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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: CSA Images / … What Authors Know About the Power of Words
Our means of communication are changing rapidly: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Art Zelin / Getty The Trap of Celebrity
It’s not easy to balance a carefully planned public image with authentic vulnerability—even the most open stars have to think about their narrative: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic. Sources: ABC / … The Long Afterlife of Awards-Show Speeches
Oscars speeches are immortalized online, and I can’t stop watching them.
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Barbara Alper / Getty The Importance of the Coming-of-Age Novel
The transitions from child to teenager and teenager to adult are full of triumphs and struggles.
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Bettmann / Getty Sports Offer More Than Winning
Female athletes have been subject to harmful expectations for years. They want to bring back the joy.
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Haywood Magee / Picture Post / Hulton Archive … Why Travel Inspires So Many Writers
Journeys force us to consider where we’re headed and what we’ve left behind: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic; Larry Busacca / Getty Tig Notaro Is Still Being Vulnerable
A decade after the stand-up set that revealed her cancer diagnosis, the comedian doesn’t care how people see her.
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The Atlantic How to Get Inside of History
An archive’s collection can reconstruct moments in the past: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Paramount Pictures / Alamy; The Atlantic Who Is Tracy Flick Now?
Tom Perrotta revisits his cult character and looks back on the ’90s feminism that made her.
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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty What Book Bans Take From Kids
Children can prepare for the ups and downs of life by reading about them: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Evening Standard / Hulton Archive / Getty The Incredible Adventures of the Ever-Changing Comic Book
Modern comics and graphic novels have managed to keep our attention by not settling on one format or plot: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Michael Brennan / Getty; The Atlantic The Ways We Make a Living
Work isn’t everything, but for better or for worse, our lives orbit around it: Your weekly guide to the best in books
