The Inside Story of the Mueller Probe’s Mistakes
In a new book, Andrew Weissmann, one of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s top deputies, lays out the limits and letdowns of the years-long Russia investigation.
Brain
A poem by C. K. Williams, published in The Atlantic in 2010
How Jimi Hendrix’s London Years Changed Music
A new book retells the artist’s fairy tale—rising out of deprivation to storm the spires of rock and roll—by considering his influence on the U.K.
The Books Briefing: How to Remake America
A look at the country's profound fractures and what it might take to mend them: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Do You Speak Fox?
How Donald Trump’s favorite news source became a language
In Search of the First Female Sports Superstar
The remarkable career of the Victorian athletic phenom Charlotte Dod—and the legacy that wasn’t
Other Ways to Say Black Face
The Books Briefing: Stories From America’s Prisons
Books written by incarcerated writers raise vital questions about how we can build a more just society: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Who You’re Reading When You Read Haruki Murakami
His early translated works, the subject of a fascinating new book, shed light on the business of bringing the best-selling novelist to a global audience.
Marilynne Robinson’s Prodigal Son
Her new novel, Jack, explores the loneliest character in her Gilead series and the legacy of race.
Caleb Crain on Math, Solitude, and the Nature of Time
“For a long time, I was a pretty strict realist, but lately I seem to be relenting.”
Trajectory
A short story
A New Theory of Western Civilization
Could a marriage policy first pursued by the Catholic Church a millennium and a half ago explain what made the industrialized world so powerful—and so peculiar?
The Books Briefing: Imagining Black Futures
Afrofuturism draws from the history of the African diaspora to imagine liberatory possibilities for the future: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Claudia Rankine’s Quest for Racial Dialogue
Is her focus on the personal out of step with the racial politics of our moment?
Dog Days
A poem for Sunday
The Books Briefing: Poetry of the Past, in the Present
Finding relevance in archival poetry: Your weekly guide to the best in books
Life on the Road Is More Than Inspiration for Your Novel
Héctor Tobar gives fictional travelogues an intervention with the cheeky, self-aware The Last Great Road Bum.
Late Loving
A poem by Mona Van Duyn, published in The Atlantic in 1986
The Books Briefing: The Legacy of a Political Speech
Reflecting on the art of speechwriting during the Democratic National Convention: Your weekly guide to the best in books