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Namwali Serpell (Namwali) on Nettie Jones, who did it first go.nybooks.com/3H46tbu

“Francis let in the daylight upon the magic of the papacy, and it seems clear that Leo has no intention of closing those curtains again.” —Fintan O'Toole go.nybooks.com/43pqgcV

“Surely in a democracy that has survived for 240 years, no foreign embedded Manchurian candidate would dare risk exposing himself by dropping such a cluster bomb of obviously and predictably damaging actions and policies all at once.” —Christopher R. Browning

In a new production of The Threepenny Opera, “the orchestral performers [are] almost members of the cast,” Larry Wolff writes. “The mesmerizing result was a performance that let us come as close as we are likely to get to the original spirit of the work. go.nybooks.com/44Ci7Ed

“There were no laws in the North that separated students by race. This was the challenge of taking Brown north, and it was acute.” —Linda Greenhouse go.nybooks.com/3YNujhH

“I’ll never forget the sensation of seeing a great De Kooning up close.” —an interview with David Salle go.nybooks.com/4jjR5VU

Susan Neiman on the light touch and philosophical depth of Daniel Kehlmann’s novels go.nybooks.com/44LFPxX

Robert G. Kaiser (Robert G. Kaiser) on the freethinking Soviet dissidents go.nybooks.com/3SPtGRa

The filmmaker Kira Muratova’s characters, writes Sophie Pinkham, ”are always tipping toward both laughter and violence, their relationships nourished on hostility.” go.nybooks.com/44IZoqC

“Trump seems to bear no special animus toward the Islamic Republic, and having gained little from his recent interventions in Ukraine and imposition of tariffs, he needs a trophy.” —Christopher de Bellaigue on a nuclear deal with Iran go.nybooks.com/45di8P4

“History, in Jia’s films, seems at once to take up everyone in the same movement and split into countless competing directions.” —Dennis Zhou go.nybooks.com/3EZFVaO

“What a relief, where such a complicated story is concerned, to have a break from the tyranny of opinion, to be transported into a world of sheer potential.” —Alice Kaplan on Rachel Cockerell’s The Melting Point go.nybooks.com/4j5rXSA

“I’m not so interested in revelation for revelation’s sake, but revelation coupled with a devotion to form and writing, used to harvest something really deep from inside.” —Sasha Weiss, in conversation with Merve Emre go.nybooks.com/4jYxVWu

“Over the past four decades, Dunya Mikhail has written of Iraq, its histories of invasion and loss, and the experience of exile in a voice so disarmingly direct it seems to become oracular.” —Anna Della Subin go.nybooks.com/3H1yEI0

“Given the choice, many people [in Gaza] will seek asylum elsewhere,” writes Sari Bashi. “International law requires Israel to let them do so. But they also have a right to come back.” go.nybooks.com/3FnyXfJ

Christopher Benfey on a rare colonial teapot and the enigmatic potter who made it go.nybooks.com/3YZQQbc

“I can’t seem to shake the feeling that I’m always bursting bubbles of creative inflation among those who really should know better…. Here goes anyway. Nettie Jones scooped every last one of you.” —Namwali go.nybooks.com/4dyMJJl

“Fitzgerald was always hoping to preserve hope before it subsided into experience.” —Andrew Delbanco go.nybooks.com/44Dz1lS

“Her weapons were eavesdropping, cataloging skills, and attention to detail, and her information later aided in the recovery of tens of thousands of artworks.” —Nina Siegal on the French curator who foiled Nazi looters go.nybooks.com/4januya

“Former EPA officials told me that they worry most about wasted time,” Jonathan Mingle reports. “War on the administrative state has become, effectively, a war on the future.” go.nybooks.com/4dlKdWJ