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Pascal Campion’s “Winter Sun”
The New Yorker,
The artist depicts the beams of sunlight that flicker during the coldest months of the year.
David Means Reads “Chance the Cat”
The author reads his story from the January 22, 2024, issue of the magazine.
The Crossword: Monday, January 15, 2024
Painter of the Rouen Cathedral: five letters.
Daily Cartoon: Monday, January 15th
“Eventually, there will come a time when you will be constantly complaining about the heat.“
The Ant and the Grasshopper: A Millennial Fable
The ant studied for the GRE, and she still drained her 401(k). The moth lost everything to crypto. Was the grasshopper the smart one?
The Mail
Letters respond to Sarah Stillman’s essay about felony murder and Natan Last’s piece about crosswords.
“Chance the Cat,” by David Means
What matters is that a few weeks later the two of them found him on the corner of Fifty-third and Woodlawn, a street cat with matted black fur and a smear of white.
“Night Sea, 1963,” by Victoria Chang
“In this room, my loneliness doubles because the edges of the painting are no longer white.”