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COMMENT

Talking to the Taliban?by Steve Coll

The Obama Administration has now entered into direct, secret talks with senior leaders of the group, several people briefed about them told me…
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THE WAYWARD PRESS

The Dissentersby David Remnick

Haaretz prides itself on being the conscience of Israel. Does the newspaper have a future?
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ILLUSTRATION: GRAFILU
BOOKS

The Arrival of Enigmasby James Wood

The first few pages of “Open City” are intensely Sebaldian, but Teju Cole’s début novel is beautiful, subtle—and original.
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ILLUSTRATION: JAIME HERNANDEZ
DEPT. OF COSMIC DEBRIS

Vermin of the Skyby Tad Friend

Who will keep the planet safe from asteroids?

Editors’ Choice

Letter from Libya

Circle of Fireby Andrew Solomon

Qaddafi’s son Seif, the face of reform?
A CRITIC AT LARGE

His Highnessby Jill Lepore

George Washington scales new heights.
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PROFILES

The Apostate by Lawrence Wright

Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology.
Personal History

A Widow’s Storyby Joyce Carol Oates

The last week of a long marriage.

COMMENT

ILLUSTRATION: TOM BACHTELL

U.S.-Taliban Talksby Steve Coll

A new strategy in Afghanistan is revealed.

Fiction Podcast

Anne Enright reads John Cheever’s “The Swimmer.”

MULTIMEDIA

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Tad Friend on the asteroid threat.

Audio Slide Show

Peter Schjeldahl on Cézanne and modern painting.

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Joseph L. Mankiewicz’s “A Letter to Three Wives.”

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Tad Friend looks at the threat of asteroids.

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Daniel Zalewski on Guillermo del Toro’s most notable creatures.

Video

Ben McGrath on head and neck injuries in the N.F.L.

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Peter Schjeldahl on “Painters & Poets,” at the Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

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Jason Schwartzman introduces The New Yorkers iPad App.
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