Martin Schneider writes:

A new issue of The New Yorker, the "Journeys" issue, comes out tomorrow. A preview of its contents:

Burkhard Bilger looks at the dangerous exotic animals that now make their home in Florida. Bilger writes that Florida's "ecology is a kind of urban legend come true—the old alligator-flushed-down-the-toilet story repeated a thousand times with a thousand species."

Lauren Collins profiles Alain Robert, the "French Spiderman," who recently climbed the Lloyd's Building during the G-20 Summit, and follows Robert on February 17, 2009, as he climbs the Cheung Kong Center, a sixty-two-story office tower in Hong Kong.

David Owen visits South Uist, a sparsely populated island in the Outer Hebrides, off Scotland's northwest coast, as groups battle over the restored Askernish golf course, which is also used for grazing animals.

Dorothy Wickenden discovers a Western comedy of manners in the story of two young women—seeking adventure, intellectual stimulation, and real jobs—who left their sheltered lives in the East in 1916 for a year on the American frontier. Wickenden collected the letters, photograph albums, memoirs, and oral histories left by the protagonists of the story, interviewed many of the descendants, and went to the still remote mountains of Elkhead, Colorado, to re-create a single year that changed dozens of lives.

Steve Coll writes about President Obama's disarmament strategy in the face of a heightened nuclear-arms race.

David Sedaris connects with fellow train travelers in the bar car.

In Shouts & Murmurs, Larry Doyle opens a new amusement park, Fun Times!

Sasha Frere-Jones writes about the hip-hop songwriting team of Terius (The-Dream) Nash and Christopher (Tricky) Stewart.

Hilton Als examines Katherine Anne Porter's life and work.

James Wood explores the travel-inspired writing of Geoff Dyer.

John Lahr reviews Why Torture Is Wrong, and the People Who Love Them and The Toxic Avenger.

Peter Schjeldahl checks out the younger generation of artists in the New Museum's "Younger Than Jesus" show.

Anthony Lane reviews Anvil! The Story of Anvil.

There is a short story by Chris Adrian.