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Gal Beckerman

@galbeckerman

Senior editor for books at @TheAtlantic, formerly @nytimesbooks, and author, most recently, of "The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas."

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happy 2024, everyone! if you're looking for a dose of inspiration to start fresh, Chelsea Leu has a list of books that may actually help: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

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In this week's , I share my weakness for the acknowledgment sections of books...and offer a modest proposal for recognizing all the unseen people who make books possible.

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'The prospect that, at any of those hearings, the work they’d done to better themselves might be recognized and rewarded also served as a powerful incentive toward self-actualization.'

Neil Gross on Ben Austen's 'Correction'

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American forests might seem to be burning more frequently than ever. But a new book shows that the U.S. is actually operating at a severe fire deficit, writes Ben Goldfarb: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

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“Putting out fires contributes to the creation of even bigger blazes.”

For The Atlantic, I reviewed IGNITION, the journalist M.R. O'Connor's new book on the fire paradox and the importance of prescribed burns.

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'One could be forgiven for assuming that forests are burning more frequently than ever. In fact, the opposite is true: The United States...is operating at a fire deficit.'

Ben Goldfarb on M.R. O'Connor's new book.

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American forests might seem to be burning more frequently than ever. But a new book shows that the U.S. is actually operating at a severe fire deficit, writes Ben Goldfarb: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

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As the possibility of a united Korea slips further out of reach, the characters in Ed Park’s new novel keep the dream alive, Krys Lee writes: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

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There are so many people behind the making of a single book and I loved this piece in The Atlantic exploring why we should be more transparent on how. conglomeration has completely changed literature. 📚

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'Would it really be so difficult to have a credits page that acknowledges the contributions of the folks responsible for layout, marketing, and proofreading?'

Hard questions about publishing in Josh Lambert's review of Dan Sinykin's 'Big Fiction.'

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For this week's , I wrote about one of my favorite 2023 novels and how it broke through my antipathy to nature writing.

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As the possibility of a united Korea slips further out of reach, the characters in Ed Park’s new novel keep the dream alive, Krys Lee writes: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…

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'In Park’s world, the counterpoint to historical reality is yearning.'

Krys Lee on Ed Park's capacious new novel.

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