The New Yorker

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Contributors

The Mail

Goings On

Photo Booth: Portraits of Everyday Life in Greenland

On and Off the Avenue • Amanda Petrusich on old-fashioned gifts of music.

Comment: Conscientious Objectors

The Musical Life: No-Frills Novice

On the Line

Postcard from Italy: I’ll Have What He’s Having

Nine Lives Dept.: Night Thoughts

Puzzles & Games Dept.: Going to Press

Puzzles & Games Dept.: In a Flurry

Shuffalo • Can you make a longer word with each new letter?

Puzzles & Games Dept.: Rough Copy • A crossword with a few clues loose.

Shouts & Murmurs: Holiday Gifting

Comic Strip: Roz Chast on Gahan Wilson

Comic Strip: Summer Pierre on Helen Hokinson

Comic Strip: Navied Mahdavian on James Thurber

Comic Strip: Emily Flake on Alice Harvey

Comic Strip: Ali Fitzgerald on J. J. Sempé

Comic Strip: Liana Finck on William Steig

Journals: Centenarian • A diary of a hundredth year.

Poems: Roller-Rink Nocturne

Poems: Greetings, Friends!

Fiction: Risk, Discipline

Takes: Emma Allen on Otto Soglow’s Spot Art

Books: The Puzzle Maestro • For Stephen Sondheim, crafting crosswords and treasure hunts was as fun as writing musicals.

Puzzles & Games Dept.: Cryptic Crossword • An enigmatic tribute to Mr. Sondheim.

Books: Briefly Noted

The Theatre: Selective Memory • “Marjorie Prime” and “Anna Christie.”

The Current Cinema: Split Take • “Is This Thing On?”

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