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EASY CHAIR • Dangling Man
HARPER’S INDEX
[Essay] SOME DEATHS BEFORE DYING • By Phil Christman, from “How to Be Married,” an essay in the collection How to Be Normal, which will be published next month by Belt Publishing.
ZODIAC KILLERS • From an October 2021 analysis of immunization data by the Salt Lake County Health Department, in Utah, demonstrating how COVID-19 vaccination rates vary by astrological sign.
MOP BOSS • By Brian Klaas, from Corruptible, a book of nonfiction, which was published in November 2021 by Scribner.
ALL HAT, NO CATTLE • From a statement made in July 2021 by Mike Knox, a Houston City Council member.
SOUL PROPRIETOR • By Daniel Genis, from Sentence, a memoir, which will be published next month by Viking.
SWARM ENEMIES • From a 2018 study commissioned by the U.S. State Department to investigate claims that an auditory weapon was being deployed against American diplomats in Cuba. The study was published in September 2021 by BuzzFeed.
INBOX ($0) • From fund-raising emails sent by the campaign of former Virginia governor Terry McAuliffe, a Democrat who ran unsuccessfully for a second term in 2021.
FLYING COLORS • From Bird: Exploring the Winged World, which was published in November 2021 by Phaidon Press. The text is by Katrina van Grouw. The photograph, which originally appeared in The Budgerigar in 2014, is by Harry Taylor.
CHRONICLE OF A DEATH FORETELLER • By Sam Sweet, from “7417 Hollywood Boulevard,” which was published in October 2021 in the fourth volume of his All Night Menu series, a history of Los Angeles in five installments. Each booklet tells the story of eight addresses in the city.
SUPPOSEDLY FUN THINGS I’LL NEVER DO AGAIN • From the titles of books published since Joy of Cooking was released in 1931.
A LOOSE FISH • By Gerald Murnane, from Last Letter to a Reader, an essay collection, which will be published in May by And Other Stories.
LIKE A THIEF IN THE NIGHT • By Sheila Heti, from Pure Colour, a novel, which will be published next month by Farrar, Straus and Giroux.
SIXTH ELEGY • By Michael Palmer, from Little Elegies for Sister Satan, a poetry collection, which was published in May 2021 by New Directions.
ROUTINE MAINTENANCE • Embracing habit in an automated world
LIFE IS A BOX OF CHOCOLATES
SPENT FUEL • The risky resurgence of nuclear power
A FIRM HAND • McKinsey goes to Rikers Island
THE OLD IMPERIUM • Learning to live with my aging mind
HARPER’S WEEKLY REVIEW
PIPPI LONGSTOCKING
AN ERRAND
SOLUTION TO THE DECEMBER PUZZLE
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THE MOSAICIST • On Evan S. Connell
AD NAUSEAM • Hanya Yanagihara and the pandemic novel
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FINDINGS