Ingmar Bergman's novels, Trump and Kim in Hanoi, women on the podium

Jessica Mathews on Trump and Kim, Daniel Mendelsohn on Ingmar Bergman's late novels, Maya Chung on women in classical music Sponsored by [Knopf]( [What Happened in Hanoi?]( Jessica T. Mathews It has been called a total failure, a basis for further talks, and even a success. Just about the only thing that is clear is that the two sides were not ready for the meeting. [Ingmar Bergman, Novelist]( Daniel Mendelsohn As he entered old age and grew increasingly exasperated with filmmaking, the director turned to another medium: fiction. In the April 18 issue: Brenda Wineapple on Walt Whitman, Jason Farago on Édouard Louis, Sue Halpern on public libraries, Martin Filler on Philip Johnson, Madeleine Schwartz on Sally Rooney, Geoffrey O’Brien on Ben Hecht, Margaret Scott on Indonesia’s Islamists, Giles Harvey on John Lanchester, Joel Smith on Saul Steinberg, and more NYR Daily [When Women Take the Baton]( Maya Chung Classical music presents a unique set of obstacles for women who aspire to leadership positions [One Step Closer to an Elusive Peace in Afghanistan]( Ahmed Rashid Without interference from Washington, negotiators have made progress. Now comes the hard part. [Matthew Whitaker, Fugitive from Justice]( Murray Waas Why did the former Acting Attorney General abruptly resign only two weeks into his new Justice Department job? You are receiving this message because you signed up for email newsletters from The New York Review. [Update preferences]( The New York Review of Books 435 Hudson Street, New York, NY 10014 [Unsubscribe](