Another pick from the March 2 issue: "The Migrants in the Ancient Forest" by Elizabeth Flock. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"Irving's days had been as well ordered and as predictable as the Sun King's." Adam Gopnik's perfect 1993 portrait of a man who lived poolside luxury until reality intruded. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1993/02/22

"James Talarico Puts His Faith in Texas Voters" by Tad Friend (@tadfriend.bsky.social) is our pick from the March 2, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/03/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Another pick from the February 16 & 23 issue: "In an Age of Science, Tennyson Grappled with an Unsettling New World" by Kathryn Schulz. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

60 years ago, Lillian Ross dissected Otto Preminger's war with Columbia Pictures over TV commercial breaks. It sounds a lot like today’s streaming vs. theatrical fight. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1966/02/19

Another pick from the February 16 & 23 issue: "In an Age of Science, Tennyson Grappled with an Unsettling New World" by Kathryn Schulz. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

"The city is crazier than he is." Pauline Kael's Taxi Driver review turns 50 this month. It's a masterclass in writing about violence, loneliness, and what happens when someone can't find a point of entry into human society. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1976/02/09

"The Babies Kept in a Mysterious Los Angeles Mansion" by Ava Kofman is our pick from the February 16 & 23, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/23?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Inside Russia’s Secret Campaign of Sabotage in Europe" by Joshua Yaffa. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the February 9 issue: "This Is How It Happens" by Molly Aitken. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

In 2013, Dr. Oz told Michael Specter: "Medicine is a very religious experience. I have my religion and you have yours... it's my fact versus your fact." He now runs Medicare and Medicaid with a $1.7 trillion budget. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2013/02/04

"Gavin Newsom Is Playing the Long Game" by Nathan Heller (@nathanheller.bsky.social) is our pick from the February 9, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/09?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "What MAGA Can Teach Democrats About Organizing—and Infighting" by Charles Duhigg. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the February 2, 2026 issue: "Trump’s Greenland Fiasco" by Joshua Yaffa. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

Every anxiety captured by Sam Knight's (@samknightwrites.bsky.social) profile of David Lammy a year ago has played out almost exactly as feared: Chagos vulnerable to Trump, Ukraine peace on US terms, EU reset too timid, Britain strategically adrift. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/01/27

"Did a Celebrated Researcher Obscure a Baby’s Poisoning?" by Ben Taub is our pick from the February 2, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/02/02?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "Why Trump Supports Protesters in Tehran but Not in Minneapolis" by Benjamin Wallace-Wells. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/26?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the January 26, 2026 issue: "The Congresswoman Criminalized for Visiting ICE Detainees" by Jonathan Blitzer (@jonathanblitzer.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/26?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

A sculptor who folds works into suitcases, insists nothing is fixed, and found immortality in something 'cheaper than a penny, fragile enough to tear by hand.' A portrait of El Anatsui by Julian Lucas, 5 years ago this week. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2021/01/18

"Inside Bari Weiss’s Hostile Takeover of CBS News" by Clare Malone (@claremalone.bsky.social) is our pick from the January 26, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/26?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

Weekend reading from this week's issue: "How WhatsApp Took Over the Global Conversation" by Sam Knight (@samknightwrites.bsky.social). https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/19?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekend_reading

Another pick from the January 19, 2026 issue: "Donald Trump Was Never an Isolationist" by Daniel Immerwahr. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/19?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=alternative_pick

“I have never since seen a young man who so plainly felt the urgency to marry not just a certain girl but that girl’s whole family.” - The Captain's Son by Peter Taylor (50 years ago this week) https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1976/01/12

"How Marco Rubio Went from “Little Marco” to Trump’s Foreign-Policy Enabler" by Dexter Filkins is our pick from the January 19, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/19?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

This piece from 100 years ago this week reflects on politics as a dull subject that makes even pleasant people tediously earnest. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/1926/01/09

"The Making of the First American Pope" by Paul Elie is our pick from the January 12, 2026 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2026/01/12?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

"Peter Navarro, Trump’s Ultimate Yes-Man" by Ian Parker is our pick from the December 29, 2025 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/12/29?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=weekly_pick

"History’s Judgment of Those Who Go Along" by Michael Luo is our pick from the December 22, 2025 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/12/22

"The Trump Administration’s Chaos in the Caribbean" by Jonathan Blitzer is our pick from the December 15, 2025 issue of The New Yorker. https://newyorkerest.com/issue/2025/12/15