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falling in Austria and the Himalayas, deliquescing into the dirt of Russia, unloading its burden of soot and dust from the coal plants, the coalfields and pits of Prokopyevsk, Kiselevsk, Leninsk-Kuznetski, their soldiers deliquescing into the local cemetery, returned from Afghanistan, Chechnya, Ukraine—black snow, the words sound so pretty, like black apples from Arkansas, or the Black Diamond apple of Tibet, stained purple by sunlight, expensive and rare, or black ice, which is treacherous, near-invisible— words like glory and country, Motherland, Fatherland, what do they mean, does it depend, what do they depend on, what tree or cross or bridge hang from while black snow falls on Greenland, its glaciers deliquescing, another word I love, though not what it means, what it portends, while the wind spins another cluster of dead leaves from a limb and a man in a faraway office leaves work for his home and fire, and ice deliquesces into his glass of gin. And what about the stars? They’re already char and the moon is a miner’s lamp to light the workers forever going down and in. Shuffalo Shuffalo: Sunday, November 9, 2025 Can you make a longer word with each new letter? The Weekend Essay What Did Men Do to Deserve This? Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.” The New Yorker Interview Laura Dern Has the Spirit of Seventies Cinema The actor, who plays George Clooney’s publicist in “Jay Kelly” and Will Arnett’s estranged wife in “Is This Thing On?,” has spent her life surrounded by Hollywood luminaries. The Writer’s Voice Paul Yoon Reads “The New Coast” The author reads his story from the November, 17, 2025, issue of the magazine. Takes Hannah Goldfield on Anthony Bourdain’s “Don’t Eat Before Reading This” Bourdain was much more than a whistle-blower, even at the very beginning of what would become his second, incredibly significant career. The Sporting Scene Giannis Antetokounmpo Is a Man Apart The Milwaukee Bucks star has been tearing up the league so far this season. The Food Scene La Boca Is All Smoke, No Fire The Argentinean chef Francis Mallmann is notorious for his love of cooking over open flames. With his New York début, he fizzles out. This Week in Fiction Paul Yoon on the Danger of Hope The author discusses his story “The New Coast.” Fiction “The New Coast” I think it was at this moment, on the beach, that everything seemed the most possible. That our sister was alive and in that building somewhere. Photo Booth A Master of Fashion Photography Who Embraces Accidents Paolo Roversi’s studio portraits push the Polaroid process to its limits. Shuffalo Shuffalo: Saturday, November 8, 2025 Can you make a longer word with each new letter? Critic’s Notebook The Allure—and the Policing—of Subway Surfing Mayor Eric Adams’s administration has wrapped an expansion of invasive surveillance in the apolitical packaging of saving teen-agers from their addled selves.
