Boris Kachka
@Borisk
Books editor at @TheAtlantic. Formerly @latimes, @NYMag, author (Hothouse).
Our @TheAtlantic literary travel series, The Writer's Way, continues today with another beautifully written piece: Honor Jones finds the heart of le Carré's nearly perfect novel, "A Perfect Spy," where you'd least expect to find it—Corfu: theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
The fracas over deportations to El Salvador and the Trump-Bukele bromance that fueled it have their roots in what Carolina Miranda calls a "brutish two-step" between the two countries. Her piece on Greg Grandin's new book, 'America, América': theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Adventures in "predictive" AI: A friend texted to suggest meeting at the Grand Central Oyster Bar and Apple recommended replying: "how about that crab cakes place?"
Thirteen years after interviewing Toni Morrison (a lifetime highlight), I shared some quick thoughts in our @theatlantic newsletter about @ClintSmithIII's essay on "Toni at Ranom": theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
Proud to have helped work on Emma Sarappo's defining @TheAtlantic essay about a generation that grew up with the "entitlement" of basic rights: theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
I wrote about France's smoking ban...and me. theatlantic.com/culture/archiv…
Decent ranking, but number two is the winner. From now on my regular order will be known as “the Adrienne Adams”
BREAKING: @bradlander has clinched the title for best bagel order by an NYC mayoral candidate, according to me. forward.com/culture/726745…
Elon Musk and Trump are feuding to distract you from @caityweaver's first story in The Atlantic. Don't let them win! Read the story!! theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
🚨🚨🚨@CaityWeaver in The Atlantic! Caity Weaver in The Atlantic! theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
One of the things that most excited me about joining @TheAtlantic nine months ago was their exemplary summer-reading guide: Beautiful, smart, brilliantly curated, life-enhancing. This year, I even played a small part. Let's get reading: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Late April, when LA weather pays New York a brief visit, shortly followed by LA people.
'1984' was about 1948. @LailaLalami explains why her new dystopia, 'The Dream Hotel,' is about the past decade of advancing surveillance and eroding privacy: theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
Jarvis Forever (and other basic observations). theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
the window on this Detroit car wash
the window on this Detroit car wash
I'm so happy to share this news, especially because Isherwood is one of my favorite writers and one whose work was on my mind when writing Health and Safety.
Today, we're excited to announce the honorees and finalists for the 45th annual @latimes Book Prizes! To kick things off, we’re pleased to share that the winner of the Christopher Isherwood Prize (@IsherwoodFdn) for Autobiographical Prose is Emily Witt (@embot). Congratulations!