April 18, 2022 – The street corner on this week’s cover, with towering luxury condos rising among modest family homes, evokes a neighborhood in transition—a scene that is being repeated across New York City’s outer boroughs. We talked to the artist Nicole Rifkin, who lived in Brooklyn’s Crown Heights before rising rents pushed her out, about a sense of belonging and observing the small details of the place where you live.
Category Archives: Previews
Cover Preview: Barron’s Magazine – April 11, 2022
Previews: Science News Magazine – April 9, 2022
COVER STORY
How do we know what emotions animals feel?
Animal welfare researchers are studying the feelings and subjective experiences of horses, octopuses and more.
Diamonds may stud Mercury’s crust
By Nikk Ogasa
This fabric can hear your heartbeat
Cover Preview: Science Magazine – April 8, 2022
Previews: The Economist Magazine – April 9, 2022
Books: 2022 Booker Prize Shortlist Announced
The Shortlist
Heaven
Told through the eyes of a 14-year-old boy subjected to relentless bullying, this is a haunting novel of the threat of violence that can stalk our teenage years. Translated by Samuel Bett and David Boyd.
Translated by Samuel Bett David Boyd
Elena Knows
A unique story that interweaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and the search for individual freedom. Translated by Frances Riddle.
Translated by Frances Riddle
A New Name: Septology VI-VII
Jon Fosse delivers both a transcendent exploration of the human condition and a radically ‘other’ reading experience – incantatory, hypnotic, and utterly unique. Translated by Damion Searls.
By Jon Fosse
Translated by Damion Searls
Tomb of Sand
An urgent yet engaging protest against the destructive impact of borders, whether between religions, countries or genders. Translated by Daisy Rockwell.
Translated by Daisy Rockwell
The Books of Jacob
Olga Tokarczuk’s portrayal of Enlightenment Europe on the cusp of precipitous change, searching for certainty and longing for transcendence. Translated by Jennifer Croft.
Translated by Jennifer Croft
Cursed Bunny
Bora Chung presents a genre-defying collection of short stories, which blur the lines between magical realism, horror and science fiction. Translated by Anton Hur.
By Bora Chung
Translated by Anton Hur
Preview: New Scientist Magazine – April 9, 2022
Previews: Times Literary Supplement – April 8, 2022
Cover Preview: Landscape Photography – April 2022
Previews: Smithsonian Magazine – May 2022
FEATURES
There’s Plenty of Juice on Block Island
Block Island, off the New England coast, overcame political strife to lead the way on energy independence
Welcome Back
A hunting ban has fostered the return of a nearly extinct species
Why Did the Salamander Cross the Road?
To reproduce, of course. And a band of volunteers gathers at night to help it—and countless other amphibians—get to the other side
Making the Connection
In the sparse Utah desert, the vital contributions of these 19th-century laborers are finally coming to light
Italian Renaissance
Take a photographic tour through the country’s effort to revitalize its rural towns
Boomers Daily 