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For The Atlantic's new print issue, I wrote about the excruciating horrorcringe of comedies that deal with puberty—and about their surprising grace theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

I wrote about far right Republicans trying to rehabilitate "anglo-saxon" for political purposes, a term you use when "whites-only" is simply too inclusive and diverse theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Writing this, I looked at how people of the time made sense of Darwin's insights, Carson's, Galileo's. We're living in the midst, I think, of another world-shaking revolution. And are coming to terms with it all just as they did: Slowly. Warily. Awkwardly. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

Thinking of George Floyd’s family. What they deserve is George being alive. I wish them as much peace as they can find.

"If all of this is necessary to convict a former officer, convictions will remain rare—and reform will have to take place outside of the courts." theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

Monstrous. A woman who accused Bailey of rape alerted his publisher in 2018, hoping to protect other women. The publisher ignored her but forwarded her email to Bailey. nytimes.com/2021/04/21/boo…

I love this Annie Lowrey jeremiad against the term "low-skill jobs." Those jobs aren't low-skill. They're low-wage, and calling them low-skill is a way of blaming often exploited workers for inequality and unemployment. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/…

I’ve asked my 3rd year illustration students at just be. to come up with a post-pandemic New Yorker magazine cover. Here is what they sent in:

"These behaviors that we see and that we sometimes pathologize are not rooted in Blackness or the Black experience," Gaylord-Harden told me. "They’re rooted in traumatic stress.” My latest: theatlantic.com/politics/archi…

Love this Shirley Li review of "The 93rd Oscars," the Gonzo dramedy that aired last night on ABC theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…

“The world of 'Tucker Carlson Tonight' is angry but also very easy. If you reject facts as the instruments of a biased media, you can say pretty much anything, as long as you say it interestingly.” Read Megan Garber on American cynicism, from February: on.theatln.tc/1EUxMQT

I’m grateful I got a chance to speak with him in 2019, for the 50th anniversary of the first moon landing. He was delightful and gracious. Thinking of his family today. theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

“He looked over at me, his eyes sad and sort of pleading, and said: ‘You really can’t blame me. I’ve wanted you since the day we met.’” slate.com/human-interest…

Just thinking about how many stories there are like this that never get told because the teacher in question doesn’t become a well-known literary figure. slate.com/culture/2021/0…

I am very excited to share the cover for my forthcoming book: The Cruelty Is The Point: The Past, Present and Future of Trump's America, which is coming out on June 29. You can preorder here: bit.ly/3psRSrr I hope you'll buy a copy and encourage others to the same!

I am so disgusted by all of this. “You know that photo everyone is posting? I’m 12 years old in that photo. I’m not even a teenager in that photo, and they’re sharing it calling me nasty,” Doe said. “But the truth cannot be altered.” apnews.com/article/idaho-…

"It can be equally transformative to stay put for a bit, giving us the chance to know ourselves in the context of stability, rather than just the context of pursuing something." A great Rainesford Stauffer piece adapted from her new book, An Ordinary Age: theatlantic.com/family/archive…

Before the pandemic, I traveled to one of the largest Confederate cemeteries in the country & spent the day with the Sons of Confederate Veterans to understand how the Lost Cause lives on. This excerpt from my new book is the cover story for The Atlantic. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…

"These book bans deprive students of a better understanding of themselves and each other. As a writer, I believe in the power of words to cross boundaries at a time of deep division. Now more than ever, literature matters." Piece by Carmen Maria Machado nytimes.com/2021/05/11/opi…