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Illustration by The Atlantic. Source: FPG / Hulton … The Secret to a Good Conversation
A new cultural history embraces talk as an open-ended source of temporary delight.
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Caco Neves The Secret of How We Move
Two new books show that movement helps us see the rhythms we all share—whether in the angular works of Martha Graham or in the natural choreographies of daily life.
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Alamy; The Atlantic How Charles Dickens Made the Novel New
A new biography argues that the year 1851 marked an artistic renewal for the author.
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Millennium Images / Gallery Stock Feeling Bad? Read These Books to Feel Better.
Wallowing in our worst moods can be enthralling, and even educational.
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Adam Maida / The Atlantic Why Are We So Spiteful?
Our culture is pettily vindictive in part because it is unequal. But we cannot punish our way to a more just society.
