Motels
Personal History
Nabokov, Steinberg, and Me
Rereading “Lolita” and reflecting on crossing paths with two heroes on Route 66.
By Ian Frazier
Photo Booth
The People Staying, and Living, in America’s Motels
Danna Singer’s pictures manage to combine the offhand intimacy of family snapshots with the dignified, staged formality of portrait painting.
By Margaret Talbot
The New Yorker Radio Hour
Steamy Summer Reads: Spies, Sex, and a Total Eclipse
Russian spies in fiction and reality, why men should read romance novels, Annie Dillard describes a total eclipse, and a story by Sherman Alexie.