New Yorker: Outloud

John Lanchester on finance

John Lanchester on why derivatives are like modernist art and ...

John Lanchester on why derivatives are like modernist art and what his father, a banker, would have thought of what finance has become.

Bruce McCall on cartoons

Bruce McCall on his drawing for the Cartoon Issue, his ...

Bruce McCall on his drawing for the Cartoon Issue, his artistic process, and his career.

Kelefa Sanneh and David Denby on political impersonation

Kelefa Sanneh and David Denby on the pleasures and perils ...

Kelefa Sanneh and David Denby on the pleasures and perils of political impersonation.

Better Late

Malcolm Gladwell on genius and precocity.

Back at the Ranch

Pamela Colloff discusses George W. Bush and Crawford, Texas.

Raffi Khatchadourian on illegal lumber

Raffi Khatchadourian explains how an illegally harvested tree in Russia ...

Raffi Khatchadourian explains how an illegally harvested tree in Russia can become a toilet seat in an American home.

Platon on photographing the military

Platon on photographing members of the military and their families.

Elephant in the Room

Adam Gopnik discusses the controversy behind Babar and the books' ...

Adam Gopnik discusses the controversy behind Babar and the books' enduring appeal.

Ariel Levy on Cindy McCain

Ariel Levy on Cindy McCain and the women of the ...

Ariel Levy on Cindy McCain and the women of the 2008 election.

The Face of the Surge

Steve Coll discusses General David Petraeus's duties in Iraq and ...

Steve Coll discusses General David Petraeus's duties in Iraq and his role in information operations.