New Fiction by Joseph O'Neill—How to Misread Jane Austen—Claudia Rankine’s “Just Us”

Plus: the private Trump angst of a Republican icon. View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “Rainbows” “Mystique was important to me at that time, and some nationalities had more mystique than others.” By Joseph O’Neill This Week in Fiction Joseph O’Neill on Mentors and Perspective The author discusses “Rainbows,” his story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson Fiction “Show Recent Some Love” If you liked “Rainbows,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2018. By Sam Lipsyte Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Movie Club Newsletter Reviews of the current cinema, plus recommendations for classics and underrated treasures available on streaming services, every Friday. Essays & Criticism Books How to Misread Jane Austen The novelist was a keen observer of her time. Now readers want to make her a mirror of our own. By Louis Menand Page-Turner The Burdened Insights of Claudia Rankine’s “Just Us” In her new book, the poet tries to interrogate race in America through conversation. By Katy Waldman Page-Turner The Private Trump Angst of a Republican Icon James Baker thinks Trump is “nuts,” but he voted for him once—and may soon do so again. By Susan B. Glasser and Peter Baker More from The New Yorker Onward and Upward with the Arts A Fuller Picture of Artemisia Gentileschi The pioneering painter survived a rape, but scholars are pushing against the idea that her work was defined by it—and celebrating her rich harnessing of motherhood, passion, and ambition. By Rebecca Mead Podcast Dept. Can Podcasts Improve Our Well-Being? “The Happiness Lab” is part of a wave of positive-psychology audio that takes a quantitative view of the quest to be happy. By Alexandra Schwartz This e-mail was sent to you by The New Yorker. To insure delivery, we recommend adding newyorker@newsletters.newyorker.com, to your contacts, while noting that it is a no-reply address. Please send all newsletter feedback to tnyinbox@newyorker.com. For more from The New Yorker, sign up for our newsletters, shop the store, and sign in to newyorker.com, where subscribers always have unlimited access. Contact us with questions. View our Privacy Policy Unsubscribe Copyright © Condé Nast 2020. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.