Scars
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The First Draft of Cultural History
Lena Dunham’s new memoir is a fascinating primary source of Hollywood in the 2010s.
If You Want a Better World, Act Like You Live in It
We’ve had Henry David Thoreau the environmentalist, the libertarian, the life coach. To understand his influence, think of him first as a dissident.
The Publishing Mystery That No One Wants to Talk About
A minimally speaking autistic man just wrote a best-selling book. Or did he?
Scars
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Fortunes
A short story
The Honor of the Layward Brothers
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We Are Not One
A short story
The Books Briefing: The Uneasy Place of Politics in Fiction
Sally Rooney’s novels have long been criticized as insufficiently political, but reconciling ideology and storytelling has always been a thorny issue for writers.
The Books Briefing: Language Can Build Community—Or Sow Division
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The Books Briefing: Cultivate a Love of Reading Early On
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The Atlantic Daily: Six Books We Loved This Summer
Beach-reading season draws to a close.
The Books Briefing: How Fan Fiction Reimagines the Writing Process
The entire enterprise is deeply collaborative, resulting in works that are shaped by the original author, the fan, and online communities of readers: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Books Briefing: Books to Get Lost in This Summer
Recommendations for wherever you prefer to devour hundreds of pages in a single sitting, whether it’s at the beach or in your home.
The Books Briefing: What the Best Translations Share
Rendering a work in a new language often becomes a collaboration between the interpreter and the original text: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Books Briefing: The Many Sides of Identity
Works that illuminate the intricacies of how we form communities and relate to one another: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Books Briefing: The Dark Side of Athletic Perfection
Technical optimization seems to be threatening the humanity of sports—but moments of passion still peek through: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Books Briefing: What the Best Travel Writing Can Do
The most enduring works in the genre offer far more than practical guidance: Your weekly guide to the best in books