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Can’t Tell an A-Frame from a Poo Stance? Try the Encyclopedia of Surfing
The New Yorker,
Matt Warshaw, who’s been busy compiling the online repository for a decade, takes a long-awaited surf trip to Fiji (with his silent buddy Marc).
The Forgotten Giant of Yiddish Fiction
Though his younger brother Isaac Bashevis Singer eventually eclipsed him, Israel Joshua Singer excelled at showing characters buffeted by the tides of history.
The Crossword: Monday, November 27, 2023
Figure sometimes depicted holding a pomegranate: four letters.
The Mail
Letters respond to Michael Luo’s review of a biography of Mitt Romney, Nikhil Krishnan’s review of “Determined,” by Robert M. Sapolsky, and Michael Schulman’s Profile of Ridley Scott.
Things I’ve Heard Myself Say Aloud to My Kids
Definitely no energy drink called Bust, created by a TikTok M.M.A. fighter with a blue Lambo. You get Six Quiet Points.
How Jensen Huang’s Nvidia Is Powering the A.I. Revolution
The company’s C.E.O. bet it all on a new kind of chip. Now that Nvidia is one of the biggest companies in the world, what will he do next?
How Sandra Hüller Approached Playing a Nazi
The German actress probes characters with unusual depth. But to portray a Fascist wife, in “The Zone of Interest,” she reversed her usual approach—and withheld her empathy.
When Your Own Book Gets Caught Up in the Censorship Wars
I had envisioned book bans as modern morality plays—but the reality was far more complicated.