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July 25, 2011

The New Yorker cover for July 25, 2011: “Wedding Season,” by Barry Blitt.

“Wedding Season,” by Barry Blitt.

Featured Pick

profiles

Against Nature

Jane Kramer

Elisabeth Badinter’s contrarian feminism.

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fiction

Matinée

Robert Coover

reflections

Back on the Bus

Calvin Trillin