literature

May 23, 2022

A photograph of three girls reading books

Poem

Lilies

Mary Oliver

May 22, 2022

Books

Each Sentence Is One You Can Feel

Idra Novey

May 22, 2022

A woman's face through a rainy pane of glass

Books

The Fight to Decouple Sex From Marriage

Megan Garber

May 19, 2022

Collage of a woman’s face in pleasure and a scribbled-out photo of a 1950s housewife

Books

The Defiant Strangeness of Werner Herzog

A. O. Scott

June 2022 Issue

Photograph of Werner Herzog staring intently at the camera

Newsletters

Ada Limón: ‘Every Book Is a New Way of Looking at the World’

Nicole Chung

May 16, 2022

Author Ada Limón and her book, The Hurting Kind

Press Room

The Atlantic Expands Books Coverage and Announces an Imprint With Independent Publisher Zando

May 16, 2022

Press Room

The Atlantic’s June Cover Story: “Chasing Joan Didion”

May 16, 2022

Books

Introducing an Expanded Books Section

Jane Yong Kim

May 16, 2022

A book opened to an image of an open horizon, set against a blue sky

Books

The Arrested Development of Geoff Dyer

Vivian Gornick

May 16, 2022

Close-up of eye, hair, and painting hand

Books

Summer Reading Guide

May 16, 2022

Illustration of two faces cut out of an open book

Books

Joan Didion’s Magic Trick

Caitlin Flanagan

June 2022 Issue

Illustration of Joan Didion standing on a beach with several large houses on the cliffs behind her

Books Briefing

The Allure of the Campus Novel

Maya Chung

May 13, 2022

A graduate in cap and gown with a book covering their face

Science

The Clearest Account Yet of How Trump’s Team Botched the Pandemic

Richard J. Tofel

May 13, 2022

A black-and-white photo of Deborah Birx in the foreground, looking down, as Donald Trump stands at a lectern in the blurry background

Ideas

I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.

Margaret Atwood

May 13, 2022

Newsletters

Patriarchal Feminism Led Us to This Moment

Xochitl Gonzalez

May 11, 2022

Books

The Calamity of Unwanted Motherhood

Sophie Gilbert

May 11, 2022

White picket fence and bottom half of a woman's face

Books

As the Climate Changes, So Does Fiction

Heather Hansman

May 10, 2022

Three suburban houses submerged in floodwater

Newsletters

Writing While Asian and the Burden of Education

Nicole Chung

May 5, 2022

Books Briefing

What a Nanny Knows

Mary Stachyra Lopez

April 29, 2022

A silhouette of Mary Poppins flying above a book

Books

Mussolini Speaks, and Tells Us How Democracy Dies

Anna Momigliano

April 26, 2022

Newsletters

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Wants to Liberate Scientific Storytelling

Nicole Chung

April 22, 2022

Newsletters

The Case Against Assimilation

Xochitl Gonzalez

April 19, 2022

Julissa Arce attends the Poderistas – The Poder Circle on March 16 in Los Angeles.

Newsletters

Why I Believe in the ‘Marvelous Real’

Imani Perry

April 15, 2022

Books Briefing

Keeping a Diary at the End of the World

Kate Cray

April 15, 2022

Handwriting placed between strands of barbed wire

Newsletters

How to Write About the People in Your Life

Nicole Chung

April 13, 2022

Books

Nine Books That Came to Fame Slowly

Farah Abdessamad

April 12, 2022

The word "book" embossed in foil letters on a green leather background. The first two letters are embellished Gothic fonts and the last two are modern, skinny sans serifs.

Newsletters

When You Aren’t Sure Whether Your Writing Is ‘Important’

Nicole Chung

April 6, 2022

Books

Whatever You Write, There You Are

Kristen Martin

April 3, 2022

An illustration of a man at a typewriter whose body looks like it's becoming part of the long spool of pages coming from the typewriter

Newsletters

Don’t Cancel Alice Walker. Hold Her Accountable.

Yair Rosenberg

April 1, 2022

Books Briefing

Lying Is Its Own Form of Storytelling

Emma Sarappo

April 1, 2022

A long-nosed Pinocchio figure dipping his nose in a pot of ink

Books

Your Feelings Are No Excuse

Margaret Atwood

April 1, 2022

Newsletters

The School Writer Visit That Changed My Life

Nicole Chung

March 31, 2022

Ideas

Putin Is Just Following the Manual

Dina Khapaeva

March 26, 2022

Illustration of Putin and a map of the world.

Newsletters

Writing About Blackness in Its Fullness

Imani Perry

March 25, 2022

Books Briefing

The Tricky Task of Writing a Villain

Maya Chung

March 25, 2022

Black-and-white photographs of an eye and pursed lips cropped on a black background

Sections

The Print Edition

The Book That Said the Words I Couldn’t Say

Lilies

Each Sentence Is One You Can Feel

The Fight to Decouple Sex From Marriage

The Defiant Strangeness of Werner Herzog

Ada Limón: ‘Every Book Is a New Way of Looking at the World’

The Atlantic Expands Books Coverage and Announces an Imprint With Independent Publisher Zando

The Atlantic’s June Cover Story: “Chasing Joan Didion”

Introducing an Expanded Books Section

The Arrested Development of Geoff Dyer

Summer Reading Guide

Joan Didion’s Magic Trick

The Allure of the Campus Novel

The Clearest Account Yet of How Trump’s Team Botched the Pandemic

I Invented Gilead. The Supreme Court Is Making It Real.

Patriarchal Feminism Led Us to This Moment

The Calamity of Unwanted Motherhood

As the Climate Changes, So Does Fiction

Writing While Asian and the Burden of Education

What a Nanny Knows

Mussolini Speaks, and Tells Us How Democracy Dies

Dr. Chanda Prescod-Weinstein Wants to Liberate Scientific Storytelling

The Case Against Assimilation

Why I Believe in the ‘Marvelous Real’

Keeping a Diary at the End of the World

How to Write About the People in Your Life

Nine Books That Came to Fame Slowly

When You Aren’t Sure Whether Your Writing Is ‘Important’

Whatever You Write, There You Are

Don’t Cancel Alice Walker. Hold Her Accountable.

Lying Is Its Own Form of Storytelling

Your Feelings Are No Excuse

The School Writer Visit That Changed My Life

Putin Is Just Following the Manual

Writing About Blackness in Its Fullness

The Tricky Task of Writing a Villain