From The New Yorker's archive: pieces by Janet Flanner, John Updike, David Samuels, Patrick Radden Keefe, David Grann, St. Clair McKelway, Lauren Collins, Tad Friend, Elizabeth Kolbert, Alec Wilkinson, and Walter Kirn on hoaxes, con artists, and infamous schemes.

From The New Yorker's archive: pieces by Wallace White, Calvin Tomkins, Alec Wilkinson, Susan Orlean, Francis Steegmuller, Mark Levine, Namwali Serpell, David Grann, and Lauren Collins that offer an intriguing look at the lives of those who dare to venture beyond the ordinary.

Erin Overbey revisits holiday classics from the New Yorker archive, including pieces by Margaret Atwood, Frank McCourt, E. B. White, Jhumpa Lahiri, Patrick Chamoiseau, James Thurber, Bobbie Ann Mason, Lorrie Moore, and Rebecca Curtis.

From The New Yorker's archive: stories by T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ethan Coen, Louise Erdrich, and Jonathan Lethem that remind us of the charms—and contradictions—of winter.

From The New Yorker's archive: stories by Lore Segal, Allyson Hobbs, Maria Konnikova, Joan Acocella, and Ian Frazier about the turning of the temporal odometer and the ceremonies and resolutions that come with it.

From The New Yorker's archive: stories about the artists behind our favorite novels, including the authors Elmore Leonard, Zora Neale Hurston, Chinua Achebe, and Kenzaburo Oe.

From The New Yorker's archive: stories by Lawrence Wright, Carolyn Kormann, Dhruv Khullar, and Amanda Schaffer about the impact of vaccinations and the consequences of anti-vax propaganda.

From The New Yorker's archive: stories by Laura Hillenbrand, Alex Ross, and Daniel Zalewski about artists, musicians, and writers who have overcome great challenges.

Erin Overbey recalls a 1943 Comment essay on the topic of Thanksgiving, by the writer and editor Wolcott Gibbs, along with other seasonal writings from over the years at The New Yorker.

From The New Yorker's archive: pieces by John McPhee, Jennie Erin Smith, Ian Frazier, Rebecca Solnit, and Ian Parker about the distant regions that our writers traverse.

Good fashion and better tennis run in the family.

Carnival shares suffer worst day in 19 years, close at 11-year low; Royal Caribbean's stock suffers biggest loss in 11 years

From The New Yorker's archive: pieces by Kelefa Sanneh, Ingrid Sischy, Salman Rushdie, Hilton Als, Malcolm McLaren, Winthrop Sargeant, Lizzie Widdicombe, Janet Flanner, Lois Long, Judith Thurman, and Kennedy Fraser on the world of fashion and how it influences our culture.

Who wore the belly-baring look better?

From The New Yorker's archive: stories by A. J. Liebling, Mark Singer, Calvin Trillin, Lizzie Widdicombe, Patrick Radden Keefe, Berton Roueché, Judith Thurman, Hilton Als, Lawrence Wright, and David Grann about secrets and unsolved crimes.

Vintage Kershaw

From The New Yorker's archive: pieces by Rebecca Mead, John Seabrook, Hilton Als, Judith Thurman, and Kelefa Sanneh about artistic visionaries.

Like mother, like daughter.

Best friends fur-ever?

President-elect Joe Biden and future VP Kamala Harris are being accused of "gaslighting" for claiming a double standard by cops in how they handled the US Capitol protest. Biden and Har…