Boris Kachka

2 months ago | theatlantic.com | Boris Kachka

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. At a moment when just asking questions can feel synonymous with bad-faith arguments or conspiratorial thinking, one of the hardest things to hold on to might be an open mind.

Mar 7, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Boris Kachka

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Novelists are an opinionated lot. They often say things, write essays, and sign petitions reflecting political positions that many of their biggest fans might not like. One of the best things about fiction is that it can convey higher (or at least more complicated) truths than even the author knows. A reader doesn’t have to sign on to V. S.

Mar 7, 2025 | yahoo.com | Boris Kachka

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Novelists are an opinionated lot. They often say things, write essays, and sign petitions reflecting political positions that many of their biggest fans might not like. One of the best things about fiction is that it can convey higher (or at least more complicated) truths than even the author knows. A reader doesn’t have to sign on to V. S.

Feb 21, 2025 | theatlantic.com | Boris Kachka

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. Recently, I attended a media lunch hosted by a book publisher during which, just as salads were served, the conversation turned to marriage and murder—more specifically, how the first can lead to the second.

Feb 21, 2025 | flipboard.com | Boris Kachka

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