literature

January 14, 2023

Books Briefing

How It Feels to Lose a Utopia

Nicole Acheampong

January 13, 2023

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Book Recommendations

Seven Books About How Homes Shape Our Life

Yurina Yoshikawa

January 13, 2023

Ideas

Prince Harry’s Book Undermines the Very Idea of Monarchy

Helen Lewis

January 11, 2023

Press Room

The Atlantic Debuts Atlantic Editions, New Book Imprint With the Independent Publisher Zando

January 10, 2023

Books

The Writer’s Most Sacred Relationship

Lauren LeBlanc

January 6, 2023

Black-and-white photos of Darryl Pinckney and Elizabeth Hardwick with handwritten text in the middle

Books

A Civil War Over Semicolons

Gal Beckerman

January 5, 2023

Collage of images of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb, over a notebook page marked up in red pen

Book Recommendations

Eight Self-Help Books That Actually Help

Eleanor Cummins

January 3, 2023

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Newsletters

Writing Is a Democratic Art

Imani Perry

December 30, 2022

Book Recommendations

Eight Books to Comfort You When You’re Lonely

Ruth Madievsky

December 27, 2022

Poem

A Black Birch in Winter

Richard Wilbur

December 25, 2022

A birch tree with green and yellow pain smears on it

Newsletters

Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2022

Kate Guarino

December 22, 2022

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Newsletters

A Year of Notes

Nicole Chung

December 20, 2022

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Books

What It Feels Like When Fascism Starts

Gal Beckerman

December 19, 2022

Book Recommendations

Six Classic Books That Live Up to Their Reputation

Ilana Masad

December 18, 2022

Books

What a Famous Writer’s Early Work Can Teach Us About Failure

Lynn Steger Strong

December 16, 2022

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Books Briefing

What Successful Memoirs Accomplish

Christina McCausland

December 16, 2022

A woman writing with a feather quill surrounded by books, which are all different colors

Poem

The Shout

Shane McCrae

December 14, 2022

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Books

Why Read Literary Biography?

Lauren Groff

January/February 2023 Issue

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Newsletters

But What About the Books?

Xochitl Gonzalez

December 13, 2022

Best Of

The Atlantic 10

The Atlantic Culture Desk

December 13, 2022

Newsletters

Sabrina Imbler: ‘Wonder Is the Animating Force Behind a Lot of My Stories’

Nicole Chung

December 12, 2022

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The Atlantic Daily

The Most Moving Scene in Love Is Blind

Nick Catucci

December 11, 2022

A couple getting married on Season 3 of Netflix's Love Is Blind

Books Briefing

Why It’s So Hard to Write About Science

Maya Chung

December 9, 2022

A double helix of DNA made out of words from the article

Books

Great Sex in the Time of War

Lily Meyer

December 6, 2022

Image of hand-holding juxtaposed with archival image from the Troubles

Newsletters

Writing Isn’t About Finding the Right Answer

Nicole Chung

December 5, 2022

Books

The Incandescent Wisdom of Cormac McCarthy

Graeme Wood

January/February 2023 Issue

black-and-white sketch of Cormac McCarthy's face looking to one side with inset image of two people embracing in waves

Newsletters

The Duty to Tell a Good Story

Imani Perry

December 2, 2022

Books

A Novel That Will Make You Laugh and Then Punch You in the Gut

Stephanie Hayes

December 2, 2022

Books Briefing

The Wrong Way to Look at the Past

Emma Sarappo

December 2, 2022

Newsletters

‘Ultimately the Story Will Have Its Own Say’: A Conversation With Morgan Talty

Nicole Chung

November 29, 2022

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Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Will Make You Smarter

Hamilton Cain

November 28, 2022

A book cover propped open like a car's hood to reveal an engine inside

Technology

A Pocket-Size Time Machine

Lauren Silverman

November 28, 2022

A photograph of an old diary with cursive writing on top of a blurred photo of a woman sitting in a house

Books

Hernan Diaz on Erasing Subjectivity

Oliver Munday

November 27, 2022

A photo-illustration of Hernan Diaz, stylized against a light pink background and surrounded by red, green, and black squiggles

Newsletters

The Unexpected Gift of a Parental Milestone

Imani Perry

November 22, 2022

Books

Why Maus Was Banned

Hillary Chute

November 21, 2022

The word Maus in red is half-erased on a black background

Sections

The Print Edition

Why You Already Forgot That Book Plot

How It Feels to Lose a Utopia

Seven Books About How Homes Shape Our Life

Prince Harry’s Book Undermines the Very Idea of Monarchy

The Atlantic Debuts Atlantic Editions, New Book Imprint With the Independent Publisher Zando

The Writer’s Most Sacred Relationship

A Civil War Over Semicolons

Eight Self-Help Books That Actually Help

Writing Is a Democratic Art

Eight Books to Comfort You When You’re Lonely

A Black Birch in Winter

Some of Our Most-Read Stories of 2022

A Year of Notes

What It Feels Like When Fascism Starts

Six Classic Books That Live Up to Their Reputation

What a Famous Writer’s Early Work Can Teach Us About Failure

What Successful Memoirs Accomplish

The Shout

Why Read Literary Biography?

But What About the Books?

The Atlantic 10

Sabrina Imbler: ‘Wonder Is the Animating Force Behind a Lot of My Stories’

The Most Moving Scene in Love Is Blind

Why It’s So Hard to Write About Science

Great Sex in the Time of War

Writing Isn’t About Finding the Right Answer

The Incandescent Wisdom of Cormac McCarthy

The Duty to Tell a Good Story

A Novel That Will Make You Laugh and Then Punch You in the Gut

The Wrong Way to Look at the Past

‘Ultimately the Story Will Have Its Own Say’: A Conversation With Morgan Talty

Seven Books That Will Make You Smarter

A Pocket-Size Time Machine

Hernan Diaz on Erasing Subjectivity

The Unexpected Gift of a Parental Milestone

Why Maus Was Banned