literature

August 1, 2022

Asian American student sitting on the floor of a library reading a book, leaning back against the shelves

Books

His Mother’s Life Was a Mystery He Needed to Solve

Lenika Cruz

August 1, 2022

A collage showing a photograph of the author's mother Mariquita

Newsletters

Writing for the Head, Heart, and Gut

Imani Perry

July 29, 2022

Old city walls near Nicosia, Cyprus in 1998.

Books

Melville. Faulkner. Spider-Man.

Jeremy Dauber

July 27, 2022

Books

The Novel That Captures New York City Right Now

Jonah Bromwich

July 22, 2022

A fuzzy photo of the skyline of NYC with orange circles overlaying

Book Recommendations

Six Books to Guide You Through the Real American West

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

July 20, 2022

A cut out cowboy on a horse is missing from a frame.

Newsletters

How Can You Write About Pain Without Retraumatizing Yourself?

Nicole Chung

July 18, 2022

closeup of person's hand writing in a journal

Books

‘Watching for Discomfort’: Mark Leibovich on Reporting His New Trump Book

Gal Beckerman

July 13, 2022

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Books

‘Everything About This Boy Was About His Mother’

Claire Jarvis

July 12, 2022

photo of two young boys standing on a street corner in Glasgow

Newsletters

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Writing the Real and the Surreal

Nicole Chung

July 11, 2022

Press Room

The Atlantic Releases Its Complete Archive, Newly Digitized

July 11, 2022

Books

Seven Books Grappling With What Writers Leave Behind

Ada Calhoun

July 11, 2022

An illustration of a tombstone with writing on it, like a page in a notebook

Books Briefing

There’s Nothing Like a Great Takedown

Nicole Acheampong

July 8, 2022

Illustration of a hand making the thumbs-down gesture while holding a rose

Books

The Cult Classic That Captures the Grind of Dead-End Jobs

Lily Meyer

July 6, 2022

Books

Eight Books in Which Ignorance Is the Point

Anthony Domestico

July 5, 2022

A man sticking his head in a hole in the sand, but the sand is a book

Books

Books for a Sun-Addled Mind

Oliver Munday

July 4, 2022

Books

A Portrait of the Artist Who Never Makes Art

Brandon Taylor

July 1, 2022

Books Briefing

Literature for a Post-Roe World

Faith Hill

July 1, 2022

An illustration of a woman's silhouette against a red background, with text pasted across her eyes

Newsletters

When You Can’t Find the Words

Nicole Chung

June 28, 2022

a crowd of activists rally in front of the U.S. Supreme Court buildi

Book Recommendations

History Is Never Only One Person’s Story

Talya Zax

June 26, 2022

An illustration of a book with a house's window on the cover that allows viewers to see silhouettes of people gathered inside, talking.

Books Briefing

Empathy Isn’t Enough

Maya Chung

June 24, 2022

Books

The Organization of Your Bookshelves Tells Its Own Story

Leslie Kendall Dye

June 19, 2022

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Ideas

Sheryl Sandberg and the Crackling Hellfire of Corporate America

Caitlin Flanagan

June 18, 2022

A black-and-white image of Sheryl Sandberg's face covered with spiking line-graph arrows

Books

The Book That Captures My Life as a Dad

Oliver Munday

June 17, 2022

A blurry photograph of a man feeding a baby, with red, blue, and yellow moon cutouts on top

Books

The Book That Never Stops Changing

Fintan O’Toole

July/August 2022 Issue

illustration of photos making up the shape of James Joyce's face, including Parnell-stone mustache, statue nose, and scribbled white round glasses on a red background

How to Build a Life

How to Make the Baggage of Your Past Easier to Carry

Arthur C. Brooks

June 16, 2022

Viewed from behind, a person paints a dark set of footprints running across a wall in rainbow colors.

Book Recommendations

The Books Swallowed by the Black Hole of the Coronavirus

Chelsea Leu

June 15, 2022

Newsletters

Megha Majumdar on What Debut Authors Need to Know

Nicole Chung

June 13, 2022

photo of author Megha Majumdar is centered on a background of tiled book cover art from her novel, A Burning

Books Briefing

Life, Literature, This Moment of June

Emma Sarappo

June 10, 2022

Silhouettes of skyscrapers replace the rays in a drawing of the sun

Culture

An Ode to My Thesaurus

James Parker

July/August 2022 Issue

illustration of long arms reaching up to pull a very thick book off a crowded shelf, on blue background

Newsletters

How Do You Know When Your Book Is Done?

Nicole Chung

June 6, 2022

rear view of woman with black hair in a bun lying on her stomach on green grass, writing in a noteboo

Books

Trauma Is Everywhere. Write About It Anyway.

Adam Dalva

June 5, 2022

Newsletters

‘Tell Me a Story About Her’

Nicole Chung

May 31, 2022

warm, almost sepia-sunlit photo of a white ballpoint pen sitting atop an open spiral notebook

Newsletters

The Scars and Stripes of My Literary Tradition

Imani Perry

May 27, 2022

T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) the poet and dramatist.

Newsletters

What Has (and Hasn’t) Changed Since Sandy Hook

Charlie Warzel

May 27, 2022

Books Briefing

What a Book Can Do for a Girl

Nicole Acheampong

May 27, 2022

A drawing of two girls chasing book pages with a butterfly net

Sections

The Print Edition

Kids Will Still Read Banned Books

His Mother’s Life Was a Mystery He Needed to Solve

Writing for the Head, Heart, and Gut

Melville. Faulkner. Spider-Man.

The Novel That Captures New York City Right Now

Six Books to Guide You Through the Real American West

How Can You Write About Pain Without Retraumatizing Yourself?

‘Watching for Discomfort’: Mark Leibovich on Reporting His New Trump Book

‘Everything About This Boy Was About His Mother’

Ingrid Rojas Contreras on Writing the Real and the Surreal

The Atlantic Releases Its Complete Archive, Newly Digitized

Seven Books Grappling With What Writers Leave Behind

There’s Nothing Like a Great Takedown

The Cult Classic That Captures the Grind of Dead-End Jobs

Eight Books in Which Ignorance Is the Point

Books for a Sun-Addled Mind

A Portrait of the Artist Who Never Makes Art

Literature for a Post-Roe World

When You Can’t Find the Words

History Is Never Only One Person’s Story

Empathy Isn’t Enough

The Organization of Your Bookshelves Tells Its Own Story

Sheryl Sandberg and the Crackling Hellfire of Corporate America

The Book That Captures My Life as a Dad

The Book That Never Stops Changing

How to Make the Baggage of Your Past Easier to Carry

The Books Swallowed by the Black Hole of the Coronavirus

Megha Majumdar on What Debut Authors Need to Know

Life, Literature, This Moment of June

An Ode to My Thesaurus

How Do You Know When Your Book Is Done?

Trauma Is Everywhere. Write About It Anyway.

‘Tell Me a Story About Her’

The Scars and Stripes of My Literary Tradition

What Has (and Hasn’t) Changed Since Sandy Hook

What a Book Can Do for a Girl