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Plus: a new book on the rules of ownership in the digital era, and Doreen St. Félix on “Oprah with Meghan and Harry.” View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “The Shape of a Teardrop” “What I really wanted to sue them for was giving birth to me in the first place.” By T. Coraghessan Boyle This Week in Fiction T. Coraghessan Boyle on the Limits of Parental Love The author discusses “The Shape of a Teardrop,” his story from this week’s issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Fiction “What Have You Done?” If you liked “The Shape of a Teardrop,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2011. By Ben Marcus Newsletters Sign Up for the New Yorker Recommends Newsletter Discover what our staff is reading, watching, and listening to each week. Essays & Criticism Poems “Study of Two Figures (Dr. Seuss / Chrysanthemum-Pearl)” A poet reckons with Theodor Geisel’s fraught legacy—and with the story of his imaginary daughter. By Monica Youn Books How Much of Your Stuff Belongs to Big Tech? In the digital era, the old rule book on ownership doesn’t work anymore. But beware of what’s replacing it. By Elizabeth Kolbert From the Archive American Chronicles Broken Kingdom From 2011: “The Phantom Tollbooth,” by Norton Juster—who died on Monday at the age of ninety-one—is the closest thing that American literature has to an “Alice in Wonderland” of its own. By Adam Gopnik More from The New Yorker On Television The Rigorous Empathy of “Oprah with Meghan and Harry” This instantly iconic artifact of pop culture could not have been without Oprah. By Doreen St. Félix The New Yorker Documentary “Herselves” Makes Motherhood a Work of Art In an experimental documentary, Kristy Choi sets out to understand who her mother was before she was a mother. By Teresa Mathew You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for Books & Fiction from The New Yorker. 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.