Donald Glover
On Television
The Dark Delights of a Millennial “Mr. and Mrs. Smith”
Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as spies-for-hire posing as husband and wife—and embody their generation’s emotional and economic malaise.
By Inkoo Kang
On Television
Donald Glover’s “Swarm” Is a Portrait of the Serial Killer as a Young Stan
The horror-thriller series, which Glover created with Janine Nabers, about a mega-fan’s violent devotion to a Beyoncé-like pop star, succeeds neither as satire nor as psychological study.
By Inkoo Kang
On Television
The Spiritual Conflicts of “Atlanta”
The latest season of Donald Glover’s series, on FX, is a sardonic exploration of Black commercial success as oppression.
By Doreen St. Félix
Culture Desk
It’s Too Late for the Grammys to Redeem Themselves
The sixty-first Grammy Awards made history. The question is whether the history-making was born out of panic or out of vision.
By Doreen St. Félix
Double Take
Sunday Reading: The Grammys
From The New Yorker’s archive, some of our best writing on several of the standout nominees for the sixty-first annual Grammy Awards.
By The New Yorker
Fiction
Now More Than Ever
“I instinctively sympathize with the guilty. That’s my guilty secret.”
By Zadie Smith
Culture Desk
The Carnage and Chaos of Childish Gambino’s “This Is America”
In his new music video, Donald Glover forces black Americans to relive public traumas and barely gives us a second to breathe before he forces us to dance.
By Doreen St. Félix
Profiles
Donald Glover Can’t Save You
The creator of “Atlanta” wants TV to tell hard truths. Is the audience ready?
By Tad Friend
Pop Music
Donald Glover’s New Understatement
With “Awaken, My Love!” Glover brings the light touch he developed on “Atlanta” to his work as Childish Gambino.
By Carrie Battan
On Television
The Slo-Mo Specificity of “Atlanta”
Donald Glover’s new show on FX emphasizes character and mood, place and flow, a different type of originality. It’s shrewd, emotional, and impolite.
By Emily Nussbaum