literature

January 28, 2022

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Newsletters

Talking About Care and Craft With Bryan Washington

Nicole Chung

January 26, 2022

Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Six Poems to Bring You Comfort This Winter

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 22, 2022

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Books Briefing

Working It Out on the Page

Tori Latham

January 21, 2022

Books

15 Books You Won’t Regret Rereading

Bethanne Patrick

January 19, 2022

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Newsletters

The Atlantic Daily: Eight Books to Read This Winter

Caroline Mimbs Nyce

January 14, 2022

Ideas

Saving Classics From Identity Politics

Thomas Chatterton Williams

January 14, 2022

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Press Room

Gal Beckerman, Maya Chung, and Emma Sarappo Join The Atlantic as Editors, Kicking Off Books Expansion

January 10, 2022

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Poem

To Age

W. S. Merwin

January 9, 2022

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Books Briefing

The Books 20 Years in the Making

Nicole Acheampong

January 7, 2022

Books

Eight Ghost Stories in Which the Dead Won’t Go Quietly

Colin Dickey

January 5, 2022

One man and two women in clothes from the past, all semi-transparent like ghosts in front of a house's porch

Newsletters

It's Never Too Late for a Second Act

Xochitl Gonzalez

January 4, 2022

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Books Briefing

The Books Briefing: Five Short Stories to Read This Weekend

Oliver Munday

December 31, 2021

Books Briefing

Five of the Best Books of 2021

The Atlantic Culture Desk

December 24, 2021

Culture

Joan Didion Was Our Bard of Disenchantment

Megan Garber

December 23, 2021

Health

The Things I Would Never Do

Caitlin Flanagan

December 23, 2021

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Culture

The 20 Best Books of 2021

The Atlantic Culture Desk

December 22, 2021

Books

December 17, 2021

Ideas

‘I Always Think of Poetry as Home for Me’

Clint Smith

December 16, 2021

Ideas

Arguably the Best of Christopher Hitchens

December 15, 2021

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Books Briefing

Truth Is Stranger Than Autofiction

Nicole Acheampong

December 10, 2021

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Books

This Is a Shakedown

Emma Sarappo

December 8, 2021

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Poem

The Game

Marie Howe

November 28, 2021

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Newsletters

Dead Jews and the People Who Love Them

Yair Rosenberg

November 23, 2021

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Books Briefing

The Literary Politician

Kate Cray

November 19, 2021

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Newsletters

How to Organize Your Writing Ideas

Nicole Chung

November 17, 2021

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Ideas

The Man Who Freed Me From Cant

Ta-Nehisi Coates

November 13, 2021

Newsletters

Why You Should Read 'Saga,' Aside From Me Begging You

Jordan Calhoun

November 12, 2021

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Newsletters

Never Enough Time for My Book—Or Yours

Nicole Chung

November 10, 2021

Books

Emerson Didn’t Practice the Self-Reliance He Preached

Mark Greif

December 2021 Issue

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Books Briefing

A New Way to Look at the Natural World

Kate Cray

November 5, 2021

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Newsletters

Welcome to I Have Notes!

Nicole Chung

November 1, 2021

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Books Briefing

Talking to Strangers Is Good For You

Kate Cray

October 29, 2021

Poem

Poem in Autumn

May Sarton

October 24, 2021

Sections

The Print Edition

Poetry Lets Us Remember—And Move On

Talking About Care and Craft With Bryan Washington

The Atlantic Daily: Six Poems to Bring You Comfort This Winter

Working It Out on the Page

15 Books You Won’t Regret Rereading

The Atlantic Daily: Eight Books to Read This Winter

Saving Classics From Identity Politics

Gal Beckerman, Maya Chung, and Emma Sarappo Join The Atlantic as Editors, Kicking Off Books Expansion

To Age

The Books 20 Years in the Making

Eight Ghost Stories in Which the Dead Won’t Go Quietly

It's Never Too Late for a Second Act

The Books Briefing: Five Short Stories to Read This Weekend

Five of the Best Books of 2021

Joan Didion Was Our Bard of Disenchantment

The Things I Would Never Do

The 20 Best Books of 2021

Fiction Meets Chaos Theory

Rewriting the Book of Genesis

The Books Briefing: The Quiet Skill of Mass-Market Novels

‘I Always Think of Poetry as Home for Me’

Arguably the Best of Christopher Hitchens

Truth Is Stranger Than Autofiction

This Is a Shakedown

The Game

Dead Jews and the People Who Love Them

The Literary Politician

How to Organize Your Writing Ideas

The Man Who Freed Me From Cant

Why You Should Read 'Saga,' Aside From Me Begging You

Never Enough Time for My Book—Or Yours

Emerson Didn’t Practice the Self-Reliance He Preached

A New Way to Look at the Natural World

Welcome to I Have Notes!

Talking to Strangers Is Good For You

Poem in Autumn