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The Odyssey Was Never About the Gods
Christopher Nolan’s largely deity-free blockbuster adaptation only highlights the humanity of the original.
Atlantic Reads: The Small Stuff With Ian Bogost
The<em> Atlantic</em> contributing writer Ian Bogost and senior editor Chris Suellentrop discuss Bogost’s new book, <em>The Small Stuff: How to…
Colson Whitehead’s Moral Vision
The novelist’s Harlem Trilogy is both unapologetic crime fiction and a grand statement on the laws of the universe.
Punctuation: A Generational Divide
Can parents ever learn to text like their kids? Should they even try?
A Free-Speech Meltdown
PEN America’s president resigned over an article detailing the isolation and exclusion that many Israeli and Jewish writers feel after…
Tennis’s New Golden Age
The next generation of stars has arrived ahead of schedule.
The Literary Genre That Thrives in Hard Times
Jordan Harper’s new novel proves noir can still channel the crises and neuroses of the moment.
The Classic Novel That Today’s Young Men Should Read
Beneath all the alienation, <em>The Catcher in the Rye</em>, which turns 75 this year, has a surprisingly hopeful—and ethical—outlook.
The Surprising Return of the Blockbuster Trump Book
What the wild success of <em>Regime Change</em>, after a long slump in newsy nonfiction, might say about the state of…