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Rachel Heng on Safety and the Power of the Child’s-Eye View

In your story “ A Very Safe Place ,” a boy and his father, in Singapore, find a man on the beach who has clearly swum to the island in the hope of establishing a better life. Father and son take the ...
The New Yorker

Trudie’s Tavern Is Equal Parts Sleekness and Schmaltz

The new spot in Brooklyn joins its siblings, Gertrude’s and Gertie, as a bastion of playfully Ashkenazi-ish cooking.
The New Yorker

Rachel Heng Reads “A Very Safe Place”

Rachel Heng reads her story “ A Very Safe Place,” from the October 12, 2026, issue of the magazine. Heng is the author of the novels “ Suicide Club ” and “ The Great Reclamation,” which won the New ...
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Christa Pike and the Absurdity of Humane Execution

Doctors in Tennessee are attempting to save the life of a woman whom the state just tried to kill. “Kafkaesque” is a term so ...