The July 20 issue was really interesting to me, the cartoons were funny and the articles were engaging. In contrast, I dispatched with the latest issue in less than an hour. Maybe one of you will point out to me something I missed.
In addition to the book critique about The Tale of Gengi, I liked Dave Eggers "The Actual Hollister" about Hollister, California and the clothing line. Eggers is an author who I think captures the discontents of my generation very well. Of course there is "The Really Big One" which went viral in a big way, about the coming NW earthquake, and a review of the movie Mr. Holmes, which I saw on my birthday with my Sherlock group, Dr. Watson's Neglected Patients. The one fiction piece, "Ghosts and Empties" by Lauren Groff, was mildly interesting.