The Strangest Job in the World
Edith Wilson may have been closer to running the country than being a kindly helpmate.
The Most Consequential Recent First Lady
Which president’s wife abandoned the script entirely?
Seven Great Graphic Novels That Go Beyond Words
These titles demonstrate how text and image can blend together to convey one voice.
Preface
Published in The Atlantic in 1944
Shadow Study
A poem for Sunday
When Ian Fleming Got Sick of James Bond
Does it matter if writers turn their back on their work?
How to Spend Your Time ‘Poorly’
A new novel puts Henry David Thoreau at its center and reveals what he was really searching for when he went off to live alone.
No One Is Prepared for a New Era of Global Migration
Erasing prejudice alone won’t solve the migrant crisis.
The James Bond Trap
Ian Fleming created the superspy—and then couldn’t get rid of him.
Where Does It Go
A poem for Sunday
Marilynne Robinson Makes the Book of Genesis New
In her hands, scripture becomes a precursor to the novel.
What Adults Forget About Reading
Why my daughters love rereading Raina Telgemeier’s graphic novels
A Big-Box-Store Allegory
A satirist of literary Brooklyn now explores life in an upstate shopping warehouse.
Six Books About Winter as It Once Was
These titles remind us of the season’s long-established joys and its necessary quiet, even as the climate changes.
Happiness
A poem for Wednesday
‘The Magic of Raina Is Real’
How the cartoonist Raina Telgemeier, the author of Smile, Sisters, and Guts, turned the anxious kid into a hero for the 21st century
The Books That Helped Me Adjust to a Big City
When I moved to D.C., I turned to reading to help me understand the history, and the spirit, of my new home.
Living Through the End of California
In a new book, Manjula Martin faces up to the way the altered environment of her home state will change her life forever.
Eight Novels That Truly Capture City Life
Only some of these titles tell happy stories, but they are all reminders of what is possible in metropolises.
America’s Immigration Reckoning Has Arrived
A new book chronicles the forces that have led to the current impasse at the southern border.
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