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Debrocke / ClassicStock / Getty What Kids Learn From Hard Conversations
Talking with children about painful topics can be complicated—but it can help shape their worldview for life.
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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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Trent Parke / Magnum How It Feels to Lose a Utopia
Stories about idyllic worlds that have disappeared can be the best reminders of the beauty that is still in our reach: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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Tyler Comrie / The Atlantic; Getty A New Year Doesn’t Call for a New You
The drive to entirely reinvent ourselves is never stronger than it is in January.
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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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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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Getty; The Atlantic What Successful Memoirs Accomplish
They make personal narrative into art: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic Why It’s So Hard to Write About Science
Understanding something like a pandemic requires engagement with more than just biology: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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H. Armstrong Roberts / ClassicStock / Getty The Wrong Way to Look at the Past
Americans are taught history through the stories of great men, but no one changes the world alone: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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The Atlantic What Do Children Owe Their Parents?
Conflict with the people who raised us can alter the course of our lives: 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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Getty; The Atlantic Science Fiction Got Surveillance All Wrong
Government scrutiny isn’t how it appears in 1984. To understand privacy, we’ll need to update our analogies.
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Toronto Star / Getty Why Do We Keep Writing About Life After Death?
The afterlife provides an opportunity to ponder our biggest existential questions: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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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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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty One of the Bravest Things a Book Can Do
Writers are uniquely able to uncover—and condemn—a country’s troubles: 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 All the World’s a Scheme
A juicy ruse can elevate a literary plot: Your weekly guide to the best in books
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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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Erik Carter / The Atlantic; Getty Historical Fiction Turns a Life Into a Story
Our day-to-day doesn’t follow an obvious plot. The arc of the past is visible only in hindsight.
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Johann Heinrich Tischbein dem Älteren; The Atlantic How Writers Revise the World
Why we retell older stories, and what we gain by doing so: Your weekly guide to the best in books
