Books & Fiction: The Secrets Philip Roth Didn’t Keep

Plus: a novel for life after the pandemic; resurrecting Keats; and new poetry from Aria Aber and Robert Pinsky. View in browser | Update your preferences Books The Secrets Philip Roth Didn’t Keep Roth revealed himself to his biographer as he once revealed himself on the page, reckoning with both the pure and the perverse. By David Remnick Essays & Criticism Page-Turner A Novel for Life After the Pandemic Sigrid Nunez’s “Salvation City” imagines the strange and intangible fallout of a global pandemic. By Carrie Battan Culture Desk Bringing Keats Back to Life To celebrate the two-hundredth anniversary of the poet’s death, a foundation created a C.G.I. rendering that looked and spoke like he did. By Anna Russell Books Briefly Noted “New Yorkers,” “Speak, Okinawa,” “The Rain Heron,” and “Poetics of 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. Poetry Poems “Dirt and Light” “You never speak to me, / I thought, not even in dreams.” By Aria Aber Poems “At Mt. Auburn Cemetery” “Walking among the graves for exercise / Where do you get your ideas how do I stop them.” By Robert Pinsky The Writer’s Voice The Writer’s Voice: Fiction from the Magazine Ayşegül Savaş Reads “Future Selves” The author reads her story from the March 29, 2021, issue of the magazine. More from The New Yorker Cultural Comment The Rise of Therapy-Speak How a language got off the couch and into the world. By Katy Waldman The New Yorker Documentary The Life of a Storied Neighborhood “Chinatown Beat” shows how, for a group of Asian-American creators, the very act of making art is a form of activism. You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for . Was this e-mail forwarded to you? Sign up. Unsubscribe | Manage your e-mail preferences | Send newsletter feedback | View our Privacy Policy Copyright © Condé Nast 2021. One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007. All rights reserved.