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A Day in the Life of Leila Slimani

The Moroccan-French author, whose latest book, a novel about a woman navigating an inter-racial marriage, is out now, explains how the magic happens

Betting the Farm

Can we change our approach to agriculture before it’s too late?

Charlie Scheips’s Sketchbook

A Busy Week of Bad Behavior

From Andrew Cuomo to British grifters to sexcapades at country estates, we cover it all in this week’s podcast

Life on the Orient Express

Fool’s Paradigm

Gloomy Gus, Shrinking Violet, and friends mourn the death of Good-Time Charlie

Barry Blitt’s Sketchbook

Animal Attraction

Joachim Schmeisser’s African-wildlife photographs pay homage to the magical creatures of Kenya’s Amboseli National Park

Backside Bash

Ride the wave to high summer with tunes from Allah-Las, Tortoise, Brant Bjork, and more

Beyond the Infinite—and Back

How 2001: A Space Odyssey’s long-lost lunar lander found its way to L.A.’s new Academy Museum of Motion Pictures

Of Mings and Men

Double Act

The King of Comedy

Eight questions with David Steinberg, director of Seinfeld, Friends, and Curb Your Enthusiasm, whose new book looks back at the last five decades of comedy

Gen X Marks the Spot

Thirty years ago next month, Nirvana released Nevermind. Music was never the same

Ons Jabeur

The young Tunisian tennis pro is gunning for a Grand Slam and paving the way for more of Africa’s rising stars

Opera Pick of the Week

Everest, Joby Talbot’s intimate epic, expands its already considerable reach as the world’s first (we think) graphic-novel opera

The Music Man

Meet Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate, a proud Chicaksaw composer with a thing for Shostakovich

Catch Him if You Can

Short List

What to read this week, including a look back at home ec, a blow-by-blow of the Watergate scandal, and a history of Oceania

Between Hitler and Madness

Buddy Movies

Norman Jewison and Hal Ashby were one of Hollywood’s great creative teams. Their unraveling left insiders mystified

The Techno King of Tesla

Elon Musk may dislike being C.E.O. of the car company, but he wants to remain in power

Dan White

Hollywood’s favorite magician reappears on … Zoom?