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newyorker.com > magazine > 02/09/2026 > this-is-how-it-happens-fiction-molly-aitken

“This Is How It Happens,” by Molly Aitken

“This Is How It Happens,” by Molly Aitken4+ hour, 5+ min ago   (1531+ words) Read an interview with the author for the story behind the story. The barefoot one darts forward and drops a wet leaflet into one of your shopping bags. She is around your age, the youngest of them. Despite the rain,…...

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newyorker.com > podcast > the-new-yorker-radio-hour > does-every-marriage-need-a-prenup

Does Every Marriage Need a Prenup?

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (201+ words) On The New Yorker Radio Hour, the staff writer Jennifer Wilson explores why prenuptial agreements have boomed in popularity among millennial and Gen Z couples. Prenups have gone from a tool of the ultra-wealthy, carrying a whiff of scandal, to…...

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newyorker.com > magazine > 12/29/2025 > why-millennials-love-prenups

Why Millennials Love Prenups

Why Millennials Love Prenups1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (175+ words) Switzky and Zevallos eventually decided that any I.P. they create individually would be listed as "separate property," though they admitted that the divvying up has proved tricky day to day. "If one of us comes up with an idea, one of…...

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newyorker.com > podcast > political-scene > family-estrangement-is-on-the-rise-are-politics-to-blame

Family Estrangement Is on the Rise. Are Politics to Blame?

Family Estrangement Is on the Rise. Are Politics to Blame?2+ mon, 1+ week ago   (70+ words) Why So Many People Are Going "No Contact" with Their Parents," by Anna Russell The Meaning of Trump"s Presidential Pardons," by Benjamin Wallace-Wells Nick Fuentes Is Not Just Another Alt-Right Boogeyman," by Jay Caspian Kang The Darkest Thread in…...

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newyorker.com > culture > the-new-yorker-interview > how-lionel-richie-mastered-the-love-song

How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song

How Lionel Richie Mastered the Love Song3+ mon, 4+ week ago   (670+ words) I collect vintage music shirts'I have my whole adult life'and I think I found someone who maybe worked for the Commodores" road crew, "cause they sold me all this stuff from the "81 tour. I got this "81 tour crew shirt, and…...

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newyorker.com > magazine > 09/22/2025 > what-i-wanted-what-i-got

What I Wanted, What I Got

What I Wanted, What I Got4+ mon, 2+ week ago   (317+ words) My shoes were still in the window at Burch's, at the center of the display, with clogs around them on lower platforms, also-rans to my winner. When I pointed to the Candie's, my mother was confused. "Those? But they're for…...

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newyorker.com > magazine > 08/25/2025 > suburban-divorcee-cate-marvin-poem

“Suburban Divorcée,” by Cate Marvin

“Suburban Divorcée,” by Cate Marvin5+ mon, 2+ week ago   (254+ words) Mowing the lawn, it's revealed, is not the tortureit once appeared as the loved one tore through the yard in heated fury, sluicing beds of flowersbent dangerously toward the sun and the blades. The machine was somehow derelict, excused forits…...

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newyorker.com > culture > life-and-letters > an-adolescent-crush-that-never-let-up-john-updike

An Adolescent Crush That Never Let Up

An Adolescent Crush That Never Let Up6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (1189+ words) To The Editors of The New Yorker Plowville, PAMarch 21, 1949 I would like some information on those little filler drawings you publish, and, I presume, buy. What size should they be? Mounted or not? Are there any preferences as to subject…...

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newyorker.com > books > page-turner > a-marriage-at-sea-is-a-study-of-couplehood-in-extremis

“A Marriage at Sea” Is a Study of Couplehood in Extremis

“A Marriage at Sea” Is a Study of Couplehood in Extremis6+ mon, 3+ week ago   (191+ words) Sophie Elmhirst's enthralling account of Maurice and Maralyn Bailey's adventures on the ocean shows what the common hazards of married life look like amid utter disaster. "To have chosen such a life, as opposed to having been drugged or crimped…...

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newyorker.com > culture > the-front-row > love-letters-received-forty-years-too-late

“Love Letters,” Received Forty Years Too Late

“Love Letters,” Received Forty Years Too Late8+ mon, 3+ day ago   (36+ words) How Joe Biden handed the Presidency to Donald Trump. Why Lena Dunham broke up with New York. The day the dinosaurs died." The long afterlife of a terrible crime. The clown suit of middle age....