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Mary Stachyra Lopez
Mary Stachyra Lopez is a former associate editor at The Atlantic.
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The Atlantic Why Do We Keep Writing About Life After Death?
The afterlife provides an opportunity to ponder our biggest existential questions: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Toronto Star / Getty What a Nanny Knows
A nanny—fully immersed in the most intimate details of a family’s life, yet with an outsider’s point of view—can be the perfect protagonist: Your weekly guide to the best in books
The Atlantic One Community’s Complicated Relationship With SPAM
A conversation about the canned meat’s lasting cultural impact on Filipino American life
Getty / The Atlantic When Meals Nourish a Plot
Fictional feasts and memories of home cooking: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Getty; The Atlantic The Books Briefing: Comics Can Push—And Draw—Boundaries
See you in the funny pages: Your weekly guide to the best in books
John Pratt / Keystone Features / Getty The Atlantic Daily: The Untold Stories of Black TV
On some of America’s favorite Black shows, the struggle for representation continued behind the scenes, from our latest cover story. Plus: the potential unintended consequences of COVID booster-shot banditry.
The Books Briefing: What Literary Letters Reveal
The raw power of correspondence: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Niall Carson / PA Images / Getty The Books Briefing: How to Be Happy
Everyone says they want to be happy. But do we mean the same thing? Your weekly guide to the best in books.
Adam Maida/The Atlantic The Books Briefing: Miss the Movies? Read the Books.
Even if you're not going to theaters or streaming on demand, you can still curl up with the original works: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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