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David Lynch on Where Great Ideas Come From
In an animated interview, the filmmaker gives advice on creativity.
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Laura Morton Mantras Before Math Class
After growing up with Transcendental Meditation as a spiritual practice, the author visits public schools where it’s being used as a simple tool for stress-reduction and well-being.
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Who Said It—John Steinbeck or Gertrude Stein?
Below are some quotes from Atlantic Monthly essays published many, many decades ago. The identities of the authors are hidden…
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What Was It Really Like to Escape East Germany?
Back in 1961, when Germany was at its most fiercely divided, The Atlantic published a collection of interviews with East…
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Track of the Day: 'This Moment'
This morning was the first day of school for my youngest child. After I watched her disappear through…
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Jack London Defends Labor-Union 'Terrorism'
In hindsight, Jack London probably wasn’t quite the right fit for The Atlantic. When he sent his first submission in…
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When You Accidentally Join a Jewish Frat
Here’s a back-to-school story about frat life in 1916. Back then, there were no late-night co-ed parties and no crude…
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Joe Samberg The Death of the Hippies
The photographer Joe Samberg remembers how drugs destroyed the Telegraph Avenue scene.
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Lauren Giordano / The Atlantic The Evolution of Alternative Medicine
When it comes to treating pain and chronic disease, many doctors are turning to treatments like acupuncture and meditation—but using them as part of a larger, integrative approach to health.
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Library of Congress The Best Sentence in Atlantic History?
After the Battle of Antietam, Oliver Wendell Holmes wrote a gripping story about his search for his wounded son. But one of the most memorable lines had nothing to do with the Civil War.
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Random House/The Atlantic How Nick Hornby Keeps His Writing Fresh
The author of Funny Girl, Fever Pitch, and High Fidelity champions the virtue in adapting other people's work and explains why he never wants to write a sequel.
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Paramount Pictures The Jewish Cartoonists Who Reinvented Christmas
Pay close attention as you watch Paramount Pictures’ classic holiday animations: You may spot a six-pointed star on the Christmas tree.
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Keith Morris/PR image How the Internet (and Volkswagen) Made a Dead Folksinger Into a Star
Nick Drake, who died 40 years ago, was too ethereal to compete with 1970s showmen like David Bowie and Elton John. But he was the perfect musician for the digital era.
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March of Dimes The Anti-Vaccine Movement Is Forgetting the Polio Epidemic
On the 100th anniversary of Jonas Salk's birth, his son Peter talks about the backlash against vaccines and other human factors that make it difficult to eradicate deadly viruses.
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Reuters B.J. Novak Proves That Kids' Books Don't Need Pictures
The former actor and writer for The Office has found a mischievous way to entertain preschoolers through the written word alone.
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AP Photo The Op-Ed Woody Allen Should Have Written
His New York Times reply to his daughter's accusations only made a terrible situation worse.
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Rainbow Quest: Pete Seeger's Strange, Magical 1960s TV Show
The ultra-collaborative folksinger wasn't quite sure what to make of the television medium. But for a brief period, he made it entirely his own.
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The Deathbed Confessions of William Butler Yeats
When the poet died 75 years ago, three of his most brutal poems were in the current issue of The Atlantic.
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How Kids Dealt With the Stress of Desegregation
Before Norman Rockwell immortalized Ruby Bridges in a painting, an Atlantic writer followed her for two years and reported on her daily battles.
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Why Superheroes Still Can't Have It All
Sage Stossel, author of the graphic novel Starling, talks about her unconventional heroine, her creative process, and her own memories of growing up with an anxious brother.
