New York Magazine: October 24, 2011 Issue

Table of Contents

October 24, 2011

Cover Story

The Kids Are Actually Sort of Alright

My screwed, coddled, self-absorbed, mocked, surprisingly resilient generation. By Noreen Malone

On the Cover: Photograph by Andreas Laszlo Konrath for New York Magazine. Typography by Dienstelle 75.

Features

After the Rapture

Radio broadcaster Harold Camping predicted the world would end this past May. Since then, he has recalculated.

By Dan P. Lee
“I Was No Longer Afraid to Die. I Was Now Afraid Not to Die.”

The secret subject of Joan Didion’s work has always been her troubled daughter. Her wrenching new memoir tells us why.

By Boris Kachka

Intelligencer

Agenda

Hard Stuff

Now through October 23 is Cider Week, with events and tastings aplenty.

Strategist

Departments

Culture