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Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social · Apr 6

Katie Kitamura's new novel “Audition” is one we desperately need right now: a close study of the characters that gender compels us to play and the terrifying thrill of going off-script. We discussed this, the fiction that is "agency," and Czech Cubism: www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

Katie Kitamura Knows We’re Faking It

The novelist discusses her new book, “Audition,” the role of performance in everyday life, and the trick of crafting a narrative that functions as a “Rorschach blot.”

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 1d

Sanna Marin, the 30-something Prime Minister of Finland, became the subject of intense media scrutiny when videos of her clubbing went viral. The Finnish press were “smelling blood,” she said. Her new memoir is an effort to set the record straight.

The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

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Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social · 2d

Can world leaders have work-life balance? I traveled to Helsinki over the summer to find out. For this week's issue, I profiled Sanna Marin, the former "party girl" prime minister of Finland.

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The Prime Minister Who Tried to Have a Life Outside the Office

As the thirtysomething leader of Finland, Sanna Marin pursued an ambitious policy agenda. The press focussed on her nights out and how she paid for breakfast.

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Julian Lucas @jcljules.bsky.social · 9d

I profiled Sir Tim, the mild-mannered Pandora who invented the Web, and asked about his plans to save us from Big Tech. (They involve a trustworthy chatbot named “Charlie.”) Read to find out what went wrong between dot-com utopianism and “MechaHitler”
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Tim Berners-Lee Invented the World Wide Web. Now He Wants to Save It

In 1989, Sir Tim revolutionized the online world. Today, in the era of misinformation, addictive algorithms, and extractive monopolies, he thinks he can do it again.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 10d

In the 2010s, “I Love Dick,” Chris Kraus’s memoir of erotic obsession, became a viral phenomenon after it was discovered by writers like Tavi Gevinson, Lena Dunham, and Sheila Heti. Now the author has returned with another genre-defying book.

Chris Kraus Reinvents the True-Crime Novel

Her début, “I Love Dick,” was an epistolary memoir of erotic obsession that redefined the form. In “The Four Spent the Day Together,” she turns another genre on its head.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 24d

Susan Orlean’s profile of an orchid poacher, published in this magazine in 1995, inspired Charlie Kaufman’s movie “Adaptation.” Jennifer Wilson reflects on Orlean’s stormy, sensual prose. #NewYorker100

Jennifer Wilson on Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever”

The writer worried that the story was “too niche, too odd,” the crime of flower theft “too minor.” To think, I had loved it for precisely those qualities.

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Washington Post Guild @postguild.bsky.social · 23d

Statement from Post Guild Leadership: The Washington Post Guild condemns the unjust firing of columnist Karen Attiah

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Deirdre @pingyourbrain.bsky.social · 23d

❤️ @jenniferwilson.bsky.social "someone had waded through swamps, deciphered Latin, and gained the trust of egomaniacal horticulturalists, all for my passing delight" www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...

Jennifer Wilson on Susan Orlean’s “Orchid Fever”

The writer worried that the story was “too niche, too odd,” the crime of flower theft “too minor.” To think, I had loved it for precisely those qualities.

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KERA Think @think.kera.org · 28d

Jennifer Wilson, a staff writer at The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when home DNA kits produce unexpected results and why some call for paternity testing at birth.

Surprise! Your dad is not your father - Think

Jennifer Wilson, a staff writer at The New Yorker, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss what happens when home DNA kits produce unexpected results and why some call for paternity testing at birth.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 29d

Through Friday, we’ll be sharing the National Book Awards longlists for Translated Literature, Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction. Stay tuned for more announcements of this year’s honorees.

The 2025 National Book Awards Longlist

Through Friday, The New Yorker presents the longlists for Young People’s Literature, Translated Literature, Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction.

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New York Magazine @nymag.com · Sep 8

Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.

Do Media Organizations Even Want Cultural Criticism?

Do reviews draw readers? Boost subscriptions? Sell ads? And if the answer is ‘no,’ what then? Charlotte Klein explores the precarious state of cultural criticism.

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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · Aug 18

when the world broke open: katrina and its afterlives

august 27— september 21 at MoMA.
co-curated by maya s. cade and k. austin collins

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maya cade @mayascade.bsky.social · Jul 17

something you may not know about me is that i am a hurricane katrina survivor.

this year is the 20th anniversary of the hurricane and i am honored to be co-curating a film program at MoMA that takes a look at new orleans before, during, & after the storm. learn more: www.moma.org/calendar/fil...

moma (museum of modern art in new york) announced the series i’m curating for them. it reads: MoMA ANNOUNCES LINEUP FOR FILM SERIES COMMEMORATING 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF HURRICANE KATRINA

When the World Broke Open: Katrina and Its Afterlives Offers a Sweeping Cinematic Portrait of New Orleans and Its Enduring Cultural Legacy Across Eras and Genres

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Justin Chang @justincchang.bsky.social · Aug 14

"Evil is not eternal, and truth will surely win." On dissidence, despair, and defiant hope in Julia Loktev's extraordinary five-part documentary, MY UNDESIRABLE FRIENDS: PART I — LAST AIR IN MOSCOW. www.newyorker.com/culture/the-...

“My Undesirable Friends: Part I” Is a Staggering Portrait of Russian Journalists in Dissent

In Julia Loktev’s epic documentary, filmed before, during, and after Russia’s 2022 invasion of Ukraine, several courageous Moscow reporters see their worst fears realized.

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Brian Tallerico @briantallerico.bsky.social · Aug 19

The city that gave the world Siskel & Ebert no longer has a full-time print film critic.

Sam Adams @samadams.bsky.social · Aug 19

Chicago Tribune film critic Michael Phillips announces he has taken a buyout and the Trib is eliminating his post. Unless I am missing someone I believe this leaves the nation's third-largest city without a single full-time film writing gig.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Aug 18

Millions of Americans use commercial DNA tests. What happens when you find out that your parents aren't who you thought?

The Family Fallout of DNA Surprises

Through genetic testing, millions of Americans are estimated to have discovered that their parents aren’t who they thought. The news has upended relationships and created a community looking for answe...

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Mark Harris @markharris.bsky.social · Aug 10

It's profoundly saddening to read that AP will no longer be assigning or running book reviews because readers don't engage with them enough and they take too much effort to plan and assign. People complain about critics as gatekeepers; wait until all that's left is marketing.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 13

At a comedy show, Mahmoud Khalil told Zohran Mamdani, “I am excited about the possibility of raising my son in a city where you are mayor.” It was a stunning moment, Hanif Abdurraqib writes.

Zohran Mamdani and Mahmoud Khalil Are In on the Joke

What it feels like to laugh when the world expects you to disappear.

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · Jul 10

Deborah Treisman, the fiction editor at The New Yorker since 2003, will be doing an AMA on Reddit on r/writing at 2 P.M. E.T. today. Submit your question and tune in here: nyer.cm/jLD45iz

Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social · Jul 10

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How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator

At a sex-choreography workshop, a writer discovered a world of Instant Chemistry exercises, penis pouches, and nudity riders to train for Hollywood’s most controversial job.

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Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social · Jul 10

Thank you @slate.com and @maryharris.bsky.social for having me on to discuss my @newyorker.com story on intimacy coordinators, what I learned training to become one, and why I will be keeping my day job. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

Stage Managing Sex in Hollywood

Violence in movies has coordinators—why not sex on TV?

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Alina Stefanescu @alinaetc.bsky.social · Jun 14

Best first line of the day goes to Jennifer Wilson in @newyorker.com: “Earlier this year— Valentine's Day weekend— to be precise I found myself sitting on the floor of a loft in downtown Los Angeles with eight other adults, learning how to fake an orgasm.”

ACTION!
Inside the world of intimacy coordinators.
BY JENNIFER WILSON
FA

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Alistair Kitchen @alistairkitchen.bsky.social · Jun 19

I was deported by the U.S. for reporting on the Columbia University student protests.

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How My Reporting on the Columbia Protests Led to My Deportation

As an Australian who wrote about the demonstrations while on campus, I gave my phone a superficial clean before flying to the U.S. I underestimated what I was up against.

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Jennifer Wilson @jenniferwilson.bsky.social · Jun 9

Earlier this year, The New Yorker sent me to Los Angeles to train to become an intimacy coordinator, the new shepherds of the sex scene in a post #MeToo Hollywood. Was this job legit, or a cynical HR move? I investigated...

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator

At a sex-choreography workshop, a writer learned about Instant Chemistry exercises, penis pouches, and nudity riders to train for Hollywood’s most controversial job.

www.newyorker.com

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Joshua Benton @joshuabenton.com · Jun 9

We all know that @newyorker.com only did a big story on the lives on Hollywood intimacy coordinators so they could blow past their annual dieresis quota early in the year

(62 ö’s in there!)

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How I Learned to Become an Intimacy Coördinator

At a sex-choreography workshop, a writer learned about Instant Chemistry exercises, penis pouches, and nudity riders to train for Hollywood’s most controversial job.

By Jennifer Wilson
June 9, 2025

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Jason Koebler @jasonkoebler.bsky.social · May 20

I spoke to the person who AI-generated the Chicago Sun-Times reading list. Says he's very embarrassed. This was part of a generic package inserted into newspapers and other publications, so likely to run elsewhere. He didn't know it'd be in Chicago Sun-Times

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Chicago Sun-Times Prints AI-Generated Summer Reading List With Books That Don't Exist

"I can't believe I missed it because it's so obvious. No excuses," the writer said. "I'm completely embarrassed."

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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · May 12

In “Spotlight: Snitch City,” the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town. Sarah Larson reviews the six-episode series.

Spare a Thought for the Snitch

In “Spotlight: Snitch City,” the Boston Globe skillfully reveals how police abused confidential informants in a Massachusetts port town.

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