Patricia Marx

Aug 23, 2024 | newyorker.com | Patricia Marx

As the world falls to pieces (wars! climate change! pandemics!), the market for bunkers and underground shelters is growing. Shopping for hideouts (as the rapper Rick Ross did), Patricia Marx checked out caves, missile silos, and the wares of a firm called Atlas Survival Shelters.

Apr 26, 2024 | newyorker.com | Patricia Marx |Roz Chast

“This is shockingly delicious,” a pulmonologist friend and guest at a potluck dinner I hosted a few weeks ago said, as she lifted a third forkful to her mouth. “I’ve never seen anything like it. What is it?”“Great question!” the comedy writer who’d brought the mystery entrée said. She poked at a striated, gray, pucklike object with a knife. “It looks like meat that archeologists discovered. It came from a food truck on Second Avenue, and it’s vegetarian.” Not much of a clue.

Sep 4, 2023 | newyorker.com | Patricia Marx |Roz Chast

“Who wants to see what’s inside the ‘Essentials’ cubicle?” one of the senior citizens asked, eyes turned upward. The ceiling was covered with rectangular boxes surrounding a bed; it looked like the world’s most boring jigsaw puzzle. (The company also made disappearing desks.)The “Essentials” cubicle descended to the floor; inside was a pair of scissors and a belt. Nobody knew whose they were, but this was a show apartment, and presumably the items were part of the show.

Jun 18, 2023 | newyorker.com | Patricia Marx

Jan 18, 2023 | newyorker.com | Patricia Marx