Books Briefing
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein dem Älteren; The Atlantic How Writers Revise the World
Why we retell older stories, and what we gain by doing so: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The Boundaries a Romance Novel Can Break
A subversive love story is a great antidote to a stunted imagination: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic What a Biography Really Reveals
Even when a writer and her subject never meet, excavating a life can uncover hidden truths: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic A New Way to Think About Our Filing Systems
How we organize things affects more than just where they are: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Evening Standard / Hulton Archive / Getty The Incredible Adventures of the Ever-Changing Comic Book
Modern comics and graphic novels have managed to keep our attention by not settling on one format or plot: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Jean Gaumy/Magnum Modern Men Are Still Figuring Out Fatherhood
What will it take to separate fatherhood from anger and violence? Your weekly guide to the best in books.
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The Atlantic; Getty The Dark Side of Tourism
Vacations usually rest on a fantasy—but there’s a cost to maintaining the illusion: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Boris Zhitkov / Getty; Joanne Imperio / The … What a Warming Planet Means for Literature
Worrying about climate change is now just part of life on Earth: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Michael Brennan / Getty; The Atlantic The Ways We Make a Living
Work isn’t everything, but for better or for worse, our lives orbit around it: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic There’s Nothing Like a Great Takedown
A negative review can be a beautiful thing: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic; Getty Literature for a Post-Roe World
Fiction and poetry can help us grapple with our fears for the future—and remind us what we stand to lose in the present: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Clarence Gatson / Gado / Getty Empathy Isn’t Enough
The perils and limits of writing with a moral message: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic The Awkward Intimacy of Therapy
The practice may require vulnerability, but being heard can bring healing: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic Life, Literature, This Moment of June
The allure and the friction of city life are never clearer than they are in the summer: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic; Getty Learning How to Grieve in Public
What happens when private loss is widely shared instead of borne alone? Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Gabriela Pesqueira / The Atlantic What a Book Can Do for a Girl
A story that changes how a child sees can, in no small way, change her life: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Motherhood’s Impossible, All-Consuming Demands
Works that meditate on the struggle to maintain an independent sense of self after having children: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic; Getty The Allure of the Campus Novel
Why schools provide such fertile ground for fiction: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty The Messy Line Between Faith and Reason
When we notice the overlap between the divine and the secular, we can see how nuanced human belief is: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic What a Nanny Knows
A nanny—fully immersed in the most intimate details of a family’s life, yet with an outsider’s point of view—can be the perfect protagonist: Your weekly guide to the best in books
