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A Guide to Brat Summer

The New Yorker 

What is Brat? It’s the Cynthia doll from “Rugrats.” It’s praying to Janeane Garofalo to keep you free from harm.

Letters from Our Readers

The New Yorker 

Readers respond to Adam Gopnik’s piece about the history of prison abolition and Rebecca Mead’s Profile of the actor Gillian Anderson.

Along the Gowanus Canal, Notes of Tar and Manure

The New Yorker 

The perfumer who created such scents as Elizabeth Taylor’s White Diamonds and Clinique’s Happy assesses the eau de Gowanus, one of Brooklyn’s most pungent odors.

“Sugar,” by Andrea Cohen

The New Yorker 

“What was the name of that / bar was it really the Sugar / Club is it still there”

Briefly Noted Book Reviews

The New Yorker 

“A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit,” by Noliwe Rooks; “Why Animals Talk,” by Arik Kershenbaum; “The Rich People Have Gone Away,” by Regina Porter; and “Grown Women,” by Sarai Johnson.

The Forgotten History of Sex in America

The New Yorker 

Today’s battles over issues like gender nonconformity and reproductive rights have antecedents that have been lost or suppressed. What can we learn from them?

The Death of School 10

The New Yorker 

How declining enrollment is threatening the future of American public education.

Real Estate Shopping for the Apocalypse

The New Yorker 

Thirty-nine per cent of Americans believe that we’re living in end times, and the market for underground hideouts is heating up.