literature

September 16, 2022

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Culture

September 15, 2022

Books

How to Keep Your Book Club From Becoming a Wine Club

Emma Sarappo

September 13, 2022

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Books

The Politics of Pinocchio

Anna Momigliano

September 12, 2022

Newsletters

When the Story You’re Writing Changes

Nicole Chung

September 12, 2022

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Books Briefing

How Writers Revise the World

Maya Chung

September 9, 2022

Books

Ian McEwan’s Anti-Memoir

Adam Begley

October 2022 Issue

black-and-white photo of Ian McEwan wearing straw fedora and white collared shirt

Culture

Atlantic Editions, Imprint of The Atlantic and Zando, Announces Three New Titles

September 8, 2022

Book Recommendations

Six Introductions That Will Change How You Read These Classics

Je Banach

September 8, 2022

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Ideas

Zora Neale Hurston Is for Everyone

Ibram X. Kendi

September 7, 2022

A collage that includes a photo of a smiling Zora Neale Hurston

Books Briefing

The Boundaries a Romance Novel Can Break

Nicole Acheampong

September 2, 2022

An illustration of a woman reading in a circle; another woman on horseback springs out of flowers in her hands

Book Recommendations

The Books That Help Me Raise Children in a Broken World

Taylor Harris

September 2, 2022

Newsletters

Brooklyn in Pages

Xochitl Gonzalez

August 30, 2022

Newsletters

Finding Motivation to Write

Nicole Chung

August 29, 2022

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Books Briefing

What a Biography Really Reveals

Emma Sarappo

August 26, 2022

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Book Recommendations

Seven Books Where the Setting Exposes the Characters

Heather Hansman

August 24, 2022

A picture of a boy in front of a house on a page that says "Chapter XII."

Books

Rushdie’s Challenge to Islamic Orthodoxy

Robert F. Worth

August 23, 2022

Two images of Rushdie divided by Islamic crescent

Fiction

The Atlantic Presents: Shorter Stories

Oliver Munday

August 22, 2022

Book Recommendations

Eight Books That Will Lead You Down a Rabbit Hole

Robert Rubsam

August 19, 2022

A book with the opening to a black hole emerging from its center

Culture

Don’t Judge I’m Glad My Mom Died by Its Title

Nina Li Coomes

August 19, 2022

Books

The Unlovable, Irresistible John Donne

James Parker

September 2022 Issue

overlapping reversed engraved images of John Donne, one in black and one in white, with halos surrounded by cupids and ornamental border on red background

Newsletters

Invisible Women and ‘Respectability Politics’

Imani Perry

August 15, 2022

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Newsletters

Alejandro Varela on the Reality of Being an Anxious Writer

Nicole Chung

August 15, 2022

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Books

What W. E. B. Du Bois’s Forgotten Romance Novel Taught Me About Writing

Akil Kumarasamy

August 15, 2022

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Poem

August

H. H.

August 14, 2022

A collage of photos of sunflowers and goldenrod

Books Briefing

The Incredible Adventures of the Ever-Changing Comic Book

Elise Hannum

August 12, 2022

Books

‘History Is Human’: Remembering David McCullough

Candice Millard

August 10, 2022

A black-and-white close-up photo of David McCullough from the shoulders up; he is wearing a suit and tie and smiling gently.

Books

The ‘L.A. Woman’ Reveals Herself

Kevin Dettmar

August 10, 2022

A series of black-and-white images of a woman, sometimes wearing sunglasses, taken in a photo booth

Book Recommendations

Have a Difficult Childhood? These Writers Did Too.

Isaac Fitzgerald

August 10, 2022

Two children sitting on the sidewalk alone

Newsletters

Why We Need Independent Publishers

Nicole Chung

August 8, 2022

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Books

Escaping the Patriarchy for Good

Naomi Huffman

August 7, 2022

A woman's face against the blurred background of a countryside

Book Recommendations

12 Books to Help You Love Reading Again

The Atlantic Culture Desk

August 5, 2022

A woman in a kerchief and red bikini reads a book on a beach.

Books

Don’t Call Them Trash

Sophie Gilbert

September 2022 Issue

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Books

Mohsin Hamid’s Empty Parable

Namwali Serpell

September 2022 Issue

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Sections

The Print Edition

Historical Fiction Turns a Life Into a Story

An Ode to Being Read To

Gen Z Never Learned to Read Cursive

The Best Books for a Broken Heart

How to Keep Your Book Club From Becoming a Wine Club

The Politics of Pinocchio

When the Story You’re Writing Changes

How Writers Revise the World

Ian McEwan’s Anti-Memoir

Atlantic Editions, Imprint of The Atlantic and Zando, Announces Three New Titles

Six Introductions That Will Change How You Read These Classics

Zora Neale Hurston Is for Everyone

The Boundaries a Romance Novel Can Break

The Books That Help Me Raise Children in a Broken World

Brooklyn in Pages

Finding Motivation to Write

What a Biography Really Reveals

Seven Books Where the Setting Exposes the Characters

Rushdie’s Challenge to Islamic Orthodoxy

The Atlantic Presents: Shorter Stories

Eight Books That Will Lead You Down a Rabbit Hole

Don’t Judge I’m Glad My Mom Died by Its Title

The Unlovable, Irresistible John Donne

Invisible Women and ‘Respectability Politics’

Alejandro Varela on the Reality of Being an Anxious Writer

What W. E. B. Du Bois’s Forgotten Romance Novel Taught Me About Writing

August

The Incredible Adventures of the Ever-Changing Comic Book

‘History Is Human’: Remembering David McCullough

The ‘L.A. Woman’ Reveals Herself

Have a Difficult Childhood? These Writers Did Too.

Why We Need Independent Publishers

Escaping the Patriarchy for Good

12 Books to Help You Love Reading Again

Don’t Call Them Trash

Mohsin Hamid’s Empty Parable