New Fiction by Sam Lipsyte—Rediscovering Eve Adams—Lauren Berlant

Plus: love on the run in Stephen Barker’s photographs. View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “My Apology” “My apology, Leffler informs me, is tone-deaf and insufficient.” By Sam Lipsyte This Week in Fiction Sam Lipsyte on the Madness of Workplaces The author discusses “My Apology,” his story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Willing Davidson Fiction “How Can I Help?” If you liked “My Apology,” we think you will enjoy this story, from 2016. By Rivka Galchen Essays & Criticism Culture Desk Rediscovering Eve Adams, the Radical Lesbian Activist How Jonathan Ned Katz retraced the story of the woman who wrote what might be the first ethnography of American lesbian life. By Jim Downs Annals of Inquiry What Deadlines Do to Lifetimes A new book asks whether we can find a balance between structuring our time and squandering it. By Rachel Syme From the Archive A Critic at Large Affect Theory and the New Age of Anxiety The scholar and “Cruel Optimism” author Lauren Berlant died on Monday. We dream of swimming toward a beautiful horizon, Berlant evocatively observed in 2011, but in truth, we are constantly “dogpaddling around a space whose contours remain obscure.” By Hua Hsu More from The New Yorker Photo Booth Love on the Run in Stephen Barker’s Photographs A world of bodies at Club 82. By Hilton Als Podcast Dept. The Secret Hollywood of “You Must Remember This” For seven years, Karina Longworth has deconstructed the industry’s myths without losing sight of its magic. By Margaret Talbot 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.