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Contributors

The Mail: The Mail

Goings On • What we’re watching, listening to, and doing this week.

Tables for Two: Misipasta • Misipasta 46 Grand St., Brooklyn

Comment: Truth and Consequences

At Bat: I See London, I See France

Spoiler Dept.: Unrigged

Splitsville: Things

Las Vegas Postcard: Dog’s Life

Annals of Education: Old School • Have the liberal arts gone conservative?

Shouts & Murmurs: Melanie Ann Donoghue Weds Wordle

Profiles: You Tell Me • Why Percival Everett can’t say what his novels mean.

Sketchbook: Office Jargon Pinball

A Reporter at Large: Invisible City • After ISIS fell in Syria, supporters and victims alike were herded into a giant outdoor prison—and effectively given lifetime sentences.

Poems: Late Shift

Letter from California: O.K., Doomer • Some people want to build A.I. faster. Others want to pull the plug. Who will decide the fate of humanity?

Poems: Men’s Sexual-Trauma Support Group

Fiction: The Time Being

A Critic at Large: Gone with the Wind • In pursuit of John Wilkes Booth.

Books: The Accidental Satirist • How an enthusiast of Soviet socialism fell afoul of the authorities.

Books: Briefly Noted

Musical Events: Tone Poet • Arnold Schoenberg’s sonic palette affected everything from film scores to jazz.

The Theatre: Talking with God • John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt: A Parable” and “Brooklyn Laundry.”

The Current Cinema: Bodies of Evidence • “Love Lies Bleeding.”

CARTOON CAPTION CONTEST

Puzzles & Games Dept.: The Crossword • A challenging puzzle.