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December 18, 2024

More Humor and Cartoons

Grammar tips from a thirty-eighty-year-old with an English degree.
Ten types of neighbors you may encounter in an apartment complex.
Plots of eighties movies had the protagonists been people of color.
Jobs you can add to your résumé as a single person.
Learn to appreciate the small things.
What I imagine strangers think about me when I read a book in public.

Lawrence Lindell, a cartoonist, an educator, a musician, and an artist, has been contributing comics to The New Yorker since 2019. His graphic novel “Blackward” received an Excellence in Graphic Literature Award. He and his spouse run the small press Laneha House.

Poems

“Waiting”

“My first great love was a drunk. Her long dark hair / falling over my face. But even that is made up.”

By Bridget Lowe

Sketchpad

The Risks of Standing Still in New York

Beware! You might start an impromptu queue or get declared a landmark.

By Jenny Kroik

Poems

“Bass Lake”

“The year, that year, had been especially / cruel. Sickness and war.”

By Safia Elhillo

Poems

“Sisters”

“I must have been breathing, of course, / although I no longer had sisters.”

By Lee Upton

Poems

“Prayer”

“I know / That everything I look out upon will vanish.”

By Larry Levis

Poems

“Summer Movies in Central Park”

“It is this honor, Juliusz, that is granted us: / To resurrect new forms, forged of gold.”

By Czeslaw Milosz

Sketchbook

When Picasso Was Arrested for Stealing the “Mona Lisa”

In 1911, the world’s most famous painting was stolen from the Louvre.

By Paul Rogers

Poems

“Prelude in Grey Major”

“I was not alone, that much I know, / though no one was with me.”

By Christian Wiman

Shouts & Murmurs

Expanding Our Two-Factor Authentication System

Our top priority is making sure no hacker gets into your account. So, as soon as we locate your biological grandparents and compare their DNA to yours, we will allow you to safely log in to your account.

By Talib Babb