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“To my childish mind, these rooms were furnished not for the living but for the dead.” A Personal History by Orhan Pamuk, from 2005.http://nyer.cm/Xwvq9ef 

The acclaimed N.B.A. executive on trading players, experiencing injustice, and going home.http://nyer.cm/kT8gL8J 

Two new books examine how we benefit from unpleasant experiences.http://nyer.cm/U4RA99m 

Between 1910 and 1996, there were 699 on-duty deaths among wildland firefighters, according to the National Wildfire Coördinating Group. In the past 30 years, according to F.E.M.A., more than 500 have died.http://nyer.cm/JNNiXYm 

.@IChotiner speaks with the British historian Andrew Roberts about how to view the history of British imperialism, and some controversies from Roberts’s past.http://nyer.cm/OaoLnpB 

Stanley Tucci discusses why he gravitated toward food, the importance of truth in art, and why terrible meals aren’t always bad.http://nyer.cm/fw2XRz9 

Climate watchers are right to distrust the pledges of governments, financial firms, and the fossil-fuel industry. What can level this mountain of bad faith?http://nyer.cm/ZJiZqEj 

Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics on this day in 1922. The glory he accumulated during his career appalled him.http://nyer.cm/i34nVjZ 

From 2004: Mustard now comes in dozens of varieties. Why has ketchup stayed the same?http://nyer.cm/pt3UbiU 

Though I wasn’t in the film business, the Hollywood studio head Samuel Goldwyn flew to Europe to offer me $100,000 to consult on what he called “a really great love story.” (I declined to meet with him.) Who am I?http://nyer.cm/YYUXrGj 

“All opportunity to save democracy may be lost,” John Yarmuth said, of Joe Biden’s hesitancy to speak out against the Senate filibuster rule. “I think he needs to think very hard about his place in history.”http://nyer.cm/cBUHKrt 

Summer Walker shows reverence for the R. & B. of the past, but she doesn’t pursue it at the expense of her own sound, which is equally indebted to the rumble of modern rap and the sincerity of classic soul, @jiggyraps writes.http://nyer.cm/lnqSO0L 

Should kids be using services like Instagram and TikTok at all?http://nyer.cm/EeGca8T 

In Brené Brown’s new book, “Atlas of the Heart,” she argues that we have to watch out for “the emotions and qualities that masquerade as the virtue we’re seeking but actually undermine it.”http://nyer.cm/ZlMxoqX 

For those who are steeped in the Velvet Underground’s legend but hungry for more, Todd Haynes’s “The Velvet Underground” delivers. For those who are less familiar, the film could be a confusing experience.http://nyer.cm/EEE9DxP 

Beware the boiling mussels in the Hall of Climate Change, and pray for an exit before you reach the dreaded Campaign Headquarters!http://nyer.cm/d1CoDMs 

“While dollar stores sometimes fill a need in cash-strapped communities, growing evidence suggests these stores are not merely a byproduct of economic distress. They’re a cause of it,” a nonprofit that advocates for small businesses reported in 2018.http://nyer.cm/5kujhhs 

A lot has been written about the 1969 Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, where dozens of people were beaten and a Black teen was killed. A 2019 book by the photographer Bill Owens documents the notorious event.http://nyer.cm/ODvok1A 

The controversy over Dave Chappelle’s Netflix special “is most telling not for its lessons on cancel culture or comedy but as a window on the streaming platform’s broader approach to so-called content,” @proseb4bros writes.http://nyer.cm/bhzehIr 

“The agents had left, but they continued to exist in our lives like spectres. We felt haunted. We still feel haunted. But now, at least, I can write about the ghosts.” A conversation with the writer Jamil Jan Kochai.http://nyer.cm/258f8vK