Hope to win the Nobel Prize in Economics someday? Perhaps you, like Paul Krugman, should read more science fiction. The newly crowned laureate told Jim Lehrer last night how he got his start:
Books & Fiction
Short stories and poems, plus author interviews, profiles, and tales from the world of literature.
Sketchbook
A Millionth-Anniversary Surprise
When one has been married forever, one sometimes feels that there is nothing new one will ever discover about one’s person, however . . .
By Roz Chast
Shouts & Murmurs
Stories from the Trump Bible
And Jesus said to Pontius Pilate, “This trial is very unfair. You are a corrupt judge, and your wife is a very nasty woman.”
By Bruce Headlam
The Theatre
The Avant-Garde Is Back on the Launchpad
The Wooster Group gives the Richard Foreman play “Symphony of Rats” its signature spins.
By Helen Shaw
The Sporting Scene
The Legend of Playoff Jimmy
For years now, just in time for the N.B.A. post-season, sure as the daffodils, Jimmy Butler has transformed into the world’s greatest basketball player—or something close to it.
By Louisa Thomas