Lost Histories of Coexistence
James McBride’s new novel tells a story of solidarity between Black and Jewish communities.
Working Class Does Not Equal White
In her new book, Blair LM Kelley explores an overlooked history: what it means to be a Black worker in the time since slavery.
Seven Books That Will Make You Put Down Your Phone
These titles self-consciously aim to grab their reader’s attention.
Reading in the Dog Days of Summer
Dive back into our summer reading list for some new suggestions.
Putting Trump on the Couch
A new novel from the psychiatrist famous for Listening to Prozac imagines a Trumplike president’s sessions with a shrink.
After Viewing the Bowling Match at Castlemary, Cloyne (1847)
Published in The Atlantic in 1995
Life Has Always Been a Performance
Nicole Flattery’s new novel shows that human nature hasn’t really changed, just our technologies.
The Actor Who Documented His Grief—And Shared It With the World
After his wife died two years ago, Richard E. Grant began to film himself talking about his bereavement, creating a remarkable record of life after loss.
24 Books to Get Lost in This Summer
The Atlantic’s writers and editors recommend titles to match some warm-weather moods.
I Wish I Could Remember
A poem for Sunday
There’s a Book for That
When you want a book that will show you how to do something new
When Judaism Went à la Carte
On the 50th anniversary of The Jewish Catalog
Can Nature Lie?
The lying that we humans do requires a more sophisticated kind of cognition than a bird, flower, or fungus can muster.
Seven Books for the Lifelong Learner
These books may tempt you to take up a new pursuit and enlarge your sense of your own capabilities.
Claude Glass as Night Song
A poem for Sunday
The Book Behind Oppenheimer
A conversation with Kai Bird, a co-writer of the mammoth biography from which the new film is adapted
Colson Whitehead Loses the Plot
Crook Manifesto is both powered and limited by its most absorbing characteristic: the author’s voice.
The Secret to a Good Conversation
A new cultural history embraces talk as an open-ended source of temporary delight.
I Watched Russian Television for Five Days Straight
My full immersion in Putin’s propaganda
The Ferguson Report: An Erasure
An excerpt