Jon Michaud writes about the similarities between Emma Donoghue’s novel “Room” and the news from Cleveland: http://nyr.kr/15vSy5f

A cartoon by William Haefeli. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/12j0PUb

J.R. documented his “Inside Out” project in Times Square on our Instagram account. Check out the behind-the-scenes photos: http://nyr.kr/YLeFBB

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In today’s Daily Comment, Adam Gopnik looks back on the work of Ray Harryhausen, a legendary filmmaker and titan of special effects, who died earlier this week: http://nyr.kr/132Dvc2

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Richard Brody’s review of “The Great Gatsby”: Try Again, Old Sport http://nyr.kr/15vCLn6

A cartoon by Liam Francis Walsh. For more cartoons from the issue: http://nyr.kr/13kbHDE

Did I campaign for my titles? Yes, I’ll be honest, because, as anyone who’s ever read my blog, Goop, which is a combination of “good” and “poop,” will tell you, I’m a firm believer in hard work and discipline. So, when I first heard rumors about the possibility of a People cover, I did start a whispering campaign. 

In this week’s Shouts & Murmurs column, Paul Rudnick imagines Gwyneth Paltrow’s response to being named both the Most Hated Celebrity and World’s Most Beautiful Woman: http://nyr.kr/16APZya

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This week in the magazine, the novelist Rivka Galchen goes back to Elmhurst Hospital in Queens, where she did her medical residency, and writes about a doctor she had a rotation with, Dr. Joseph Lieber. In this week’s New Yorker Out Loud podcast, she and Jerome Groopman, who writes about medical issues for the magazine, talk about the training of doctors and about medical writing: http://nyr.kr/10d7TyT

Matt Buchanan on wearable computers before Google Glass: http://nyr.kr/12Vi7Wb

Above: Steve Mann adjusts his Eyetap. Photograph by Randy Quan.