Books

Love Sonnets

A collection of sonnets by Pablo Neruda, published in The Atlantic in 1986

• Pablo Neruda
• July 12, 2020

The Threat to American Democracy That Has Nothing to Do With Trump

The disappearance of local news is a slow-moving disaster.

• Megan Garber
• July 11, 2020

The Books Briefing: How to Read a Classic Today

To Kill a Mockingbird’s legacy is far from the only one readers must reckon with: Your weekly guide to the best in books

• Kate Cray
• July 10, 2020

Ottessa Moshfegh’s Riveting Meta-Mysteries

In her third novel, the writer again explores women’s quests for control over their own stories.

• Stephanie Hayes
• July 7, 2020

Americans Are Living in an Alternate History

As the pandemic has raged on, popular culture has found new ways to ask an old question: What could have been instead?

• Megan Garber
• July 6, 2020

Digital Fauna

A poem for Sunday

• Ginger Ko
• July 5, 2020

James Baldwin Was Right All Along

The writer and activist has the painful, powerful words for this political moment. America just needs to heed them.

• Raoul Peck
• July 3, 2020

The Books Briefing: The Power of Friendship

The influential role of platonic intimacy: Your weekly guide to the best in books

• Myles Poydras
• July 3, 2020

Frederick Douglass

A poem by Robert Hayden, published in The Atlantic in 1947

• Robert Hayden
• June 28, 2020

The Books Briefing: How to Tell a Story About Florida

Examining some of Florida’s many narratives more carefully can lead to a richer understanding of the state, the country, and the nature of storytelling itself.

• Kate Cray
• June 26, 2020

The Encounter That Revealed a Different Side of Emily Dickinson

After eight years of letter writing, the author Thomas Wentworth Higginson finally met the reclusive poet face-to-face.

• Martha Ackmann
• June 23, 2020

The Books Briefing: The Possibilities and Limits of Freedom

Juneteenth and emancipation in America: Your weekly guide to the best in books

• Tori Latham
• June 18, 2020

When Crime Photography Started to See Color

Six decades ago, Gordon Parks, Life magazine’s first black photographer, revolutionized what a crime photo could look like. A new book reexamines one of his most powerful and prescient projects.

• Bill Shapiro
• June 16, 2020

The Books Briefing: Readjusting Our Understanding of History

The truth buried beneath the surface: Your weekly guide to the best in books

• Myles Poydras
• June 12, 2020

Andrew Martin on the Coming-of-Age Story

“There’s an urgency when you’re a teenager, experiencing things for the first time, that you can’t really get back.”

• Thomas Gebremedhin
• June 12, 2020