Boris Kachka

New York

Senior Editor, Books at The Atlantic

Books editor at @TheAtlantic. Formerly @latimes, @NYMag, author (Hothouse).

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Articles

When the Status Quo Doesn’t Cut It

4 weeks 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. Why are so many Americans so eager to find alternatives—political, medical, vocational—to the status quo?
When the Status Quo Doesn’t Cut It

4 weeks ago | 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. Why are so many Americans so eager to find alternatives—political, medical, vocational—to the status quo?
The Last True Private Realm

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. If you were judged on the basis of your darkest dreams, what could you be found guilty of? Moral debasement? Murderous intent? Desperate, cringey behavior? Thankfully, no one can spy on the sordid or embarrassing acts that may transpire in other people’s sleep. But two recently published books connect dream behavior to real-world implications.
What’s Next for America’s Largest Creative-Writing Conference

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. Last week in Los Angeles, the author Roxane Gay gave the keynote address at the AWP Conference & Bookfair, the U.S.’s largest annual gathering of creative writers.
What’s Next for America’s Largest Creative-Writing Conference

2 months ago | 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. Last week in Los Angeles, the author Roxane Gay gave the keynote address at the AWP Conference & Bookfair, the U.S.’s largest annual gathering of creative writers.
The Danger of a Too-Open Mind

Mar 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. 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.
The Place of Politics in Fiction

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.
The Place of Politics in Fiction

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.
Thinking About Divorce in a New Way

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.
Thinking About Divorce in a New Way

Feb 21, 2025 | flipboard.com | Boris Kachka

Justin Bieber Declares ‘It’s Time to Grow Up’ in Cryptic Message After Hailey Bieber Divorce RumorsJustin Bieber seems to be ready for some changes in his life after he and wife Hailey Bieber faced split rumors. The “Baby” singer, 30, took to his …