Emily Nussbaum

Recent pieces: "Bug" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202..., "An Ark/Data" www.newyorker.com/magazine/202..., Take on Jane Kramer's 1970 piece The Founding Cadre www.newyorker.com/magazine/tak...; short on URS' Ulysses www.newyorker.com/culture/goin...; Marc Shaiman:: www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

I watched this year’s Emmys through Bluesky instead of in real life and I don’t regret it, that was juuust enough knowledge for me

Wow, that drawing and poem made my stomach drop. It’s not ambiguous… & the idea of him sending that kind of overt, public message makes me ill

When I die, please do not write an AI obituary of me *or* code an AI replica, however well-intentioned, but feel free to build a shockingly realistic rotini sculpture & then eat it at my shiva

www.nytimes.com/2026/03/08/i...

As far as I’m concerned, the most important part of this piece is the celebration of the wonderful Selina Alko’s picture book about Judy Blume! Go Selina!

Someone should make a different movie where a playwright abandons their family after a family tragedy & then their grief-stricken spouse attends the play and realizes it wasn’t worth it because the play is terrible

It’s pretty gross how much FUN Hegseth is having, radiating sweaty, boyish glee in every interview

What is the viral faux pas you would make during the last round of your Oscars press tour?

Is this anything

I like the Olivia Rodrigo cover of Book of Love a lot but don’t sleep on the Ana Gasteyer cover! So good

What does Lindy West think of Lily Allen‘s album