New Fiction by Allegra Goodman—Alicia Garza’s New Book—Beethoven

Plus: the delights of New York and Fran Lebowitz; and visitors from outer space. View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “A Challenge You Have Overcome” “Steve imagined telling people, I never read my kid’s college applications. No! they would cry, disbelieving.” By Allegra Goodman This Week in Fiction Allegra Goodman on the Parents of Teens The author discusses “A Challenge You Have Overcome,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon Fiction “Apple Cake” If you liked “A Challenge You Have Overcome,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2014. By Allegra Goodman Newsletters Sign up for The New Yorker’s Podcasts Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker podcast again. Essays & Criticism Under Review A Black Lives Matter Founder on Building Modern Movements In a new book, Alicia Garza writes, “We can’t be afraid to establish a base that is larger than the people we feel comfortable with.” By Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor Books Have We Already Been Visited by Aliens? An eminent astrophysicist argues that signs of intelligent extraterrestrial life have appeared in our skies. What’s the evidence for his claim? By Elizabeth Kolbert Cultural Comment Keep Beethoven Weird We’ve put the scowling composer in a box. By Alex Ross More from The New Yorker On Television The Delights of New York, Fran Lebowitz, and Martin Scorsese’s Laugh The documentary series “Pretend It’s a City,” now streaming on Netflix, feels like a balm in a wildly shifting world. By Naomi Fry The Current Cinema “MLK/FBI” Forbids Us to Relax Sam Pollard’s documentary shows the vengeful extremes of J. Edgar Hoover’s campaign to spy on Martin Luther King. By Anthony Lane 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 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.