A Country Shaped by Love and Fear
Two new books explore the emotions that affect the political life of the Jewish state.
The Joyful, Punk World of Plant-Based Eating
Alicia Kennedy’s new book is a paean to a life without meat. But she’s driven more by curiosity than a desire to convert her readers.
The Atlantic Presents: SHORTER STORIES
Six stories from a thrilling array of voices
Bertrande de Rols
A poem for Sunday
Murdered by My Replica?
Margaret Atwood responds to the revelation that pirated copies of her books are being used to train AI.
This Week in Books: I Want to Know What Love Is
A new book argues that love has been “stolen away from the poets.”
The Women Writers Who Destroyed Their Own Work
The act can be the result of a fevered impulse—or a display of ferocious will.
Stephen King: My Books Were Used to Train AI
One prominent author responds to the revelation that his writing is being used to coach artificial intelligence.
A Better Story
A poem for Wednesday
Love Is Magic—And Also Hormones
Scientific inquiry is an attempt at illumination, not an act of desecration.
Heritage
A poem for Sunday
This Week in Books: A Novel That Sees Through Self-Delusion
Lydia Kiesling’s new novel explores the line between culpability and innocence when it comes to climate change.
What Do You Do When You Realize You’re Ruining the Earth?
Lydia Kiesling’s new novel presents us with an individual who goes to great lengths to justify the harm she’s doing.
Seven Books That Explore How Marriage Really Works
In writing, matrimony can prompt questions about freedom, desire, and identity.
The Man Who Transformed American Theater
How August Wilson became one of the country’s most influential playwrights
The Greatest Act of Greenwashing in American History
A new chronicle of redwood logging exposes how a cadre of wealthy industrialists reaped a fortune in the name of environmentalism.
Pemaquid Lighthouse Revisited
A poem for Sunday
A Novel Doesn’t Have to Be About an Individual
James McBride’s radical approach to fiction
The Devil Inside Her
A newly published book by the novelist Susan Taubes further reveals her struggle to make herself whole.
The Owls Are Not What They Seem
The birds possess even uncannier powers than we’ve imagined.