| |  Books Lucian Freud and the Truth of the Body The painter captured the imperfections of the flesh so completely that they became a kind of perfection. By Adam Gopnik | | | | | Books The Next Cyberattack Is Already Under Way Amid a global gold rush for digital weapons, the infrastructure of our daily lives has never been more vulnerable. By Jill Lepore | | | Books Big Laughs and Hard Silences in Erin Belieu’s Poetry Her latest collection toggles between lighthearted comedy and deep-seated loss, using paradox as a prerequisite for beauty. By Dan Chiasson | | | Under Review “The Prophets,” a Novel of Queer Love During Slavery Robert Jones, Jr.,’s début novel beckons forth ancestors of various kinds to lend the weight of their influence. By Lauren Michele Jackson | | | Books Briefly Noted “Trio,” “Hades, Argentina,” “The Mission,” and “Patch Work.” | | | | Newsletters Sign Up for The New Yorker’s Food Newsletter Get essays on food, restaurant reviews, and notes for the kitchen, all delivered to your in-box. | | | | | | Poems “There Is Nothing Quieter” “Than softly falling snow.” By Charles Simic | | | Poems “This Is Not a Poem” “Attic trunk, stone well, / or metonymic moon / time-travelling for wisdom.” By Joyce Carol Oates | | | | | |  The Writer’s Voice: Fiction from the Magazine Ben Okri Reads “A Wrinkle in the Realm” The author reads his story from the February 8, 2021, issue of the magazine. | | | | |  Photo Booth The Lifelong Isolation of Two Elderly Sisters in India The photographer Debsuddha documents the indignities suffered by his albino aunts in Kolkata, and how their world became even smaller in coronavirus lockdown. By Sonia Faleiro |  The Current Cinema Michelle Pfeiffer Is a Catwoman Once More in “French Exit” In her role as a grand widow visiting Paris with her son, Pfeiffer sets a tone of world-weariness that pervades Azazel Jacobs’s film—perhaps a little too much. By Anthony Lane | | | | | | |
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