A Day at Sunset Park Pool
by Leanne Shapton

Lifeguards and cops, lap swimmers and splashing teen-agers, swim diapers and Speedos all converge at a public swimming spot in Brooklyn.

“Fending” and Other Terms for Fridge-Foraging Dinners
by Roz Chast

“Getcheroni,” “eek,” “having weirds,” “going Darwin,” “OYO” (on your own), and “farrapo velho”—Portuguese for “old rag.”

What Did You Accomplish in Line for a COVID Test?
by Jeremy Nguyen