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From the past, Frederick Douglass.Ī song I’ll always dance to: “If It Isn’t Love,” by New Edition Īn author I will read anything by: Living today, Jhumpa Lahiri. It moved me in ways that I haven’t experienced before. It is a book about family, complicated relationships, and how we come to understand who we are in the world. Life on Delay brims with empathy and honesty. I can’t remember the last time I read a book so human.

The best book of nonfiction I’ve read recently is Life on Delay, by my colleague here at The Atlantic John Hendrickson.

It’s a beautiful novel that you can read in just a few sittings.

Their debut novel is a gorgeous, lyrical meditation on the relationship among three sisters who lose their parents and are forced to raise one another in a world rife with uncertainty. We came up together in the slam-poetry scene in our early 20s, but they have always been someone who worked across genres and disciplines. īest novel I’ve recently read, and the best work of nonfiction: The best novel I’ve read recently is When We Were Sisters, by Fatimah Asghar. Īn actor I would watch in anything: Mahershala Ali. It’s a thoughtful, funny, and oftentimes incredibly sincere exploration of what coming-of-age as a Muslim American Millennial looks like. The television show I’m most enjoying right now: I’m very late to it, but I’ve been really enjoying Ramy.

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Instead, they broke 30 years of research. He dances to New Edition and broods to Boyz II Men, watches nature documentaries with his kids on weekend mornings, and read the novel When We Were Sisters in just a few sittings.īut first, here are three Sunday reads from The Atlantic: Clint wrote The Atlantic’s December 2022 cover story, “ Monuments to the Unthinkable,” about how Germany memorializes the Holocaust and, during the World Cup, he wrote a reflection on what we ask of Black American athletes. 1 New York Times best seller How the Word Is Passed: A Reckoning With the History of Slavery Across America. Today’s special guest is Clint Smith, a staff writer, the author of two poetry collections- Counting Descent and the forthcoming Above Ground-as well as the No. Good morning, and welcome back to The Daily’s Sunday culture edition, in which one Atlantic writer reveals what’s keeping them entertained. 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.