literature

September 18, 2023

Newsletters

What Writers Gain From Mentorship

Nicole Chung

September 15, 2023

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Books Briefing

This Week in Books: Should We Still Read Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Gal Beckerman

September 15, 2023

A man reads a Bible to two women in what looks like a barn.

Family

Jenisha From Kentucky

Jenisha Watts

October 2023 Issue

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Books

Lauren Groff Has Written a New Gospel

Judith Shulevitz

September 12, 2023

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: Sylvia Plath Continues to Fascinate

Gal Beckerman

September 8, 2023

Books

The Novel That Helped Me Understand American Culture

Rafaela Bassili

September 5, 2023

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Books

Fiction on Trial

Jordan Kisner

October 2023 Issue

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The Atlantic Daily

Great Reads From Our Editors

Isabel Fattal

September 4, 2023

Books

Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.

Yiyun Li

September 4, 2023

A photo collage based on an image of Montaigne

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: Could AI Ever Write Like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood?

Gal Beckerman

September 1, 2023

Book Recommendations

Six Books to Read When You Want to Feel Closer to Others

Tajja Isen

September 1, 2023

Ideas

The Blurb Problem Keeps Getting Worse

Helen Lewis

August 28, 2023

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: I Want to Know What Love Is

Gal Beckerman

August 25, 2023

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Books

The Women Writers Who Destroyed Their Own Work

Naomi Huffman

August 25, 2023

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The Atlantic Daily

The Book-Piracy Problem

Lora Kelley

August 23, 2023

Books

Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI

Stephen King

August 23, 2023

Technology

Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI

Alex Reisner

August 19, 2023

Books Briefing

This Week in Books: A Novel That Sees Through Self-Delusion

Gal Beckerman

August 18, 2023

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Explore How Marriage Really Works

Isle McElroy

August 16, 2023

Culture

What Life Magazine Taught Me About Life

Drew Gilpin Faust

August 14, 2023

a photo collage of issues of life magazine from the 1950s

Books Briefing

A Novel Doesn’t Have to Be About an Individual

Gal Beckerman

August 11, 2023

Books

The Devil Inside Her

Judith Shulevitz

August 11, 2023

Books

Lost Histories of Coexistence

Ayana Mathis

September 2023 Issue

An illustration of husband and wife in front of each other side by side in front of a theater and grocery store

Book Recommendations

Seven Books That Will Make You Put Down Your Phone

Bekah Waalkes

August 7, 2023

A book with a ton of eyeballs attached to the cover, all looking different ways

Ideas

The Three Attacks on Intellectual Freedom

George Packer

August 7, 2023

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Books Briefing

Reading in the Dog Days of Summer

Gal Beckerman

August 4, 2023

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Books

24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer

The Atlantic Culture Desk

August 1, 2023

The Summer Reading Guide, with a black-and-white photo of two people reading at the beach

Books Briefing

There’s a Book for That

Gal Beckerman

July 28, 2023

Ideas

The Wrath of Goodreads

Helen Lewis

July 26, 2023

Books

Seven Books for the Lifelong Learner

Chelsea Leu

July 25, 2023

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Books Briefing

The Book Behind Oppenheimer

Gal Beckerman

July 21, 2023

Cillian Murphy in the movie "Oppenheimer" as J. Robert Oppenheimer

Books

Colson Whitehead Loses the Plot

Tope Folarin

July 21, 2023

Books

Obsessed With the Life That Could Have Been

Franklin Foer

July 18, 2023

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Books Briefing

Going Undercover to Expose America’s Ugly Side

Gal Beckerman

July 14, 2023

Restaurant with the sign "We Cater to White Trade Only," Lancaster, Ohio, USA, Ben Shahn, Farm Security Administration, August 1938

Technology

How Handwriting Lost Its Personality

Rachel Gutman-Wei

July 11, 2023

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Sections

The Print Edition

An Intellectual and a Moral Failure

What Writers Gain From Mentorship

This Week in Books: Should We Still Read Uncle Tom’s Cabin?

Jenisha From Kentucky

Lauren Groff Has Written a New Gospel

This Week in Books: Sylvia Plath Continues to Fascinate

The Novel That Helped Me Understand American Culture

Fiction on Trial

Great Reads From Our Editors

Some Have Yoga. I Have Montaigne.

This Week in Books: Could AI Ever Write Like Stephen King and Margaret Atwood?

Six Books to Read When You Want to Feel Closer to Others

The Blurb Problem Keeps Getting Worse

This Week in Books: I Want to Know What Love Is

The Women Writers Who Destroyed Their Own Work

The Book-Piracy Problem

Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI

Revealed: The Authors Whose Pirated Books Are Powering Generative AI

This Week in Books: A Novel That Sees Through Self-Delusion

Seven Books That Explore How Marriage Really Works

What Life Magazine Taught Me About Life

A Novel Doesn’t Have to Be About an Individual

The Devil Inside Her

Lost Histories of Coexistence

Seven Books That Will Make You Put Down Your Phone

The Three Attacks on Intellectual Freedom

Reading in the Dog Days of Summer

24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer

There’s a Book for That

The Wrath of Goodreads

Seven Books for the Lifelong Learner

The Book Behind Oppenheimer

Colson Whitehead Loses the Plot

Obsessed With the Life That Could Have Been

Going Undercover to Expose America’s Ugly Side

How Handwriting Lost Its Personality