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Will the imaginary prize for the top track go to Addison Rae, Morgan Wallen, or Doechii?

On "Virgin," the pop star examines the myths that make up her identity.

Reviews of notable new fiction, nonfiction, and poetry.

The author reads her story from the July 7 & 14, 2025, issue of the magazine.

A drawing that riffs on the latest news and happenings.

The Italian writer, once Mussolini's pet propagandist and later a literary cult hero, was an unmatched chronicler of Europe's horrors.

In an era that rewards online authenticity, political leaders are becoming the new influencers-in-chief.

Astronomer Carl who was one of Bill Nye's college professors: letters letters.

Plus: a focal point of parental anxiety; and what The New Yorker was reading in 1925.

Like some chargers and bras: eight letters.