The New Yorker October 24, 2011 (Cover) "Fighting Back" "A Woman Takes Over At the Gray Lady; Biodiversity in the Shadow of Noah's Ark; Medical Dispatch: A Child in Time & More

COMMENT Billions and Billions Another milestone for Mother Earth. by Elizabeth Kolbert THE TALK OF THE TOWN Meals on Wheels Street venders at the Vendy Awards on Governor's Island. by Ian Frazier Wanderer Bennett Miller, "Moneyball," and framing the world. by Tad Friend Personal Collection Bruce Christensen's Beetlejuice Museum. by Ben McGrath Preoccupied Occupy Wall Street, a culture of its own. by Lizzie Widdicombe MEDICAL DISPATCH A Child in Time New frontiers in treating premature babies. by Jerome Groopman SHOUTS & MURMURS Dear Mountain Room Parents by Maria Semple PERSONAL HISTORY Memory Laps Summers on the swim team. by David Sedaris ANNALS OF COMMUNICATIONS Changing Times Jill Abramson takes charge of the Gray Lady. by Ken Auletta ramson on Wednesday, October 19, at 3 P.M. E.T. LETTER FROM TURKEY Natural Histories A journey in the shadow of Ararat. by Elif Batuman Audio: Elif Batuman on the ecology of northeastern Turkey. FICTION "Sun City" by Caitlin Horrocks son. A CRITIC AT LARGE The doings and undoings of Pauline Kael. by Nathan Heller Back Issues: Five essential Pauline Kael reviews. BOOKS Briefly Noted: "Lost Memory of Skin"; "Calling Mr. King"; "Feeding on Dreams"; "What I Don't Know About Animals." THE THEATRE Katori Hall on Martin Luther King Jr.,'s final hours. by John Lahr ON TELEVISION The war on terror comes to Showtime. by Nancy Franklin THE CURRENT CINEMA "Martha Marcy May Marlene." by Anthony Lane POEMS "Catfish" by Claudia Emerson "Unfolding" by Carl Dennis Carl Dennis John Kelly's "Find My Way Home" at New York Live Arts. by Joan Acocella Lisa Yuskavage at Zwirner. by Andrea K. Scott TABLES FOR TWO St. Anselm by Hannah Goldfield GOINGS ON ABOUT TOWN The Theatre Night Life Art Dance Classical Music Movies Readings and Talks Above and Beyond THE MAIL Bart Ewing; Virginia Tyack; Sarah Rubin; Zick Rubin. "Fighting Back" Barry Blitt