New Fiction by Lauren Groff—Making Sense of Scents—Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland

Plus: Casey Cep on the Blackwell sisters and the harrowing history of modern medicine; and Japan’s long history of tidying up. View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “The Wind” “Mama, we need to drive, my mother said. We need to drive now. We need to go.” By Lauren Groff This Week in Fiction Lauren Groff on the Aftershocks of Violence The author discusses “The Wind,” her story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Cressida Leyshon Fiction “Poor Girl” If you liked “The Wind,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2018. By Ludmilla Petrushevskaya Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Crossword-Puzzle Newsletter Never miss another New Yorker crossword again. Essays & Criticism Books How to Make Sense of Scents Can language ever capture the mysterious world of smells? By Rachel Syme Books The Blackwell Sisters and the Harrowing History of Modern Medicine A new biography of the pioneering doctors shows why “first” can be a tricky designation. By Casey Cep On This Day A Critic at Large Lewis Carroll’s Wonderland How the controversial author of “Alice in Wonderland,” who was born one hundred and eighty-nine years ago today, inspired the British modernists. By Adam Gopnik More from The New Yorker Cultural Comment The Long History of Japan’s Tidying Up Marie Kondo is just the current manifestation of a tradition of cleaning. By Hiroko Yoda Cultural Comment Pixar’s Troubled “Soul” The most glaring artistic error in “Soul” is its misprision—its elision, really—of what soul means for black culture. By Namwali Serpell 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.