For this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , I tell you why you really, really need to read Helen Garner.
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On Tuesday, The Atlantic's staff writer Sophie Gilbert won a National Magazine Award. Gilbert tackles the way women are depicted in pop culture, and in this week’s #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , she recommends books that shaped her thinking: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
On Tuesday, The Atlantic's staff writer Sophie Gilbert won a National Magazine Award. Gilbert tackles the way women are depicted in pop culture, and in this week’s #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , she recommends books that shaped her thinking: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
My daughters' intense love of Raina Telgemeier's graphic novels reminds me of a powerful aspect of reading—one that adults often end up forgetting, Gal Beckerman writes in this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
What if books had credits just like movies and TV? In this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , Gal Beckerman makes the case: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
At the National Book Awards, one overwhelming motif pulsed through nearly all of the winning titles: the will of marginalized people to have their suppressed stories heard and acknowledged, Gal Beckerman writes in this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
In this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths. By Gal Beckerman: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Accounts of authors who have disliked their characters feel transgressive. But does it matter if the artists later turned their back on their work? This week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , from Emma Sarappo: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
The role of first lady couldn’t be stranger, Gal Beckerman writes in this week’s #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . Katie Rogers’s new book looks at this job, for which there is no longer any clear script to follow. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
A skilled writer, through words alone, can draw up scenes that awaken your perception and, in turn, your emotions, Maya Chung writes in this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . One of her favorite books that does this is Amina Cain’s novel, 'Indelicacy.' theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
If you’re feeling pressure about being productive or hitting goals when reading this month, Emma Sarappo encourages you to allow yourself to be drawn to something that just feels right.
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Accounts of authors who have disliked their characters feel transgressive. But does it matter if the artists later turned their back on their work? This week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , from Emma Sarappo: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
My daughters' intense love of Raina Telgemeier's graphic novels reminds me of a powerful aspect of reading—one that adults often end up forgetting, Gal Beckerman writes in this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
In this week’s #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , I looked at Vinson Cunningham's new novel and how it compares with Obama's own account of being transformed into a symbol of hope.
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Reviewers of Heather Clark’s voluminous 2020 biography of Sylvia Plath, “Red Comet,” wondered how there could be anything new to say, Gal Beckerman writes in this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . But Clark delivers something fresh. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
In this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , Alex Kotlowitz recommends books that manage to operate at a human scale while arriving at bigger truths. By Gal Beckerman: theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
In this #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , Anthony Tommasini, the former chief classical-music critic for The New York Times, recommends books and music to Gal Beckerman. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
When Emma Sarappo moved to Washington, D.C., in 2018, she turned to books to help her understand the history, and the spirit, of her new home. This week’s #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing : theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Senior editor Gal Beckerman thinks about the argument in Neil Postman’s 1985 book, 'Amusing Ourselves to Death,' almost every day, he writes in #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing . theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
For this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , I had the pleasure of chatting with Lily Meyer about memoirs that don't act all bossy.
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