All posts tagged: best work of nonfiction

bottoms-cringe-humor – The Atlantic

bottoms-cringe-humor – The Atlantic

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is our associate editor Kate Cray. Kate edits for our Family section; she’s also reported on what semi-retirees know about work-life balance and made the case against the fun fact. Kate is watching a therapy-centered reality show that’s more like a documentary, exercising great patience in the lead-up to Olivia Rodrigo’s D.C. concert next summer, and reminiscing on the joy—and secondhand embarrassment—of seeing Bottoms in theaters. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Kate Cray A good recommendation I recently received: One of my best friends, who is getting her Psy.D., suggested a few months ago that I check out Couples Therapy; I’d been curious about her future profession, and she knows the …

A ’90s blockbuster that holds up

A ’90s blockbuster that holds up

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is our staff writer Olga Khazan. Olga has recently written about not liking dogs (and joining a rather intense Subreddit of people who share that unpopular opinion), and why married people are happier than the rest of us. She’s also working on a book about personality change. Olga revisited Speed recently and found it surprisingly believable, would love a lifetime subscription to all of Gary Shteyngart’s writing, and is reflecting with some confusion on her 13-year-old self’s love of Celtic ballads. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Olga Khazan My favorite blockbuster and favorite art movie: I actually don’t watch a ton of blockbusters, but in the early pandemic, I got extremely …

A Dark and Paranoid American Fable

A Dark and Paranoid American Fable

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is our staff writer Ross Andersen. Ross has written about a prospective woolly-mammoth reserve in Siberia, a grisly slaughter at the National Zoo, and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s ambition to build a superintelligence. He is working on a book about the quest to find intelligent life beyond Earth. Ross is dreaming big dreams for the Lakers this season, obsessing over Don DeLillo, and taking loved ones to an immersive museum exhibition that leaves them feeling wobbly but grateful. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Ross Andersen The upcoming event I’m most looking forward to: The NBA season is starting, and for the first time in years, my Lakers have an intelligently constructed …

Mozart’s Most Metal Moment – The Atlantic

Mozart’s Most Metal Moment – The Atlantic

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is staff writer Annie Lowrey, who covers economic policy, housing, and other related topics. She recently wrote about how Montana performed a housing miracle, and why you have to care about these 12 elite colleges. Annie just moved to New York and already has tickets to both a Fleetwood Mac dance night and a Mozart performance. When she’s not out seeing shows, you might find her walking the streets and listening to Metallica—the ideal working-mom soundtrack. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Annie Lowrey The upcoming event I’m most looking forward to: I just moved to New York with my family; gosh, is there a better city for music? Among the many …

The Joy and the Shame of Loving Football

The Joy and the Shame of Loving Football

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is the staff writer and author Mark Leibovich. Mark has recently written about the long-shot presidential candidate who has the White House worried, and how Moneyball broke baseball. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Mark Leibovich Mark wrote a little introductory note for our newsletter readers, so I’ll attach that here before we get to his culture-survey responses: Okay, I will admit to just rereading a bunch of these recent culture surveys and marveling at how well-read, well-watched, and well-listened some of my Atlantic colleagues are. Intimidating! They set such a high and considered bar. Now allow me to lower it. In comparison, my tastes are a hodgepodge of high-low delights that …

A TV Drama That’s Aged Surprisingly Well

A TV Drama That’s Aged Surprisingly Well

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic’s projects editor. Ellen has written about how Slack upended the workplace and why Amazon Prime Day is dystopian. She’s currently looking forward to the return of The Amazing Race, angling to beat level 5,593 of Candy Crush, and crying at many things, including a “very effective TV ad for rheumatoid-arthritis medicine.” First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Ellen Cushing The upcoming arts/culture/entertainment event I’m most looking forward to: My household is devoted to The Amazing Race, which follows teams of two as they travel from country to country, stopping to complete challenges along the way. You know cozy mysteries? TAR is basically a cozy reality show, in …

A Cozy Whodunit Series to Revisit

A Cozy Whodunit Series to Revisit

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Atlantic staff writer Marina Koren. Marina reports on astronomy, space flight, and all else that’s going on in our universe. You might say, as she once did, that her subject area is “space feels.” Marina is currently catching up on the Angela Lansbury TV series Murder, She Wrote, pausing a few minutes before the end of each episode to guess the killer. She’s also finding joy online by looking at little illustrations of a cat named Francois living his daily life, and reconnecting with an immersive video game she loved as a child. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Marina Koren The television show I’m most enjoying right now: Murder, She …

A Sweet, Surrealistic TV Show

A Sweet, Surrealistic TV Show

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This is an edition of The Atlantic Daily, a newsletter that guides you through the biggest stories of the day, helps you discover new ideas, and recommends the best in culture. Sign up for it here. Welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. Today’s special guest is Atlantic associate editor Morgan Ome. Morgan recently reported on the ripple effects of the U.S. government’s reparations program for Japanese Americans, and recommended five books that’ll fit right into your busy schedule. She’s also investigated the trend of “demon screaming” at concerts. Morgan has been watching a surrealist Boots Riley satire, revisiting Mitski’s “pithy, poetic” lyrics as she awaits the singer’s next album, and recovering from the heartbreak of an Eileen Chang novel about star-crossed lovers in 1930s Shanghai. First, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: The Culture Survey: Morgan Ome The television show I’m most enjoying right now: I’ll watch anything by the writer-director Boots Riley, who made the absurdist, anti-capitalist 2018 film Sorry …