Gal Beckerman
@galbeckerman
Senior editor for books at @TheAtlantic, formerly @nytimesbooks, and author, most recently, of "The Quiet Before: On the Unexpected Origins of Radical Ideas."
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http://www.galbeckerman.com/ 12-05-2009 07:57:30
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These eight cookbooks are titles you will want to read front to back, writes Xena Worrier Princess. Each is written with care and enthusiasm, not just for the practice of cooking but for the experience of eating. theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
'A certain type of person will tell you that they read cookbooks like they do novels.'
Killer list from Xena Worrier Princess
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.Michael A. Cohen (NOT TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER) has an important article in @theAtlantic about western progressives who deny mass rape by Hamas terrorists. theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… It should be read in conjunction with Gal Beckerman piece on Fanon, who hailed rape as revolutionary praxis theatlantic.com/books/archive/…
'Why do some species reside comfortably within our circles of concern, while others squat shivering beyond the firelight, waiting for us to welcome them in?'
Ben Goldfarb on Bill Wasik and Monica Murphy's new book, 'Our Kindred Creatures'
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'Why do some species reside comfortably within our circles of concern, while others squat shivering beyond the firelight?'
For The Atlantic, I reviewed OUR KINDRED CREATURES, a thorough new book on the early history of the animal welfare movement.
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Per Sant Jordi, paradeta al Passeig de Gràcia, entre Aragó i Consell de Cent, gairebé davant de la Casa Batlló, amb els companys #vibop_edicions i La Segona Perifèria . Veniu a veuren's!
'His ability to survive as a writer and a human being depends on not forever being a man who was knifed.'
George Packer on Salman Rushdie's new memoir, 'Knife.'
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To Gal Beckerman, the strange and beautiful book 'The Children's Bach' is a striking picture of how ravaged a life can be when unmoored from any responsibility, and of how necessary it is to take care of others in order to feel whole. theatlantic.com/newsletters/ar…
For this week's #TheAtlanticBooksBriefing , I tell you why you really, really need to read Helen Garner.
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'A riveting study of a 'typical' 20th-century Irish family, one both destroyed and bound together by its secrets.'
Maggie Doherty on Clair Wills's new memoir, 'Missing Persons — Or, My Grandmother's secrets'
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For The Atlantic, I wrote about six cult classics that I adore. As always, thank you so much to Emma Sarappo for the edits!
(*whispers* Please don't come at me about whether or not these are indeed cult classics? *whispers*)
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'It’s a fast, graceful dance. Point of view is passed from one character to another and back again, like a ballerina being spun from one dancer’s arm to the next.'
Judith Shulevitz on Helen Garner's mind-blowing novels.
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Can’t remember the last time a piece brought me so much outrageous pleasure. Gary Shteyngart is a national treasure. theatlantic.com/magazine/archi…
In January, Gary Shteyngart embarked on the inaugural voyage of the Icon of Seas. He shares what the experience taught him about life at sea, loneliness, and America in our May issue. theatln.tc/t6ooX4Hl