IF YOU'RE NOT OM eas] YOU MUST BE ON Paes f li NU Caulagieia a KEEP CLIMBING ADELTA 4THE NEW YORKER MARCH 16, 2015 ison on the Iran countdown; intons alias; SoHo’ Hindu temple; atts; Broakiyn, the musical JILLLEPORE 26 —_—RICHER AND POORER Hox much inequality can a democracy bear? IANFRAZIER 33 OF YOUNGERDAYS ADAM GOPNIK 34 INTHE MEMORY WARD e battle over the Warburg Library. PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 42 WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED Gerry Adams, the LR.A., and a murder, SARAHBRAUNSTEIN. 62 “ALL YOUHAVE TODO ACRITIC AT LARGE DANIEL MENDELSOHN 70 ed poems by Sappho. 800Ks THOMASMALLON 78 Mario Vargas Llosa’ “The Diseret Hero.” 83 Briefly Noted ‘THE THEATRE MurONALs 84 “The Audience,” “Fish in the Dark.” ‘THE ART WORLD PETERSCHIELDAHL 85 Native American art at the Met ‘THE CURRENT CINEMA ANTHONYLANE 88 “Cinderela,” “It LEEUPTON 38 “The Apology” GLIVESAMES 50. “Star Systers” uniers “Hipster Stole Benjamin Schwartz, David Borchart, Wllam Haefel, Matthew Stiles Davis, Edward Steed, Tom Toro, ohn O'Brien, Tom Chitty, Drew Dernavich, ack Ziegler, Edward Koren, Bruce Erie Kaplan, Roz Chast, Trevor Spaulding, Paul Noth, Davi Sipress Marcellus Hall ‘PERFECTLY WONDERFUL! ET ass SS aan Dror) PN NS Care Rs he prearteneiacate TONY SHALHOUB iy v Te = A fo) ove &Sex ad BATHSHEBA DORAN oi ce) EY eo tt is GAYLE RANKIN Pc cay Soreness “MAMOUDOU ATHIE LUT for Nore RY Prrrem conser at ‘THE NEW YORKER, MARCH 16, 205MIROLOGIA, DUE Vol bRCs™ OF DESTINY” Reece Cou c the gravesite at the time of burial De aa) Prete Geen nee en Comoe Eee cea CeCe eee Pe na? Co-presented with Carnegie Hall and the Axion Estin Foundation Seca eer eer Resnick Education Wing, (ernie Free admission Land Pe et ee Pero CONTRIBUTORS PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE WHERE THE BODIES ARE BURIED! 42) is. senior fellow at the Century Foundation and the winner of the 2014 National Maguzine Award for feature writing AMY DAVIDSON (COMMENT. . 19), staff writer, has a column on newyorkercom. JILL LEPORE ("RICHER AND POORER." P26) is a professor of American history at Harvard. Her book “The Secret History of Wonder Woman’ came out las fal [ADAM GOPNIK (IN THE MEMORY WARD.” P. 5) has been a staf writer since 1986. “The Table Comes First”is his most recent book CLIVE JAMES (POEM, P.50) will publish two books of literary criticism, "Poetry ‘Notebook and “Latest Readings,"and “Sentenced to Life,’a collection of poe later this year. He lives in Cambridge, England. ‘SARAH BRAUNSTEIN (FICTION, P.42) teaches in the MLEA. program at the Univer: sity of Southern Maine." The Sweet Relief of Missing Children’s her first novel DDANIEL MENDELSON (A CRITIC AT LARGE, .70) i the author of even books, includ- ing “Waiting for the Barbarians: Essays from the Classics to Pop Culture” and “The Lost: A Search for Six of Six Million.” He teaches at Bard College. THOMAS MALLON (800KS, .78) is x novelist, essayist, and critic. His next book, “Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years,” comes out in September. ANTHONY LANE THE CURRENT CINEMA P88, staf writer is the magazine’ film critic and the author of "Nobody's Perfect: Writings from The New Yor lumens (COVER) is an Argentinean cartoonist. The thied volume of his daily cartoon strip, “Macanudo, is being published in English later this year. EVERYTHING IN THE MAGAZINE, AND MORE THAN FIFTEEN ORIGINAL STORIES A DAY. Dany COMMENT / CULT Tho promidre episode of Opinions and reflections by Rebecca “Comma Queen.” new series about Mead, Samantha Harvey. andothers. _allthings grammar, with Mary Nos PODCASTS: On the Political Scene, Criticism, contention, Laura Secor and Stove Collin Dorethy and conversation about books and Wickenden for a discussion about iran the writing if, and Benjamin Netanyahuis vst to Washington MENTS: Our blog covering the worlds of science and technology. Every story since 2007, in easy to-read text along with thematic FICTION AND POETRY: Readings by collections of older stories Sarah Braursteinand Lee Upton SUBSCRIBERS: Get access o our magazine apo for tablets and smartphones atthe ‘App Store, Amazon.com. or Google Play. (Access varies by location and device)THE MAIL CUOMO'S WAY Jefirey Tobin's Profile of Governor Andrew Cuomo is excellent, but it does not reflect his practice of de- ceit (“The Albany Chronicles," Feb- ruary 16th). In 2012, some of the peo- ple whom Cuomo had appointed to a commission to review the Long Is- land Power Authority's response to a storm did not endorse the recommen- dation he wanted (that L1PA should be disbanded). His response was to re~ write parts of the commission's final report. In 2013, he claimed that the Moreland Commission would be in- dependent, and could investigate any- ‘one, but when the commission sub- poenaed a firm that had made ads for the Governor's campaign, Cuomo'’s staff demanded that the subpoenas be recalled; he also intervened when the commission sought to subpoena a trade group that had supported him. He ultimately shut down the com- mission before it released a final re- as part of a back-room deal with legislators whom the committee was supposed to be investigating, Cuomo later insisted that the com= mission was under his control, in con- tradiction of his previous statements, not to mention his own executive order. Matthew A. Feigin ‘New York City ‘Toobin mentions Cuomo’ disdain for unions but not the extent to which he refuses to deal with them. Tam a professor at Queens College, of the City University of New York. The contract for CUNY professors ran out in the fall of 2010, the year that (Cuomo was first elected governor. The union has been attempting to nego- tiate a new contract since then, but the state has not responded with a financial package. Because of the T3 lor Lav, strikes by state workers are illegal. As a result, wages at CUNY have been frozen for the past five years David Richter New York City PAY DAYS When reading James Surowiecki’s piece con above-market wages,one should note that stagnation in workers’ pay goes hand in hand with the explosion of O. salaries (‘A Fair Day's Wage,” February 9th), In the past, executives got rich in the course of their careers, not all at once. They were paid to build their companies over time and develop relationships with workers and clients. ‘The rise of the blockbuster payout has encouraged C.E.O.s to go for big cor- porate deals that often have no eco- nomic rationale except to generate bo- nuses for management,and which come at significant societal costs—including extensive layoffs and reduced quality of life in cities that formerly housed cor- porate headquarters and manufactur- ing facilites. But, with tens of millions of dollars in golden parachutes and other incentive payments, top executives have little reason to stick around and deal with the aftermath of their decisions. Steven Bavaria Chestnut Ridge, NY. SOCIAL STUDIES Kelefa Sanneh, in his review of “The (Cultural Matrix: Understanding Black Youth,"by Orlando Patterson and Ethan Fosse, seems to reveal the irrelevance of sociology as a discipline to both the understanding of and the solution to problems in the African-American community (“Dorit Be Like That,” Feb- ruary 9th). Instead of developing clear hypotheses that could lead to testable, robust,and replicable interventions, so- ciology, ostensibly a descriptive rather than a normative discipline, appears to be caught up in doctrinal battles and anxiety over political correctness. Saul Raw Brooklyn, NY. Letters should be sent with the writers name ‘sds ad daytime phone to themail@newyorkercom Lette tdited for lent ad clarity ana may be pul lished in any media: We regret tat oxen to the volume of correspondence we cannot reply tovevery letter or return eters. Neer Sen Centr Pear ts Ec ere racy OPEN HOUSE WEEKEND te gee Etat POEs aed www.asiaweekny.com— P fpeM EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS OF 30 ROCK Sad & ROBERT CARLOCK a aaa A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES Maa eee AAR DOESN’T END: < ey NU =1-S0)p) cas Me Lier 1t vyGOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN For WORE THAN half contory, the American choral soundhas boon defined by the great calloge ensembles of the Upper Midwast, suchas the St Olaf Choi with its usiously layered tones, But recently young New Yorkers in groups ike Roomful of Teeth pictured above) have been blazing «new tal forming iy scaled ensembles of brave soo singers whose lean timbres resemble those of the earhy-musie and newmusi vocal groups of Europe. On March 7. Reamful of Teeth colabortes with the outstanding instrumentalist ofthe American Contemporary Music Ensemble atthe Met Museums Temple of Dandur. Thy wil perform “Drone Mass” & world pramire by the Ielangic composer Johann shannsson whose sleek score forthe fm “The Theory of Everything” was nominated fran Aesdemy weed ART | DANCE | NGHT UFE MOVIES | THE THEATRE CLASSICAL MUSIC ABOVE & BEYOND FOOD & DRINKaff AR Museums shor ust The Paine Indore Artie of ant and iy" Through May 0. MUSEUM oF MODERN ART Bec” Through Jone 7 "sel Showy: Cabarot CCratades” Through Aug. 3. On Kew 7 Kehnde Wey & New Repulse” Through May 24 dst Art of Myanmar Through Mey 0 “Laure Sermons: How We See” Opens Maron “Under the Moen Sky bri Figueras it and Fl Though ine 2 MUSEUM oF pBLicAL any ‘Seulptre nthe Age of Donate” Tough hie. "Everythings Design. The Work cof Paul Rand” Through July Nek Mauss 305 507 W 2ath St massa, Through Ape Anicha ¥ {he Kitchen 32 Wom St 20255-5798, Fhrough Ape “The Printer of Modern Life™ Kern S52 W 20th St. a e796. rough Ape The Rants Bortlams 530 W,20h St. 2127272050. ‘rough Merch 29 Fito Stoyed Dats Spoce 38 Greene St. 212226,970. Theough May 24 "Destroy, he Sai he Boler JIN. uth St, Greonpont Through Apel (MUSEUMS AND LIBRARIES Metropolitan Mus "Discovering Ja American Collectors land the Met” ‘The bese collection of Japanese art ‘on the East Coast is housed atthe Museum of Fine Art, in Boston, ‘but this centennial showease ofthe Met's holdings is strong and varied ‘enough that New Yorkers can save ‘themselves the trp. The Met began collecting Japanese art in 1914, but arms and armor formed the bulk. ‘ofits holdings until 1929, when the ‘widow of the sugar baron H. O. Hiavemeyer bequeathed the museum an impression of Hokusa’s "Great ‘Wave’ ~s0 crisp it’s hard to believe its from 1830—and a twelve panel screen depicting a coursing river with avivacty typical ofthe Ripa school, ‘long with works by Rembrandt and ‘Degas. (Another print collector wat Frank Lloyd Wright, who sold the Met his portraits of Kabuki actors ‘when business was slow.) The Met’ ‘curators made fequent vss to Japan fer 945 butthe get transformation ‘ame in 1975, withthe acquisition ‘of some four hundred objects fom the Packard collection, 2 move 50 ambitious that Thomas Hoving, ‘the museum’ director at the time, hhad to suspend purchases in other departments. One of the best of ‘these works may be the serenest: 2 ‘Muromachi-era scroll painting of 3 solitary man trudging trough rain, ‘oblivious tothe lines of calligraphic poetry falling around him. Through Sept. 27 ign for Living in In postwar Latin Ameria, modern design was more than a'look—it ‘was. national enterprise, endorsed bby governments undertaking grand schemes of industrialization and ‘urbanization. This robust exhibi- ‘on highlights the ways in which [Bruilian, Mexican, and Veneroelan designers imbricated art, archi tecture, manufacturing, and craft, first in domestic objects (inluding the covetable wooden furniture of ‘Venezvelis Miguel Aeoyo) then at the grand scale of Brasilia, Maderno ‘sully meant Baubausish, but, given national ambitions, radition had role to play, too; the Mexican Furniture-maker Clara Porsetinte- grated woven agave fibres into her ‘designs, and Roberto Burle Marx, the landscape architect behind Rios famed modernist gardens, produced ‘bowls and plates painted with folldoric landscapes. But the tour de force here is bythe underrated [Kslian-Brazilian Lina Bo Bardi, As the dicarorship ied her com. missions, Bo Bardi yoked a log o tripod of branches, fashioning a ‘hair with the rigor of Europe and THE NEW YORKER, MARCH 16, 2085 the verve of Bahia. Through May 16, (Americas Society, Park Ave a (68th Se. 212-249-8950.) GALLERIES-CHELSEA Subodh Gupta ‘The centerpiece ofthe Indian artists new show is humbler and more affecting than his more predictably grandiose efforts: twelve foot-ide jumble of salvaged aluminum sinks and other kitchenware, including tiffin boxes and kara, punctvated by faucets wit running wate. (The piece gain litle from the coy Max gritte Duchamp face-off of is tile, This Is Nota Fountain”) Gupta is gifted, but he falters when he goes lam: the appeal of gold plated rods tacked on a wooden table is merely