人员打翻了一摞盘子，但随后便听到了“有人开枪了！”的喊声

04-26  Inside the White House Correspondents’ Dinner as Gunshots Rang Out - I thought a caterer might have dropped a stack of plates, but then I heard shouts of “Shots fired!” (www.newyorker.com)

171. 阿非卡·班巴塔之死与嘻哈音乐的余生——这位嘻哈音乐的开创者之一，如今正以某种形式萦绕于其间。

04-26  The Death of Afrika Bambaataa and the Afterlife of Hip-Hop - One of the originators of the genre now haunts it. (www.newyorker.com)

172. 借助人工智能，人人都能成为网红——TikTok和Instagram让人们轻松通过自身形象获利。如今，精通社交媒体的人可以利用人工智能来玩转自己的身份，甚至彻底重塑它。

04-25  With A.I., Anyone Can Be an Influencer - TikTok and Instagram made it easy to monetize the physical self. Now the social-media-savvy can use A.I. to play with their identity, or overhaul it entirely. (www.newyorker.com)

173. 微剧席卷全球的崛起内幕——如今，绝大多数人都曾观看过——或刷过——那些讲述爱情与背叛的超短剧。中国公司是如何制作这些作品的？

04-25  Inside the World-Conquering Rise of the Micro-Drama - Much of humanity has now watched—or scrolled past—extremely short shows about love and betrayal. How do Chinese companies create them? (www.newyorker.com)

174. 切尔诺贝利寡妇的悲剧，四十年后——娜塔莉娅·霍迪姆丘克一直怀念着她的亡夫——那位在核反应堆事故中首位遇难的工人——直到她自己也成为俄罗斯袭击的受害者。

04-25  A Chernobyl Widow’s Tragedy, Forty Years Later - Nataliia Khodymchuk lived in memory of her late husband, the first worker to die at the nuclear reactor, until she fell victim to a Russian attack. (www.newyorker.com)

175. 唐纳德·特朗普在海外发动的经济战波及国内——从关税到与伊朗的冲突，这位总统正在摧毁全球经济。

04-25  Donald Trump’s Economic Warfare Abroad Comes Home - From tariffs to the war with Iran, the President is blowing up the global economy. (www.newyorker.com)

176. 兰德·保罗参议员为何投票支持限制唐纳德·特朗普的战争权力——这位倾向自由主义的共和党人谈及他为遏制总统在伊朗的行动所做的努力，以及他将在2028年如何与其他共和党总统候选人展开竞选。

04-25  Why Senator Rand Paul Voted to Limit Donald Trump’s War Powers - The libertarian-leaning Republican discusses his effort to restrain the President’s actions in Iran, and how he would campaign against other G.O.P. Presidential candidates in 2028. (www.newyorker.com)

177. 《“Fat Swim”与文学中的肥胖恐惧症问题》——小说家艾玛·科普利·艾森伯格与文学评论家詹妮弗·威尔逊探讨了她的短篇小说集《“Fat Swim”》，以及她在当代小说中观察到的肥胖恐惧症现象。

04-25  “Fat Swim” and Literature’s Fatphobia Problem - The novelist Emma Copley Eisenberg discusses her short-story collection “Fat Swim,” and the fatphobia she finds in contemporary fiction, with the critic Jennifer Wilson. (www.newyorker.com)

178. 每日漫画：4月24日，星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-24  Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 24th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

179. “埃普斯坦民主党人”的崛起——在要求公开埃普斯坦档案的过程中，该党采取了一种对抗唐纳德·特朗普的全新策略。这是个好主意吗？

04-24  The Rise of the Epstein Democrat - In demanding the release of the Epstein files, the Party has embraced a radically new way of fighting Donald Trump. Is it a good idea? (www.newyorker.com)

180. 伊朗支持的网络攻击威胁有多大？——美国网络安全与基础设施安全局（CISA）最近发布的一份安全通告直截了当地提醒我们：在数字时代，战场已扩展至日常生活的方方面面。

04-24  How Big a Threat Are Iranian-Backed Cyber Attacks? - A recent CISA advisory was a blunt reminder that, in the digital age, the battlefield has expanded to encompass the geography of everyday life. (www.newyorker.com)

181. Oneohtrix Point Never 的《Sense of the Uncanny》——此外：莎拉·拉尔森（Sarah Larson）最新推荐的播客、百老汇剧目《洛基恐怖秀》（The Rocky Horror Show）和《栏杆》（The Balusters）、法国歌手 Oklou 等。

04-24  Oneohtrix Point Never’s Sense of the Uncanny - Also: Sarah Larson’s latest podcast picks, “The Rocky Horror Show” and “The Balusters” on Broadway, the French singer Oklou, and more. (www.newyorker.com)

182. 《DTF圣路易斯》展现的新男性形象——这部剧呈现了一个奇特的世界，男人们在其中反复向彼此表白爱意。这会让他们成为更好的人吗？

04-24  The New Masculinity of “DTF St. Louis” - The show exists in a strange world where men repeatedly confess their love for each other. Does it make them better people? (www.newyorker.com)

183. 《半个男人》剧评——理查德·加德继《小驯鹿》之后的新作，讲述了一段长达数十年的准亲属关系，其复杂程度远超荧屏上任何其他男性情谊。

04-24  “Half Man” TV Review - Richard Gadd’s follow-up to “Baby Reindeer” traces a decades-long quasi-familial relationship that’s thornier than any other male bond on TV. (www.newyorker.com)

184. 《迈克尔》影评：一部经过美化的传记片，纯粹聚焦事业——这部新片详细讲述了将迈克尔·杰克逊推向巨星地位的幕后运作，却对其个人生活只字未提。

04-24  “Michael,” Reviewed: A Sanitized Bio-Pic That’s All Business - The new movie details the backstage maneuvers that catapulted Michael Jackson to stardom but leaves his personal life out of the picture. (www.newyorker.com)

185. 特朗普与那份未曾达成的伊朗协议——与一位言而无信的总统达成协议实属不易。

04-24  Trump and the Iran Deal That Wasn’t - It’s tough to reach an agreement with a President whose word is not his bond. (www.newyorker.com)

186. 每日漫画：4月23日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-23  Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 23rd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

187. 美伊战争对中国意味着什么——布鲁金斯学会中国中心研究员乔纳森·钦探讨了中国与伊朗之间的关系为何被夸大，以及这场冲突可能对台湾的未来产生何种影响。

04-23  What the U.S.-Iran War Means for China - Jonathan Czin, a fellow at the Brookings Institution’s China Center, discusses how the ties between China and Iran have been overstated, and what the conflict might mean for the future of Taiwan. (www.newyorker.com)

188. 一位神童的畅销怀旧之作——内利奥·比德曼的《拉扎尔》在很大程度上讲述的是二十世纪欧洲那段耳熟能详的故事。它为何能引起如此大的反响？

04-23  A Wunderkind’s Best-Selling Nostalgia - Nelio Biedermann’s “Lázár” is, for the most part, the well-rehearsed story of twentieth-century Europe. Why is it making such waves? (www.newyorker.com)

189. 要让人工智能退出校园，还需要什么？——科技界认为，人工智能辅助教育是必要的，也是不可避免的。但越来越多的家长、教育工作者和认知科学家却持相反观点。

04-23  What Will It Take to Get A.I. Out of Schools? - The tech world assumes that A.I.-aided education is necessary and inevitable. A growing number of parents, educators, and cognitive scientists say the opposite. (www.newyorker.com)

190. LIV高尔夫正因乏味而走向衰亡——一旦你抛开这个由沙特支持的联赛背后的商业风波，剩下的就只是看着那些富可敌国、道德存疑的中年男子上场打球。

04-23  LIV Golf Is Dying of Boredom - Once you got past the Saudi-backed league’s business drama, what you were left with was watching sensationally wealthy, morally compromised middle-aged men go to work. (www.newyorker.com)

191. 耶稣的意思是——有些人既犯罪，又去投票，还批评担任总统或副总统的他人，这是他们不该做的，而耶稣很可能就是为此而死的。为了他人的罪。

04-23  What Jesus Meant - Some people sin and vote and criticize others who are the President or Vice-President, which they shouldn’t do, and that’s why Jesus likely died. For other people’s sins. (www.newyorker.com)

192. 为何真诚无处不在——《Project Hail Mary》和莉娜·杜汉姆的回忆录《Famesick》都属于新一波艺术作品，它们大胆地选择真诚而非愤世嫉俗。我们为何突然如此渴望将心事坦露无遗？

04-23  Why Earnestness Is Everywhere - “Project Hail Mary” and Lena Dunham’s memoir “Famesick” are part of a new wave of art works that boldly embrace sincerity over cynicism. Why are we suddenly so eager to wear our hearts on our sleeves? (www.newyorker.com)

193. 职业摔角教会琳达·麦克马洪的政治之道——作为教育部长，琳达·麦克马洪践行着一位行事张扬、擅长戏剧化表现的男人的目标——这些技能正是她在世界摔角娱乐公司任职期间培养出来的。

04-23  What Pro Wrestling Taught Linda McMahon About Politics - As Secretary of Education, Linda McMahon has executed the goals of a brash man with a flair for the theatrical—skills she developed during her time at World Wrestling Entertainment. (www.newyorker.com)

194. 地球日快乐——（致所有庆祝这一天的人。）

04-23  Happy Earth Day - (To those who celebrate.) (www.newyorker.com)

195. 达尼亚尔·穆伊努丁谈现实生活的运用与滥用——这位小说家探讨了那些取材于身边人物的虚构作品——这些作品往往会引发争议。

04-23  Daniyal Mueenuddin on the Uses, and Abuses, of Real Life - The novelist discusses works of fiction that draw from the people one knows—often, to controversial effect. (www.newyorker.com)

196. 每日漫画：4月22日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-23  Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 22nd - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

197. 格温多琳·莱利的新小说描绘了中年生活的残局——《棕榈屋》中充斥着固执的男性自尊，以及那些性格犀利的女性，她们的坦率在面对生活时往往无济于事。

04-22  Gwendoline Riley’s New Novel Surveys the Wreckage of Middle Age - “The Palm House” is haunted by stubborn male egos and sharp-edged women whose honesty is often ineffectual in the face of life. (www.newyorker.com)

198. 《卡戴珊家族解释一切》（因为她们就是一切）——一位网络卡戴珊理论家的新书认为，金·卡戴珊及其家族是理解新千年媒体的关键。

04-22  The Kardashians Explain Everything (Because They Are Everything) - A new book by an online Kardashian theorist argues that Kim and clan are the keys to understanding media in the new millennium. (www.newyorker.com)

199. 每年那短短一周，你会忘记自己有过敏症——你以为这是身体即将彻底崩溃的征兆，结果眼睛却开始发痒流泪。

04-22  That One Week Every Year You Forget You Have Allergies - In what you assume is a sign of your body’s imminent total collapse, your eyes are now itching and watering. (www.newyorker.com)

200. 爵士乐的历史瞬间得以拓展——阿赫玛德·贾马尔、乔·亨德森和塞西尔·泰勒新近发布的现场演出档案，不仅彰显了他们的艺术遗产，也展现了爵士乐这一艺术形式的宏大图景。

04-22  The History of Jazz Has Instantly Expanded - Newly released archival live performances by Ahmad Jamal, Joe Henderson, and Cecil Taylor illuminate their legacies and the art form at large. (www.newyorker.com)

201. 那些渴望出演《紫雨》的明尼苏达人——1983年，摄影师汤姆·阿恩特听说假日酒店的停车场里正发生一件有趣的事：王子的新电影正在进行选角。

04-22  The Minnesotans Who Wanted to Be in “Purple Rain” - In 1983, the photographer Tom Arndt heard about something interesting happening in the parking lot of a Holiday Inn: a casting call for Prince’s new movie. (www.newyorker.com)

202. Ticketmaster垄断案的判决是海市蜃楼吗？——在多年票务费用飞涨和销售手段复杂难懂之后，陪审团在一桩反垄断诉讼中裁定该公司败诉。此案对观众购票的影响仍不明朗。

04-22  Is the Ticketmaster Monopoly Verdict a Mirage? - After years of skyrocketing fees and byzantine sales practices, a jury ruled against the company in an antitrust case. The effect on concert-going remains uncertain. (www.newyorker.com)

203. 每日加赠漫画：《青春之泉》——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-22  Bonus Daily Cartoon: Fountain of Youth - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

204. 唐纳德·特朗普的凯旋门与专制政体的建筑——当被记者问及这座凯旋门是为谁而建时，特朗普回答说：“为我。”

04-22  Donald Trump’s Triumphal Arch and the Architecture of Autocracy - When asked by a reporter whom the arch would be for, Trump said, “Me.” (www.newyorker.com)

205. 每日漫画：4月21日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-21  Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 21st - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

206. 尼古拉斯·马杜罗在布鲁克林一所臭名昭著的监狱中的生活——据报道，这位委内瑞拉总统被关押在专门收押知名囚犯的监区，该监区以关押说唱歌手和科技大亨而闻名，而与此同时，他的国家与特朗普政府的关系正处于一种微妙的紧张状态。

04-21  What Nicolás Maduro’s Life Is Like in a Notorious Brooklyn Jail - The President of Venezuela has reportedly been stuck in a unit for high-profile inmates, known for housing rappers and tech moguls, while his country forms an uneasy relationship with Trump. (www.newyorker.com)

207. 《若问我：拯救富有的白人女性》——这些剧集的剧情通常围绕一起谋杀案展开，但这起谋杀案的发生与其说是为了夺走一条人命，不如说是为了给我们的女主角添麻烦，迫使她不得不推迟早午餐或媒体活动，以便掩盖那具令人尴尬的尸体。

04-21  If You Ask Me: Save the Rich White Women - The plots of these shows usually center on a murder, which occurs not so much to end a human life as to inconvenience our star, who must postpone a brunch or a media event to conceal an inconvenient corpse. (www.newyorker.com)

208. 绘本带来的乐趣：让孩子也“心领神会”——近期几本采用不可靠叙述者的绘本，让孩子们体验到了那种难得的乐趣：感觉自己比故事更聪明。

04-21  The Thrill of Picture Books That Let Kids in on the Joke - Several recent books with unreliable narrators give children the rare pleasure of feeling smarter than the story. (www.newyorker.com)

209. 每日漫画：4月20日（星期一）——一幅以最新新闻和时事为题材的漫画。

04-20  Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 20th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

210. 动态定价会毁了世界杯吗？——足球迷和主办城市政界人士对国际足联在新售票系统下制定的票价感到愤怒。

04-20  Is Dynamic Pricing Ruining the World Cup? - Soccer fans and host-city politicians are up in arms about the prices that FIFA is charging for tickets under its new sales system. (www.newyorker.com)

211. 达芙妮·鲁宾-维加重返故里——漫步在地狱厨房街区，这位女演员回忆起昔日偶遇名人（简·方达！唐纳德·萨瑟兰！）的往事，而她正准备在百老汇外剧目《加法器》中饰演那个意气风发的“零先生”。

04-20  Daphne Rubin-Vega Comes Home - Strolling through Hell’s Kitchen, the actress recalls old celeb sightings (Jane Fonda! Donald Sutherland!) on her way to playing the swaggering Mr. Zero in “The Adding Machine,” Off Broadway. (www.newyorker.com)

212. 那位挑战迈克尔·杰克逊的动作片导演——安东尼·福奎阿的职业生涯建立在塑造魅力非凡的英雄形象之上。如今，他将讲述这位“流行乐之王”的故事。

04-20  The Action-Film Director Who’s Taking On Michael Jackson - Antoine Fuqua has built a career on movies with irresistible heroes. Now he’s telling the story of the King of Pop. (www.newyorker.com)

213. 简评书评——《生命的力量》、《活着的感觉》、《温柔以待》和《典范之人》。

04-20  Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “The Power of Life,” “How It Feels to Be Alive,” “Go Gentle,” and “Exemplary Humans.” (www.newyorker.com)

214. 专为中年人设计的密室逃脱——与其他爸爸们一起组队，一边畅聊职业体育、大学体育和孩子（以及他们的运动），一边刻意避免眼神接触、政治话题以及任何流露脆弱的迹象。

04-20  Escape Rooms for Middle-Aged People - Work as a team as you and other dads chat about pro sports, college sports, kids (and their sports), while avoiding eye contact, politics, and any hint of vulnerability. (www.newyorker.com)

215. 弗朗茨·赖特《恩惠》——“我的死在第二个抽屉里。”

04-20  “Favor,” by Franz Wright - “My death is in the second drawer.” (www.newyorker.com)

216. 重塑日裔美国人拘禁史的小说家——在《问题27与28》中，卡伦·泰·山下探讨了历史叙事是如何被建构的。

04-20  The Novelist Reimagining the Japanese American Internment - In “Questions 27 & 28,” Karen Tei Yamashita opens an inquiry into how the story of the past gets made. (www.newyorker.com)

217. 《白板：第六卷》，约翰·麦克菲 著——一个永无止境的项目。

04-20  Tabula Rasa: Volume Six, by John McPhee - A project meant not to end. (www.newyorker.com)

218. 当你的数字生活消失殆尽——手机损坏或硬盘损坏可能意味着工作成果、证据、艺术作品，甚至是逝者最后的痕迹都将付之一炬。但有时，数据恢复专家却能从虚无中找回那些丢失的文件。

04-20  When Your Digital Life Vanishes - A broken phone or corrupted drive can mean the loss of work, evidence, art, or the last traces of the dead. But sometimes data-recovery experts can summon lost files from the void. (www.newyorker.com)

219. 特朗普可能欣赏的教皇们——总统认为教皇利奥十四世是个软蛋。来看看几位真正硬汉般的教皇，他们或许更符合他的口味。

04-20  The Popes That Trump Might’ve Liked - The President thinks Pope Leo XIV is a wuss. Meet some real tough-guy Pontiffs who might have fit the bill. (www.newyorker.com)

220. 失败的解剖——从喷雾式避孕套到放射性抗皱霜，巴黎工艺美术博物馆（Musée des Arts et Métiers）的“Flops?!”展览将这些糟糕的发明推到了聚光灯下。

04-20  The Anatomy of a Failure - From spray-on condoms to radioactive wrinkle cream, “Flops?!,” at the Musée des Arts et Métiers, in Paris, puts terrible inventions in the spotlight. (www.newyorker.com)

221. 琳达·麦克马洪的“学徒生涯”——这位教育部长曾与丈夫文斯一起经营WWE多年，而文斯是个性格不稳定的人，他和琳达的新上司一样，都深谙如何煽动观众情绪。

04-20  The Apprenticeship of Linda McMahon - The Education Secretary ran the W.W.E. for years with her husband, Vince, an unstable man who, like her new boss, has a genius for inflaming the crowd. (www.newyorker.com)

222. 克里斯托弗·尼曼的“西四街”——这座城市最具标志性的球场之一。

04-20  Christoph Niemann’s “West Fourth” - One of the city’s most iconic courts. (www.newyorker.com)

223. 《春天来了，我终于扔掉了最后那束买给你的花》，作者：阿里尔·弗朗西斯科——“已经过了好几周。/ 已经过了好几个月。已经过了好几个季节。”

04-20  “Spring Comes and I Finally Throw Out the Last Flowers I Bought You,” by Ariel Francisco - “It’s been weeks. / It’s been months. It’s been seasons.” (www.newyorker.com)

224. 《为温和派辩护》——在这个崇尚激情的时代，“理性”常被讥讽为政治上的怯懦或冷漠的中立。新出版的一本书指出，这恰恰是我们所需要的。

04-20  In Defense of the Moderate - In an era that prizes passion, “reasonableness” gets caricatured as political cowardice or bloodless neutrality. A new book says it’s exactly what we need. (www.newyorker.com)

225. “拉斐尔：崇高的诗意”，评论：大都会博物馆重振大师声誉——许多人曾称他乏味，是平庸之美的贩卖者。在大都会博物馆，一场轰动一时的展览重振了他的声誉。

04-20  “Raphael: Sublime Poetry,” Reviewed: The Met Rescues a Master - Many have called him boring, a peddler of simpleminded beauty. At the Met, a blockbuster exhibition restores his standing. (www.newyorker.com)

226. 当灵魂美食遇上丹尼尔·布卢德——哈莱姆区的连锁餐厅“查尔斯香煎鸡”邀请了一批主厨在周末接管厨房。接下来登场的是拉娜·拉戈马尔西尼的牛尾料理。

04-20  When Soul Food Met Daniel Boulud - The Harlem franchise Charles Pan-Fried Chicken invited a bunch of chefs to take over for the weekend. Up next: oxtails from Lana Lagomarsini. (www.newyorker.com)

227. 托马斯·麦奎恩的《寻常磨损》——她伤了卡尔的心，他想，但她没能伤到我的心。

04-19  “Ordinary Wear and Tear,” by Thomas McGuane - She broke Carl’s heart, he thought, but she’s not breaking mine. (www.newyorker.com)

228. 托马斯·麦奎恩朗读《寻常的磨损》——作者朗读了发表于2026年4月27日刊的这篇短篇小说。

04-19  Thomas McGuane Reads “Ordinary Wear and Tear” - The author reads his story from the April 27, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

229. 托马斯·麦奎恩谈得体与野性魅力——作者探讨了他的短篇小说《寻常的磨损》。

04-19  Thomas McGuane on Decency and Feral Charm - The author discusses his story “Ordinary Wear and Tear.” (www.newyorker.com)

230. 《Beef》的创作者如何从琐碎纷争走向阶级斗争——李成镇谈如何为奥斯卡·伊萨克和查尔斯·梅尔顿量身定制台词、韩美精英阶层的差异，以及在“全速前进、毫无节制的资本主义”时代制作电视剧。

04-19  How the Creator of “Beef” Got from Petty Feuds to Class Warfare - Lee Sung Jin on tailoring dialogue to Oscar Isaac and Charles Melton, the differences between Korean and American élites, and making TV in an age of “all-gas, no-brakes capitalism.” (www.newyorker.com)

231. 《阿姆鲁姆》以孩童视角展现法西斯主义的溃退——在法提赫·阿金这部成长题材的剧情片中，一位12岁的德国岛民从一个既危险又具有历史意义的距离，目睹了第二次世界大战的结束。

04-19  “Amrum” Offers a Child’s-Eye View of Fascism in Retreat - In Fatih Akin’s coming-of-age drama, a twelve-year-old German islander witnesses the end of the Second World War from a perilous, momentous remove. (www.newyorker.com)

232. 埃米特·戈温的《美国家庭》——这位摄影师曾这样评价他拍摄的妻子伊迪丝的大家庭照片：“我想要关注那些出于爱而愿意展现自我的身体与个性。”

04-18  Emmet Gowin’s American Family - The photographer has said, of his images of his wife Edith’s extended clan, “I wanted to pay attention to the body and personality that had agreed out of love to reveal itself.” (www.newyorker.com)

233. 儿童电视节目中的离婚：痛苦与游戏——一位《芝麻街》编剧曾表示，写一集关于死亡的剧集比写一集关于离婚的剧集要容易得多。究竟有哪些节目能将这一题材处理得恰到好处呢？

04-18  The Pain and Play of Divorce on Kids’ TV - A “Sesame Street” writer once said it was easier to write an episode about death than one about divorce. Where are the shows that manage to do it well? (www.newyorker.com)

234. 《Euphoria》的堕入地狱——随着第三季的播出，这部HBO剧集仿佛已定型为最终的、冷峻的形态：一部既惊悚又令人不安的恐怖剧集，以一种既带着冷笑又带着微笑的方式呈现。

04-18  “Euphoria” ’s Descent Into Hell - With Season 3, the HBO drama feels like it’s clicked into its final, hardened form: a thrilling, disturbing horror show, delivered with a sneer and a smile. (www.newyorker.com)

235. J·D·万斯的坎坷之路——这并非特朗普第一次贬低为他效力的下属。甚至也不是万斯第一次不得不淡化一张以亵渎为主题的AI生成的图片。

04-18  J. D. Vance’s Bumpy Ride - It wasn’t the first time that Trump had debased someone who serves him. It wasn’t even the first time that Vance had had to downplay a blasphemy-themed A.I. image. (www.newyorker.com)

236. 贾斯汀·比伯，这位流行乐坛的“堕落天使”，在科切拉音乐节上重振旗鼓——这位已过而立之年的前童星，常流露出深深的不满，他想让我们知道，他有自己的想法。

04-18  Justin Bieber, Pop Music’s Fallen Angel, Rises Again at Coachella - The former child star, who, now past thirty, often gestures at a deep well of discontent, wants us to know that he’s got his own ideas. (www.newyorker.com)

237. 腐败推翻了维克托·奥尔班。唐纳德·特朗普会是下一个吗？——“腐败是独裁者的阿喀琉斯之踵。这并非体制的缺陷，而是体制的本质，”《纽约客》特约撰稿人简·梅耶说道。

04-18  Corruption Toppled Viktor Orbán. Could Donald Trump Be Next? - “Corruption is the Achilles’ heel of autocrats. It’s not a bug in the system. It’s the model,” the New Yorker staff writer Jane Mayer says. (www.newyorker.com)

238. 虚构流行歌曲的艺术——电影中那些跻身排行榜榜首的热门歌曲，往往让人难以置信。在《圣母玛利亚》原声带中，Charli XCX 和 Jack Antonoff 却完美捕捉到了真实的感觉。

04-18  The Art of the Fictional Pop Song - The chart-topping hits you hear in movies can stretch the limits of belief. On the “Mother Mary” soundtrack, Charli XCX and Jack Antonoff capture the real thing. (www.newyorker.com)

239. 家庭拘留的卷土重来——在特朗普执政期间，数千名移民儿童遭到拘留，其中许多人遭受了医疗疏忽。

04-18  El retorno de la detención familiar - Durante el gobierno de Trump, miles de niños inmigrantes han sido detenidos y muchos han sufrido de negligencia médica. (www.newyorker.com)

240. 这位南德克萨斯州的民主党人将为你15岁生日派对献唱——特哈诺音乐人鲍比·普利多正试图在国会选举中击败一名共和党人，他已将选区内一些最盛大的派对变成了竞选活动站点。

04-18  The South Texas Democrat Who Will Sing at Your Quinceañera - Bobby Pulido, a Tejano musician who’s trying to unseat a Republican in Congress, has turned some of his district’s splashiest parties into campaign stops. (www.newyorker.com)

241. 帕特里克·拉登·基谈《伦敦陷落》：一部关于少年神秘生平与死亡的著作——这位曾记录爱尔兰共和军政治暴力及阿片类药物危机的《纽约客》特约撰稿人，追溯了一名少年如何冒充寡头之子的经过。

04-18  Patrick Radden Keefe on “London Falling,” His Book About a Teen-Ager’s Mysterious Life and Death - The New Yorker staff writer, who has chronicled political violence under the Irish Republican Army and the opioid epidemic, traces how a teen came to impersonate an oligarch’s son. (www.newyorker.com)

242. 一位种族灭绝问题学者质问以色列“出了什么问题”——以色列历史学家奥默·巴托夫在其新书中指出，犹太复国主义的“国家意识形态”导致了他在加沙所称的种族灭绝。

04-18  A Genocide Scholar Asks “What Went Wrong” in Israel - The Israeli historian Omer Bartov argues in his new book that a “state ideology” of Zionism has led to what he calls genocide in Gaza. (www.newyorker.com)

243. 我们需要更少的网红，更多的“废话邮件”岗位——我们需要那些“手动自动化销售拓展总监”，他们要卷起袖子，每天只写一封邮件，把工作推给不同的部门。

04-17  We Need Fewer Influencers and More Bullshit E-mail Jobs - We need Directors of Manual Automation Sales Development who roll up their sleeves and type one singular e-mail every day in which they pass off their work to a different department. (www.newyorker.com)

244. 每日漫画：4月17日，星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-17  Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 17th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

245. 大卫·阿姆斯特朗的深邃凝视——此外：詹妮弗·蒂莉在超现实作品《加法器》中的演绎、纽约城市芭蕾舞团的春季演出季、安妮·海瑟薇与米凯拉·科尔联袂出演的《圣母玛利亚》，以及更多精彩内容。

04-17  David Armstrong’s Probing Gaze - Also: Jennifer Tilly in the surreal world of “The Adding Machine,” New York City Ballet’s spring season, Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel in “Mother Mary,” and more. (www.newyorker.com)

246. 伊丽莎白二世女王与失传的时尚外交艺术——白金汉宫新展“女王的风格”向我们展示了一堂如何在不发一语的情况下发出有力宣言的课程。

04-17  Queen Elizabeth II and the Lost Art of Fashion Diplomacy - “The Queen’s Style,” a new exhibition at Buckingham Palace, offers a lesson in how to make powerful statements without saying a word. (www.newyorker.com)

247. 用切割锯拯救迷失的一代青年——圣约瑟夫工人学院将职业技能与通识教育相结合，致力于重塑学生对自身能力的信心，并借此振兴俄亥俄州斯图本维尔市。

04-17  Saving a Lost Generation of Young Men—with Chop Saws - The College of St. Joseph the Worker, which combines the trades with a liberal-arts education, is trying to restore its students’ sense of their own competence, and revive the city of Steubenville, Ohio, along the way. (www.newyorker.com)

248. 我们对不便的向往——现代世界让我们难以应对过去技术带来的种种不便，与此同时，它却也激发了我们对那些能将我们带回更宁静时代的旧事物的怀旧之情。

04-17  Our Longing for Inconvenience - The modern world has made us ill-equipped for the nuisances of past technologies, even as it has fuelled nostalgia for things that might transport us back to calmer times. (www.newyorker.com)

249. 《我发誓》的精心设计——柯克·琼斯执导的这部传记片讲述了活动家约翰·戴维森为消除妥瑞氏综合征的污名化所做的努力，作为教育工具颇具成效，但作为剧情片却显得生硬。

04-17  The Calculated Uplift of “I Swear” - Kirk Jones’s bio-pic of the activist John Davidson, who has worked to destigmatize Tourette’s syndrome, is effective as an educational tool but mechanical as a drama. (www.newyorker.com)

250. 美国的“橙色耶稣”——关于唐纳德·特朗普在将自己比作救世主的同时，竟与教皇发生争执这一周的反思。

04-17  America’s Orange Jesus - Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour. (www.newyorker.com)

251. 唐纳德·特朗普，圣经狂热分子——让这部好书再次伟大。

04-17  Donald Trump, Bible-Thumper - Making the good book great again. (www.newyorker.com)

252. 《圣母玛利亚》影评：安妮·海瑟薇与米凯拉·科尔联袂主演——安妮·海瑟薇饰演流行歌手，米凯拉·科尔饰演时装设计师，两人被困于一部室内剧的狭小框架之中，而这部剧的格局远不及她们各自的个性。

04-17  “Mother Mary,” Starring Anne Hathaway and Michaela Coel, Reviewed - Anne Hathaway, as a pop star, and Michaela Coel, as a fashion designer, are trapped in the narrow limits of a chamber drama that’s smaller than their personalities. (www.newyorker.com)

253. 美国在伊朗与谁谈判？——当特朗普在德黑兰物色一位与阿亚图拉关系友好的继任者时，伊朗政权的领导真空已被革命卫队的强硬派成员填补。

04-17  Who Is the U.S. Negotiating with in Iran? - As Trump searches for a friendly successor to the Ayatollah in Tehran, the leadership vacuum in the Iranian regime has been filled by hard-line members of the Revolutionary Guard. (www.newyorker.com)

254. 每日漫画：4月16日，星期四——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-16  Daily Cartoon: Thursday, April 16th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

255. 《Beef》、《The Drama》与新的婚姻叙事——两部讲述问题伴侣的影片，正值人们广泛反思婚姻制度有何价值、以及何种新形式可能取而代之的文化时刻。

04-16  “Beef,” “The Drama,” and the New Marriage Plot - Two releases about troubled couples meet a broader cultural moment of questioning what the institution is good for—and what new arrangements might replace it. (www.newyorker.com)

256. 《贝基·肖》与《猫：杰利克舞会》中的锋利爪牙——吉娜·吉昂弗里多笔下妙语连珠的性喜剧，以及安德鲁·洛伊德·韦伯这部令人费解的音乐剧所改编出的、充满庆典氛围的舞厅文化作品，犹如令人心旷神怡的猫薄荷。

04-16  Sharp Claws at “Becky Shaw” and “Cats: The Jellicle Ball” - Gina Gionfriddo’s zinger-filled sex farce and the celebratory ballroom-culture adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s confounding musical are cathartic catnip. (www.newyorker.com)

257. 佐兰·曼达尼的“下水道社会主义”是否引起了共鸣？——在经历了一场出人意料的政治崛起后，纽约市长采纳了一种以基本公共服务为核心的治理模式——并确保纽约市民能够切实感受到这一点。

04-16  Is Zohran Mamdani’s “Sewer Socialism” Resonating? - After an unlikely political rise, New York’s Mayor has embraced a model of governance focussed on basic services—and making sure New Yorkers see it. (www.newyorker.com)

258. 科里·多克托罗谈与超级富豪共处的高昂代价——这位作家兼互联网评论家探讨了那些反映亿万富翁统治社会中生活不同侧面的书籍。

04-16  Cory Doctorow on the High Cost of Living with the Ultra-Rich - The writer and internet critic discusses books that reflect different facets of living in a society run by billionaires. (www.newyorker.com)

259. 是什么导致埃里克·斯瓦尔韦尔下台——注意力经济如何催生了国会清算时刻。

04-16  What Brought Down Eric Swalwell - How the attention economy produced a moment of congressional reckoning. (www.newyorker.com)

260. 以色列公众舆论的两极分化——以色列选民反对与伊朗停火，并认为内塔尼亚胡做得还不够。

04-16  The Extremes of Israeli Public Opinion - Israeli voters are against a ceasefire with Iran, and think Netanyahu has not gone far enough. (www.newyorker.com)

261. 人工智能面临着自己制造的公关难题——OpenAI的萨姆·阿尔特曼希望“缓和”围绕人工智能的激烈言论。但如果你告诉人们，你的产品将颠覆他们的生活方式、夺走他们的工作，甚至可能威胁人类，他们很可能会相信你。

04-16  A.I. Has a Message Problem of Its Own Making - OpenAI’s Sam Altman wants to “de-escalate” the rhetoric around A.I. But if you tell people that your product will upend their way of life, take their jobs, and possibly threaten humanity, they might believe you. (www.newyorker.com)

262. 每日漫画：4月15日，星期三——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-16  Daily Cartoon: Wednesday, April 15th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

263. TMZ涉足政坛——这家名人八卦小报正沉溺于那种“幸灾乐祸”的快感，乐于揭露政客们逃避对美国人民应尽责任的行为。

04-15  TMZ Gets Political - The celebrity tabloid has been basking in the Schadenfreude of catching politicians shirking their responsibility to the American people. (www.newyorker.com)

264. “‘Maven’项目如何将人工智能融入杀伤链”——一本新书详述了这一为军队实现作战自动化的秘密系统的诞生历程。从目标识别到目标摧毁，仅需四次点击。

04-15  How Project Maven Put A.I. Into the Kill Chain - A new book charts the creation of a secretive system that automates warfare for the military. The progression from target identification to target destruction is four clicks. (www.newyorker.com)

265. 赞达亚未曾言明之事——她的电影很少以种族为主题，甚至很少提及种族，似乎是担心过分强调身份认同会限制角色的情感表达。但这难道不能拓展这些情感表达的范围吗？

04-15  What Zendaya Leaves Unsaid - Her films rarely center on—or even acknowledge—her race, seemingly out of concern that focussing on identity might limit her characters’ emotional palettes. But why couldn’t it expand those palettes? (www.newyorker.com)

266. 每日漫画：4月14日，星期二——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-14  Daily Cartoon: Tuesday, April 14th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

267. “焦虑乐园”主题公园的热门景点——体验与周围人群彻底脱节的感觉。

04-14  Top Attractions at Anxietyland Amusement Park - Experience feeling totally disconnected from the people around you. (www.newyorker.com)

268. 伊朗战争使美国的导弹储备消耗了多少？——特朗普政府内部的国防官员此前就已担忧，美国的导弹储备不足以应对与中国的潜在对峙。而在中东发动的一场自选战争，更是雪上加霜。

04-14  How Much Has the War in Iran Depleted the U.S. Missile Supply? - Defense officials inside the Trump Administration were already concerned that American stockpiles were insufficient for a potential standoff with China. A war of choice in the Middle East has only made matters worse. (www.newyorker.com)

269. “和平总统”对伊朗和教皇态度强硬——在旨在结束战争的谈判未能达成协议后，特朗普实施了海上封锁，切断了伊朗通过霍尔木兹海峡进行贸易的能力。

04-14  “The Peace President” Gets Belligerent with Iran and the Pope - After negotiations to end the war failed to produce a deal, Trump imposed a naval blockade to cut off the Islamic Republic’s ability to trade through the Strait of Hormuz. (www.newyorker.com)

270. 匈牙利大选表明，即便是强人也会落败——该国许多人难以想象维克托·奥尔班会落败。但一位哲学家也警告说，悲观主义可能会助长威权主义。

04-14  The Hungarian Election Shows That Even Strongmen Can Lose - Many people in the country had trouble imagining that Viktor Orbán could be defeated. But a philosopher also warned that defeatism can abet authoritarianism. (www.newyorker.com)

271. 每日漫画：4月13日，星期一——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-13  Daily Cartoon: Monday, April 13th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)

272. 蕾·阿曼特鲁特（Rae Armantrout）的《号角》（Clarion）——“有些人脑海中听不到内心的独白或私密的对话。”

04-13  “Clarion,” by Rae Armantrout - “There are people who don’t hear an internal monologue or private dialogue in their heads.” (www.newyorker.com)

273. 扎拉·拉尔森收获赞誉——在“午夜阳光”巡演中，这位瑞典歌手的回归之作令人感觉宛如首次登台。

04-13  Zara Larsson Gets Her Flowers - On the “Midnight Sun” tour, the Swedish artist makes a comeback that feels like a début. (www.newyorker.com)

274. 华莱士·肖恩在《飞蛾岁月》开演前的故事——当肖恩话剧中的两位女主角请病假时，替补演员们在化妆间里手忙脚乱地做着准备。这两位替补演员是谁？正是黛博拉·艾森伯格和肖恩本人。

04-13  What Wallace Shawn Did Before His “Moth Days” - When the two lead actresses in Shawn’s play called in sick, their understudies scrambled to prep in the dressing room. The stand-ins? Deborah Eisenberg and Shawn himself. (www.newyorker.com)

275. 王萨姆，政治新秀——这位神经科学家从分析选举转而竞选国会议员。但这位新人能否赢得新泽西州当地选民——以及特朗普支持者的青睐？

04-13  Sam Wang, Politician-in-Training - The neuroscientist went from analyzing elections to running for Congress. But can this rookie win over New Jersey locals—and Trump voters? (www.newyorker.com)

276. 罗马尼亚导演拉杜·朱德的狂野之心——他的家乡让他发狂，也驱使他拍出这些疯狂而精彩的电影。

04-13  The Wild Mind of the Romanian Director Radu Jude - The director’s native city drives him crazy—and drives him to make loony, brilliant films. (www.newyorker.com)

277. 读者来信——读者就E·塔米·金关于消费者金融保护局的文章、尼古拉斯·莱曼关于特朗普政府对高等教育发起的攻击的报道，以及吉尔·莱波尔关于人工智能是否需要宪法的文章发表了看法。

04-13  Letters from Our Readers - Readers respond to E. Tammy Kim’s article about the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, Nicholas Lemann’s report about the Trump Administration’s attack on higher education, and Jill Lepore’s piece about whether A.I. needs a constitution. (www.newyorker.com)

278. R. Kikuo Johnson 的《一见钟情》——新一代。

04-13  R. Kikuo Johnson’s “Meet-Cute” - The next generation. (www.newyorker.com)

279. 天气一暖和……——我就会涂上恰到好处的防晒霜，这样在冲浪板上就不会像个小丑脸的马克·扎克伯格，也不会像在参议院听证会上那样满脸通红。

04-13  When It Gets Warm . . . - I will wear the perfect amount of sunscreen so that I don’t look like clown-faced Mark Zuckerberg on that surfboard or red-faced Mark Zuckerberg at a Senate hearing. (www.newyorker.com)

280. 越南的教训：进场比撤场容易——这场战争之所以能持续下去，是因为人们抱有一种诱人的幻想：一场无法取胜的冲突，或许仍能被控制在不会招致耻辱的结局之内。

04-13  A Lesson of Vietnam: Getting in Is Easier than Getting Out - The war was sustained by a seductive delusion: that an unwinnable conflict might still be managed into an outcome short of humiliation. (www.newyorker.com)

281. 多比·吉布森的《Apocalypso》——“我也没能写完那篇关于 / 注意力持续时间短的文章， / 温迪汉堡里全副武装的联邦探员， / 土星正缓缓失去它的环。”

04-13  “Apocalypso,” by Dobby Gibson - “I couldn’t finish the article about / short attention spans either, / armed feds in the Wendy’s, / Saturn slowly losing its rings.” (www.newyorker.com)

282. 圣保罗重塑了人类历史。他是如何做到的？——最新学术研究重新审视了这位将一个犹太教派转变为世界性宗教的使徒——而两千年后的今天，他的历史遗产仍存在争议。

04-13  St. Paul Remade Human History. How Did He Do It? - New scholarship reconsiders the apostle who turned a Jewish sect into a world religion—and whose legacy remains contested two millennia later. (www.newyorker.com)

283. 《维米尔画中的暴力》——人们很容易将这位荷兰艺术家视为一位温和的内省派画家——一位描绘家庭温馨场景的记录者。但他成长于一个充斥着战争、饥荒和屠杀的世界。他的画作便是避风港。

04-13  The Violence in Vermeer - It is easy to treat the Dutch artist as an agreeable intimist—a transcriber of domestic niceties. But he grew up in a world of war, starvation, and massacres. His paintings were safe havens. (www.newyorker.com)

284. 梁珊琪为作品系上蝴蝶结——这位设计师会给任何东西都增添褶边装饰，从Dr. Dre的耳机到Gap的连帽衫皆是如此。在弗里克美术馆的“褶边与缎带”展览中，她直面了“颓废”这一概念的深层含义。

04-13  Sandy Liang Puts a Bow on It - The designer will add frills to anything—from Dr. Dre headphones to Gap hoodies. At the Frick’s “Ruffles & Ribbons” exhibit, she confronts the deeper meaning of decadence. (www.newyorker.com)

285. 埃德·所罗门的家庭肖像——这位编剧的最新电影《克里斯托弗一家》由伊恩·麦克莱恩主演，饰演一位半途而废的艺术家。在走访画廊之际，所罗门回想起自己与身为画家的母亲之间的关系，而这位母亲最近也已放下画笔。

04-13  Ed Solomon’s Family Portrait - The screenwriter’s latest film, “The Christophers,” stars Ian McKellen as a lapsed artist. While gallery-hopping, Solomon reflects on his relationship with his painter mother, who recently put down her own paintbrush. (www.newyorker.com)

286. 家庭拘留的卷土重来——在特朗普政府执政期间，数千名移民儿童遭到拘留，其中许多人遭受了医疗疏忽。

04-13  The Return of Family Detention - Under the Trump Administration, thousands of immigrant children have been detained, and many have suffered from medical neglect. (www.newyorker.com)

287. 《我为何想隐瞒自己的婚姻》，作者：大卫·塞达里斯——并不是因为我为休感到难为情，也不是因为我觉得可能会遇到更好的对象。只是每当听到男人说出“我的丈夫”这几个字时，我就会不寒而栗。

04-13  Why I Wanted to Keep My Marriage a Secret, by David Sedaris - It’s not that I was embarrassed by Hugh or that I thought someone better might come along. I just shudder when I hear a man say the words “my husband.” (www.newyorker.com)

288. 简评书评——《安全通道》、《洞穴山》、《彼岸再会》和《几乎是生活》。

04-13  Briefly Noted Book Reviews - “Safe Passage,” “Cave Mountain,” “See You on the Other Side,” and “Almost Life.” (www.newyorker.com)

289. 新奥尔良的“车祸阴谋”——高速事故、不择手段的律师，以及急需用钱的穷人——这般阴谋诡计，恐怕也只有在“轻松之城”新奥尔良才会酝酿出来。

04-13  New Orleans’s Car-Crash Conspiracy - High-speed accidents, crooked lawyers, and poor people desperate for cash—it was the kind of scheme that could have been cooked up only in the Big Easy. (www.newyorker.com)

290. 诺亚·卡汉：一位意想不到的“家乡英雄”——在这位佛蒙特州唱作人的新歌及一部新纪录片中，他探讨了成名的苦恼如何让人开始怀念那个本想逃离的地方。

04-13  Noah Kahan Makes an Unlikely Home-Town Hero - In his new songs—and a new documentary—the Vermont singer-songwriter considers how the misery of fame can make you yearn for the place you meant to escape. (www.newyorker.com)

291. 道格拉斯·斯图尔特所著《私人视角》——“哦，别又是关于我的故事，”她喊道，“又是一本写我如何成为世界上最糟糕的母亲的书。真希望你能找点别的来写。”

04-12  “A Private View,” by Douglas Stuart - “Oh, not another story about me,” she cried. “Another book about how I was the world’s worst mother. I wish you could find something else to write about.” (www.newyorker.com)

292. 艾丽·范宁拍出“吸金大片”——这位奥斯卡提名女演员畅谈了与妮可·基德曼的合作、饰演表演者的艺术，以及她主演的新剧《玛戈的财务危机》，剧中她饰演一位单亲妈妈，为了维持生计而投身OnlyFans平台。

04-12  Elle Fanning Gets the Money Shot - The Oscar-nominated actress discusses collaborating with Nicole Kidman, the art of playing a performer, and her new series, “Margo’s Got Money Troubles,” in which she stars as a single mom who turns to OnlyFans to make ends meet. (www.newyorker.com)

293. 道格拉斯·斯图尔特谈旧生活与新生活的拉锯战——作者探讨了他的短篇小说《私人视角》。

04-12  Douglas Stuart on the Push and Pull of an Old Life Versus a New One - The author discusses his story “A Private View.” (www.newyorker.com)

294. 《蓝鹭》是一部关于坎坷童年的动人剧作——索菲·罗姆瓦里的首部剧情长片以敏锐的洞察力和奇妙的想象力，讲述了与身陷危机的兄弟共同成长的准自传式故事。

04-12  “Blue Heron” Is an Exalted Drama of Troubled Childhood - Sophy Romvari’s first feature brings keen observation and wondrous imagination to the quasi-autobiographical story of growing up with a brother in crisis. (www.newyorker.com)

295. 道格拉斯·斯图尔特朗读《私密视角》——作者朗读了其发表于2026年4月20日刊杂志上的短篇小说。

04-12  Douglas Stuart Reads “A Private View” - The author reads his story from the April 20, 2026, issue of the magazine. (www.newyorker.com)

296. 《痴迷曼陀林》——晚年重拾音乐。

04-11  Mad About the Mandolin - Returning to making music later in life. (www.newyorker.com)

297. J·D·万斯会继承“让美国再次伟大”的旗帜吗？——据报道，这位副总统曾反对对伊战争。如今，他却被委以重任，负责领导美国结束这场战争的谈判。

04-11  Will J. D. Vance Inherit MAGA? - The Vice-President reportedly opposed the Iran War. Now he’s tasked with leading American negotiations to end it. (www.newyorker.com)

298. 《8号出口》是一部巧妙颠覆原著的电子游戏改编作品——在川村元气的这部无限循环惊悚片中，迷宫般的地铁站成为了一种隐喻，象征着一种视野极度狭隘的生活。

04-11  “Exit 8” Is a Video-Game Adaptation That Ingeniously Subverts Its Source - In Genki Kawamura’s infinity-loop thriller, a labyrinthine metro station becomes a metaphor for a life lived in extreme tunnel vision. (www.newyorker.com)

299. 萨姆·阿尔特曼在OpenAI面临的信任危机——罗南·法罗与安德鲁·马兰茨探讨OpenAI首席执行官的崛起之路，以及有关欺骗行为的指控如何持续困扰着这位科技界最具影响力的人物之一。

04-11  Sam Altman’s Trust Issues at OpenAI - Ronan Farrow and Andrew Marantz on the rise of the C.E.O. of OpenAI, and how allegations of deceptive behavior continue to dog one of the most powerful figures in tech. (www.newyorker.com)

300. 每日漫画：4月10日，星期五——一幅以最新新闻和时事为灵感创作的漫画。

04-10  Daily Cartoon: Friday, April 10th - A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings. (www.newyorker.com)