Books & Fiction: The Lost Legacy of the Girl Stunt Reporter

Plus: Casey Cep on a new translation of the Gospels; and how computers are getting better at writing. View in browser | Update your preferences Under Review The Lost Legacy of the Girl Stunt Reporter At the end of the nineteenth century, a wave of women rethought what journalism could say, sound like, and do. Why were they forgotten? By Katy Waldman Essays & Criticism Under Review What We Can and Can’t Learn from a New Translation of the Gospels Sarah Ruden aims to return familiar texts to the fresh clay from which they were made. By Casey Cep Personal History My Grandfather Fled the Nazis. I Moved to His Old Neighborhood I was raised to believe that America was a haven for Jews, but that vision of safety seems illusory now. By Laura Moser Books What Do We Want in a First Lady? Two new books offer perspectives on the confusion of the public and the private, and of seriousness and sham, that is the First Ladyship. By Amy Davidson Sorkin Page-Turner The History of New York, Told Through Its Trash In 1948, the landfill at Fresh Kills was marketed to Staten Island as a stopgap measure. No one guessed that it would remain open for more than half a century. By Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein From the Archive Fiction “Blushes” From January: A short story by Graham Swift, who was born seventy-two years ago this coming Tuesday. By Graham Swift More from The New Yorker Cultural Comment The Computers Are Getting Better at Writing Whatever field you are in, if it uses language, it is about to be transformed. By Stephen Marche Video Dept. Skateboarding San Francisco’s Hills Hill-bombing requires self-assurance and—to do it safely—a trustworthy crew. Video by Wendi Jonassen Text by S. Whitney Holmes 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.