New York Magazine

In the Apr. 15–28 issue: Olivia Nuzzi on “wonder boy” Pete Buttigieg. Plus: Art & Design, by Wendy Goodman; the half-billion dollar “Leonardo”; Natasha Lyonne, Annette Bening, and more.

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Legal Affairs: Elie Honig • The Executive-Order Executive A busy first week that will be felt for years.

Chris Hayes • How Kierkegaard and a book contract saved the MSNBC host (and social-media power user) from smartphone addiction.

Gold Rush: Nate Jones • Ghost in the Machinations The Brutalist, AI, and awards-season skulduggery.

RED DAWN • Among the young, confident, and casually cruel Trumpers who, after conquering Washington, have their sights set on the rest of America.

SARAH McNALLY’S BOOK CLUB • The owner of the McNally Jackson literary empire is reshaping the city’s reading life.

THE LOST CITY • Their homes were destroyed. Their communities are gone. How can the people of Los Angeles rebuild?

A Soft Place to Stand (or Sit)

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On the Correspondence and Calendars We Keep • Some of the most type-A members of the Strategist team gathered to share the tools they use to tame their inboxes, schedules, to-do lists, and more.

A Piercing Studio • On a recent Saturday, those seeking a new hole in their ear (or nose or, really, any body part) headed to Nine Moons Piercing near Chinatown.

Turn Down the Heat • Seven months after opening, Eel Bar has become a less buzzy, better version of itself.

Momofuku Swaps Pork Buns for Beef Patties • The company stakes its future on a chef not named David Chang.

A Cabin in the Middle of St. Marks Place • Charles FitzGerald and Kathy Cerick transformed a seven-bedroom SRO loft by hand—with a nonstop supply of reclaimed wood.

One Last Rodeo • Palestinian American stand-up comic Mo Amer made a Netflix series loosely based on his experience. Just as he was writing the final season, October 7 happened.

Kendrick Lamar, From BLM Symbol to Super Bowl Star

Chins Are In • Hypermasculine jawlines are all the rage in Hollywood. They only cost $12,000.

Beyond the End • David Lynch spent his five-decade film and TV career contemplating life, death, and the indescribable realms in between.

CRITICS • Craig Jenkins on FKA Twigs’s Eusexua … Bilge Ebiri on I’m Still Here … Robert Rubsam on Han Kang’s We Do Not Part.

To Do • Twenty-five things to see, hear, watch, and read.

Reading the Waves: A Memoir

Working a Double Shift

THE APPROVAL MATRIX • Our deliberately oversimplified guide to who falls where on our taste hierarchies.