literature

May 13, 2023

Culture

An Ode to Writing Odes

James Parker

June 2023 Issue

An illustration of a champagne glass with a pencil inside

The Atlantic Daily

A Pulitzer for ‘We Need to Take Away Children’

Jeffrey Goldberg

May 8, 2023

Press Room

The Atlantic’s Staff Writer Caitlin Dickerson Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize

May 8, 2023

Books Briefing

What Authors Know About the Power of Words

Elise Hannum

May 5, 2023

An arm flexing a bicep with words written in the shadows

Books

A Novel in Which Language Hits Its Limit—And Keeps On Going

Sarah Chihaya

May 4, 2023

Newsletters

Happy Independent Bookstore Day

Imani Perry

April 29, 2023

The Wonder Reader

Why Adolescence Feels So Intense

Isabel Fattal

April 29, 2023

An illustration of two friends with hands around each other's shoulders, standing atop a giant brain.

Book Recommendations

What to Read When You Need to Start Over

Carole V. Bell

April 29, 2023

Books Briefing

Make Room for More Voices in Philosophy

Kate Cray

April 28, 2023

An illustration of a statue of a man thinking repeated four times

Culture

Kenan Orhan on Exile and Memory

Oliver Munday

April 27, 2023

Culture

Why Women Never Stop Coming of Age

Shirley Li

April 26, 2023

Kathy Bates and Abby Ryder Fortson laughing in a bed

Books

The Painstaking Journey to a David Grann Book

John Hendrickson

April 25, 2023

Culture

The Exhibit That Reveals Toni Morrison’s Obsessions

Syreeta McFadden

April 22, 2023

Toni Morrison pictured alongside texts from her archive

Books

A Memoir About Friendship and Mental Illness

Gal Beckerman

April 21, 2023

A photo of Jonathan Rosen and Michael Laudor as children, over text from Rosen's new memoir about their friendship

Book Recommendations

Seven Books to Read as a Family

Laurel Snyder

April 21, 2023

A mother reads 'Frog and Toad' with a toddler in bed

Books

A History of Humanity in Which Humans Are Secondary

Katherine J. Wu

April 18, 2023

Books

Seven Celebrities Who Published Actually Great Memoirs

Allie Jones

April 14, 2023

A gaggle of photographers on a red carpet

Newsletters

‘A Living Remedy’ Is Out Now

Nicole Chung

April 10, 2023

Books

A Biting Satire About the Idealistic Left

Lily Meyer

April 10, 2023

A boot pushes a shovel into the ground, causing cracks to appear.

Poem

Sailing to Italy

Mark Strand

April 9, 2023

Ideas

The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries

Adam Serwer

April 9, 2023

An illustration of a flickering hologram of a book

Books

‘Notice All That Disappears’

Walt Hunter

May 2023 Issue

Books

Can Humanism Save Us?

Franklin Foer

April 5, 2023

Books Briefing

What California Means to Writers

Maya Chung

March 31, 2023

Ideas

Libraries Need More Freedom to Distribute Digital Books

Dan Cohen

March 30, 2023

Illustration showing pixelated image of book inside mailbox

Books

Seven Books the Critics Were Wrong About

Bethanne Patrick

March 28, 2023

A drawing of a headless person reading a book. An animation of a red thumbs-down sign and a red X flashes where their head would be.

The Atlantic Daily

A Memoir With Spoiler-Proof Emotional Force

Kelli María Korducki

March 26, 2023

Books

Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading

Katherine Marsh

March 22, 2023

Two children in a field display extreme emotion while holding books.

Book Recommendations

Eight Books That Will Take You Somewhere New

Chelsea Leu

March 20, 2023

A globe with pins stuck into it; the flags on the pins are white books

Books Briefing

The Gift of Rereading

Nicole Acheampong

March 17, 2023

A pedestrian figure enters and exits a revolving door made of book pages.

Books

Nora Ephron’s Revenge

Sophie Gilbert

March 15, 2023

An image of a woman whose head is aflame, superimposed on a page from Nora Ephron's 'Heartburn'

Ideas

The Librarians Are Not Okay

Xochitl Gonzalez

March 15, 2023

a librarian with a book obscuring her face—the book's cover is a target

Book Recommendations

10 Poetry Collections to Read Again and Again

Walt Hunter and Faith Hill

March 14, 2023

Illustrated flowers overlay lines of poetry

Books

The Failed Promise of Having It All

Apoorva Tadepalli

March 14, 2023

Poem

The Cellist

Galway Kinnell

March 12, 2023

A silhouette of someone playing a cello in black paint strokes against a white background

Sections

The Print Edition

The Everyday Wonders of City Life

An Ode to Writing Odes

A Pulitzer for ‘We Need to Take Away Children’

The Atlantic’s Staff Writer Caitlin Dickerson Wins 2023 Pulitzer Prize

What Authors Know About the Power of Words

A Novel in Which Language Hits Its Limit—And Keeps On Going

Happy Independent Bookstore Day

Why Adolescence Feels So Intense

What to Read When You Need to Start Over

Make Room for More Voices in Philosophy

Kenan Orhan on Exile and Memory

Why Women Never Stop Coming of Age

The Painstaking Journey to a David Grann Book

The Exhibit That Reveals Toni Morrison’s Obsessions

A Memoir About Friendship and Mental Illness

Seven Books to Read as a Family

A History of Humanity in Which Humans Are Secondary

Seven Celebrities Who Published Actually Great Memoirs

‘A Living Remedy’ Is Out Now

A Biting Satire About the Idealistic Left

Sailing to Italy

The Ruling That Threatens the Future of Libraries

‘Notice All That Disappears’

Can Humanism Save Us?

What California Means to Writers

Libraries Need More Freedom to Distribute Digital Books

Seven Books the Critics Were Wrong About

A Memoir With Spoiler-Proof Emotional Force

Why Kids Aren’t Falling in Love With Reading

Eight Books That Will Take You Somewhere New

The Gift of Rereading

Nora Ephron’s Revenge

The Librarians Are Not Okay

10 Poetry Collections to Read Again and Again

The Failed Promise of Having It All

The Cellist