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Joanne Imperio / The Atlantic; Getty; Prelinger Archives … How Do You Adapt a Book Into a TV Show?
On the challenges of translating the page to the screen: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Getty How Children Conjure a Snow Day
Spoons under pillows, ice cubes in the toilet, and other rituals to call forth snow
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Marie Suchodolski / Hans Lucas / Redux What’s Wrong With Following a Recipe?
On recipes, spontaneity, and time: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Paul Spella / The Atlantic Political Lessons From America’s Past
The best works of history both clarify the present and hint at what the future might hold: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic The Simple Pleasures of Baking
The practice can be a salve for anxiety—or just a cozy way to spend a fall day: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Against the Fun Fact
Forced, awkward personal disclosures are a terrible way to kick anything off.
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The Atlantic A New Way to Think About Our Filing Systems
How we organize things affects more than just where they are: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic; Getty The Dark Side of Tourism
Vacations usually rest on a fantasy—but there’s a cost to maintaining the illusion: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic The Awkward Intimacy of Therapy
The practice may require vulnerability, but being heard can bring healing: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Listening to America’s Kids After Uvalde
Following last month’s shooting, students around the country wrote letters to legislators and to the bereaved, expressing their fear, sadness, and desire for change.
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Katie Martin / The Atlantic; Getty Motherhood’s Impossible, All-Consuming Demands
Works that meditate on the struggle to maintain an independent sense of self after having children: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Getty; The Atlantic Keeping a Diary at the End of the World
The urge to document our lives during crisis is widely shared among writers: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Sam Hodgson / The New York Times / … The Books Briefing: The Fight Over What Kids Can Read
Bans and attempted bans of critical race theory and the 1619 Project in classrooms are part of a familiar pattern: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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University of Chicago Institute of Politics; The Atlantic Anne Applebaum: Social Media Made Spreading Disinformation Easy
The Atlantic staff writer discusses Russia’s online manipulation campaigns, what makes some conspiracy theories so successful, how institutions can rebuild trust, and more with David Axelrod.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Fight for Our Attention
We may live in an endlessly distracted world, but where we focus our gaze still matters: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Fine Art Images / Heritage Images / Getty The Problem With the Genius Myth
The label erases the complication and collaboration that are central to the artistic process: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Getty; The Atlantic America Is Desperate for Substitute Teachers
Omicron is making a bad shortage even worse.
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David Paul Morris / Bloomberg / Getty How Sesame Street Is Handling the Pandemic
Kids’ media have achieved a level of clarity and directness in their pandemic coverage that can be hard to find in outlets geared toward older audiences.
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Martin O’Neill / Redferns / Getty The Books Briefing: The Quiet Skill of Mass-Market Novels
Many popular authors are compelling storytellers who sharply analyze power dynamics and offer vivid portraits of daily life. They are also frequently dismissed by the literary establishment.
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Kathy Willens / AP How Outfits Define Those Who Wear Them
In many works of art, clothes are more than mere decoration; they are vital elements of story: Your weekly guide to the best in books
