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Sunday, June 2, 2024
The New Yorker Interview
Jonathan Groff Rolls Merrily Back
The actor reflects on his journey in reverse: from his latest Tony nomination to his arrival in New York, waiting tables and dreaming of Broadway.
ByMichael Schulman
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Daily Comment
The Shadow of Tiananmen Falls on Hong Kong
The anniversary of the massacre coincides with verdicts in the trial of the pro-democracy activists known as the Hong Kong 47.
ByEvan Osnos
Dept. of Diversions
The Sporting Scene
A Forgotten Athlete, a Nazi Official, and the Origins of Sex Testing at the Olympics
In 1936, the Czech track star Zdeněk Koubek became world-famous after undergoing surgery so that he could live openly as a man.
ByMichael Waters
The Sporting Scene
The Boston Celtics and What Greatness Looks Like
The team has dominated all season. Why does it have so many doubters?
ByLouisa Thomas
Culture Dept.
The Food Scene
Ambitious, Modern Lebanese Cooking at Sawa
A new restaurant in Park Slope offers Levantine dishes fit for a special occasion.
ByHelen Rosner
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Cécile McLorin Salvant Finds “the Gems That Haven’t Been Sung and Sung”
The singer’s interests and repertoire reach across eras, languages, and continents.
WithDavid Remnick
Poems
“Marigold”
“I have the sun’s eye one minute— / the next, I’m going to bed with it.”
ByMary Jo Bang
Poems
“The Bath”
“The spider, like some cave-dweller, so transparent / she could be a lens.”
ByMarianne Boruch
Fun & Games Dept.
Shouts & Murmurs
Notice of Security Incident
Regrettably, a data breach occurred involving the part of our network that stores digital replicas of your nude abdomen after you’ve eaten pad Thai.
ByJay Katsir
Name Drop:Can you guess the identity of a notable person—contemporary or historical—in six clues?Play our trivia game »
P.S. The sticky heatand thick air of the coming months necessitates a special approach to drinking. “The antidote to summer’s ambient fatigue is intensity, wildness, severity,”Helen Rosner suggests. “It’s the season of Spanish vermouth, powerful and spice-filled, a fortified wine with guts and spine and teeth and claws.” 🍷