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Where Did ‘Let Them’ Come From?

Years before Mel Robbins published her best-selling self-help book, a struggling writer posted a poem with a similar message.

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The Best Book I Read This Year

The Atlantic’s editors and writers share their favorite titles—new, classic, or somewhere in between—from a year of reading.

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