New Fiction by Gish Jen—Violaine Huisman’s “The Book of Mother”—When a Child Comes to Understand Death

Plus: how the week organizes and tyrannizes our lives, and an interview with Lin-Manuel Miranda. View in browser | Update your preferences Fiction “Detective Dog” “When the Hong Kong police stormed the universities, she and her family just sat here in New York on their lilac leather couch and watched on their computers.” By Gish Jen This Week in Fiction Gish Jen on Storytelling Across Cultures The author discusses “Detective Dog,” her story from the latest issue of the magazine. By Deborah Treisman Fiction “Lulu” If you liked “Detective Dog,” we think that you’ll enjoy this story, from 2019. By Te-Ping Chen Essays & Criticism Page-Turner When Mom Takes Over Your Life—and Your Novel Violaine Huisman’s enthralling family history, “The Book of Mother,” enacts a power struggle between a manic-depressive mom and her narrator daughter. By Katy Waldman Books How the Week Organizes and Tyrannizes Our Lives From work schedules to TV seasons to baseball games, the seven-day cycle has long ordered American society. Will we ever get rid of it? By Jill Lepore Personal History When a Child Comes to Understand Death Even after tragedy befell our community, my mother and I had to keep up appearances. By Sarah Paley More from The New Yorker The New Yorker Interview Lin-Manuel Miranda Goes in Search of Lost Time The “Hamilton” creator’s directorial début, “Tick, Tick . . . Boom!,” channels the bohemian life and spirit of the theatre composer Jonathan Larson. By Michael Schulman Culture Desk Celebrate George Booth and His Singular Cartoons at The New Yorker Live Thursday’s film première and discussion dig into Booth’s many decades of boisterous comic creations. By Emma Allen 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.