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July 5, 2010

The New Yorker cover for July 5, 2010: “After Escher: Gulf Sky and Water,” by Bob Staake.

“After Escher: Gulf Sky and Water,” by Bob Staake.

Featured Pick

profiles

First Banana

Tad Friend

Steve Carell and the meticulous art of spontaneity.

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20 under 40 fiction

The Erlking

Sarah Shun-lien Bynum

letter from south africa

The Third Man

Charlayne Hunter-Gault