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“Francis let in the daylight upon the magic of the papacy, and it seems clear that Leo has no intention of closing those curtains again.” —Fintan O'Toole go.nybooks.com/43pqgcV




“I’ll never forget the sensation of seeing a great De Kooning up close.” —an interview with David Salle go.nybooks.com/4jjR5VU


Robert G. Kaiser (Robert G. Kaiser) on the freethinking Soviet dissidents go.nybooks.com/3SPtGRa


“Trump seems to bear no special animus toward the Islamic Republic, and having gained little from his recent interventions in Ukraine and imposition of tariffs, he needs a trophy.” —Christopher de Bellaigue on a nuclear deal with Iran go.nybooks.com/45di8P4


“What a relief, where such a complicated story is concerned, to have a break from the tyranny of opinion, to be transported into a world of sheer potential.” —Alice Kaplan on Rachel Cockerell’s The Melting Point go.nybooks.com/4j5rXSA

“I’m not so interested in revelation for revelation’s sake, but revelation coupled with a devotion to form and writing, used to harvest something really deep from inside.” —Sasha Weiss, in conversation with Merve Emre go.nybooks.com/4jYxVWu

“Over the past four decades, Dunya Mikhail has written of Iraq, its histories of invasion and loss, and the experience of exile in a voice so disarmingly direct it seems to become oracular.” —Anna Della Subin go.nybooks.com/3H1yEI0

“Given the choice, many people [in Gaza] will seek asylum elsewhere,” writes Sari Bashi. “International law requires Israel to let them do so. But they also have a right to come back.” go.nybooks.com/3FnyXfJ




“Her weapons were eavesdropping, cataloging skills, and attention to detail, and her information later aided in the recovery of tens of thousands of artworks.” —Nina Siegal on the French curator who foiled Nazi looters go.nybooks.com/4januya

“Former EPA officials told me that they worry most about wasted time,” Jonathan Mingle reports. “War on the administrative state has become, effectively, a war on the future.” go.nybooks.com/4dlKdWJ