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 \nluring tourists to the Strait of Hormuz; Bill Irwin; Josh Safdie signs; the donkey of “La Bohème.”  \nPERSONAL HISTORY  \nBob Woodward  \nS. M. Reznik  \nBenjamin Wallace-Wells  \n24 A Dangerous Friendship Finding a line into the White House.  \nSHOUTS & MURMURS  \n31 The Perils of Time Travel  \nTHE POLITICAL SCENE  \n32 Party Time  \nCan the D.S.A. change the Democrats for good?  \nGideon Lewis-Kraus  \nNathan Heller  \nGeorge Saunders  \nZachary Fine  \nAnthony Lane  \nJames Wood  \nB. D. McClay  \nHannah Goldfield  \nVinson Cunningham  \nNick Laird Diane Mehta  \nMark Ulriksen  \n40  \n52  \n64  \n74  \n78  \n81  \n83  \n86  \n90  \n92  \n46  \n70  \nANNALS OF TECHNOLOGY Sand Castles  \nThe secrets of semiconductor manufacturing.  \nPOPULAR CHRONICLES Books Everlasting The resurgence of reading life.  \nFICTION  \n“Appeasement, Ohio”  \nTHE CRITICS  \nTHE ART WORLD  \nJackson Pollock and Lee Krasner at the Met.  \nBOOKS  \nThe America Frank Capra found. Briefly Noted  \nGod and drinking.  \nChad Harbach’s “The Brightness.”  \nON AND OFF THE MENU  \nSetting the table for Louise Glück.  \nON TELEVISION  \nThe Bari Weiss effect on “60 Minutes.”  \nPOEMS  \n“The Woodcutter”  \n“Shortcut”  \nCOVER  \n“Make It Two”  \nDRAWINGS Jason Adam Katzenstein, Victoria Roberts, Roland High, Harry Bliss and Steve Martin, Ellis Rosen, Asher Perlman, Adam Douglas Thompson, David Borchart, Bruce Eric Kaplan, Sam Gross, Drew Dernavich, Carolita Johnson, Ellie Black, Roz Chast, Lynn Hsu, Zachary Kanin, Mick Stevens, Suzy Becker SPOTS Chris DeLorenzo  \nNOBODY DOES  \nIT BETTER™  \nElegantly Spacious All-Suite,  \nAll-Balcony Ships  \n—  \nNo More Than 409 Suites  \n—  \nNearly One Dedicated  \nCrew Member Per Guest  \n—  \nExquisite Fine Dining, Wines and Spirits  \n—  \nSailing the World with Over 3,400 Included Excursions  \n—  \nOne All-Inclusive Fare  \nCRUISE IN ALL-INCLUSIVE, UNRIVALED LUXURYTM  \nVISIT RSSC.COM | CALL 1.855.337.4875 | CONTACT YOUR TRAVEL ADVISOR  \nCONTRIBUTORS  \nBob Woodward (“ADangerous Friendship,”p. 24) is an associate editor at the Washington Post, and his reporting has won two Pulitzer Prizes. His book“Secrets”will be published in November.  \nGideon Lewis-Kraus (“Sand Castles,”p. 40) is a staff writer covering technology, academia, and books, among other topics. He is the author of the memoir “A Sense of Direction.”  \nAmy Davidson Sorkin (Comment, p.19), a staff writer and a former senior editor, joined the magazine in 1995.  \nHannah Goldfield (On and Off the Menu, p. 90) is a staff writer covering restaurants and food culture.  \nNick Laird (Poem, p. 46 ) is the author of the poetry collection “Up Late” and the novel “Modern Gods,” and a coauthor of the children’s book “Weirdo.”  \nB. D. McClay (Books, p. 86) is a critic and essayist whose work has appeared in the Times Magazine and Lapham’s Quarterly, among other publications.  \nBenjamin Wallace-Wells (“Party Time,”p. 32) began contributing to The New Yorkerin 2006 and became a staff writer in 2015. 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