literature

Books

A Powerful Indictment of the Art World

Bekah Waalkes

May 21, 2024

Books

A French Reproach to Our Big, Baggy American Memoirs

Katie Roiphe

May 20, 2024

Fiction

The General Intendant’s Daughter

Adam Ehrlich Sachs

May 19, 2024

Books Briefing

‘An Entire Life Handed Over to Art’

Gal Beckerman

May 17, 2024

Books

25 Books to Get Lost in This Summer

The Atlantic Culture Desk

May 14, 2024

Books

A Family Story About Colonialism and Its Aftereffects

Tope Folarin

May 13, 2024

Books Briefing

The ‘Lurid Metaphors’ of Illness

Gal Beckerman

May 10, 2024

Books

The Female-Midlife-Crisis Novel

Jordan Kisner

June 2024 Issue

Poem

When Nan Goldin Danced in Low-Life Go-Go Bars in Paterson, N.J.

Rosa Alcalá

June 2024 Issue

Books

Some Late-Breaking Adjustments to My New Autobiography

James Parker

May 6, 2024

Book Recommendations

Six Books That Explore What’s Out There

Vanessa Armstrong

May 6, 2024

Books Briefing

Poetry Is an Act of Hope

Maya Chung

May 3, 2024

Ideas

When Writers Silence Writers

George Packer

May 3, 2024

Ideas

The Blindness of Elites

Thomas Chatterton Williams

May 3, 2024

Books

The Complicated Ethics of Rare-Book Collecting

Francesca Mancino

May 2, 2024

Books

When Poetry Could Define a Life

Adam Kirsch

May 1, 2024

Books

When Your Every Decision Feels Torturous

Lily Meyer

April 30, 2024

Books Briefing

Bringing a Social Movement to Life

Gal Beckerman

April 26, 2024

Health

We’re All Reading Wrong

Alexandra Moe

April 26, 2024

Books

Would Limitlessness Make Us Better Writers?

Rachel Khong

April 25, 2024

Culture

Why Does Taylor Swift See Herself as an Albatross?

James Parker

April 25, 2024

Poem

My Book Had Come Undone

Carolina Hotchandani

April 24, 2024

Books Briefing

The Hidden Wisdom of Cookbooks

Emma Sarappo

April 19, 2024

Book Recommendations

Eight Cookbooks Worth Reading Cover to Cover

Marian Bull

April 19, 2024

Technology

The New Empress of Self-Help Is a TikTok Star

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

April 17, 2024

Books

Salman Rushdie Strikes Back

George Packer

April 16, 2024

The Atlantic Daily

What Rereading a Book Can Reveal

Isabel Fattal

April 14, 2024

Ideas

The Worst Day of My Life Was the Day I Learned to Read

Errol Morris

April 13, 2024

Books Briefing

An Oblique and Beautiful Book

Gal Beckerman

April 12, 2024

Book Recommendations

Six Cult Classics You Have to Read

Ilana Masad

April 11, 2024

Books

A Child’s-Eye View of 1970s Debauchery

Judith Shulevitz

April 11, 2024

The Wonder Reader

Into the Unknown

Isabel Fattal

April 6, 2024

Books Briefing

Feminism, Womanhood, and Celebrity

Gal Beckerman

April 5, 2024

Books

A Vision of the City as a Live Organism

Talya Zax

April 4, 2024

Ideas

An Utterly Misleading Book About Rural America

Tyler Austin Harper

April 4, 2024

Newsletters

The Atlantic’s 2024 National Magazine Award Winners and Finalists

The Editors

April 3, 2024

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