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BOOKS  \nHow theyakuza came to prosper. Briefly Noted  \nTHE ART WORLD  \nDeana Lawson at Gagosian.  \nTHE THEATRE  \nThe incels of “Degenerates.”  \nTHE CURRENT CINEMA“You Can See Everything.”  \nPOEMS  \n“Life”  \n“Lines”  \nCOVER  \n“Sweater Weather”  \nDRAWINGS P. C. Vey, Benjamin Schwartz, Chelsea Carr, Mick Stevens, MichaelMaslin, Paul Noth, Roz Chast, Jeremy Nguyen, Emily Flake, William Haefeli, Brendan Loper, Lonnie Millsap, Avi Steinberg, Frank Cotham, Edward Steed, RoseAnne Prevec SPOTSJan Robert Dünnweller  \nConversations that change your world.  \nJoin The New Yorker’s editor, David Remnick, for in-depth interviewsand thought-provoking discussions about politics, culture, and the arts.  \nCONTRIBUTORS  \nMolly Fischer (“Robot, Take the Wheel,”p. 38) became a staff writer in 2022. 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