Skip to main contentNewsletterThe LatestNewsBooks & CultureFiction & PoetryHumor & CartoonsMagazinePuzzles & GamesVideoPodcastsGoings OnShopSketchbookRevisiting Mrs. Mintz’s medical woes and veal Parmesan.By Roz ChastJuly 20, 2026New Yorker FavoritesDid an experienced alpinist leave his girlfriend to die at the top of a mountain?How “Gone with the Wind” shaped American myths about slavery and Southern women.A scientist with a Ph.D. from Harvard fatally shot three of her colleagues. Then revelations about her family history came to light.The billionaires’ vagina club.Why some people thrive on four hours of sleep.Want better search results? Make The New Yorker a preferred source in Google.Sign up for our daily newsletter to receive the best stories from The New Yorker.Roz Chast has been a New Yorker cartoonist since 1978. Her books include the graphic narrative “I Must Be Dreaming,” published in 2023.