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View in your browser | Update your preferences Dear reader,    Thank you for signing up for the New Yorker Classics newsletter. On Wednesdays and Sundays, you'll receive a selection of classic pieces curated by our archive editor, Erin Overbey.   To make sure this e-mail always lands in your in-box, please add newyorker@newsletter.newyorker.com to your address book. If it appears under your Promotions tab in Gmail, drag it to your Primary tab and select "Yes" when you're asked if you want future messages to land in the same place.   Have feedback? Write to us at tnyinbox@newyorker.com. We'd love to hear from you.   You can sign up to receive newsletters showcasing the full range of The New Yorker's news and cultural coverage, and more, at newyorker.com/newsletters.   Thank you for reading.   —The Editors From The New Yorker's Archive     Annals of Seismology The Earthquake That Will Devastate the Pacific Northwest From 2015: When the Cascadia fault line ruptures, it could be North America's worst natural disaster in recorded history. By Kathryn Schulz     Reflections James Baldwin: Letter from a Region in My Mind From 1962: "Whatever white people do not know about Negroes reveals, precisely and inexorably, what they do not know about themselves." By James Baldwin     Magazine Butterflies From 1948: On life as a lepidopterist. By Vladimir Nabokov     Fiction "The Lottery" From 1948: "The people had done it so many times that they only half listened to the directions; most of them were quiet, wetting their lips, not looking around." By Shirley Jackson Great writing makes for great reading. Subscribe for $12, plus a free tote. See my options You're receiving this e-mail because you signed up for the New Yorker Classics newsletter. 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.