Boris Kachka
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Books editor at @TheAtlantic. Formerly @latimes, @NYMag, author (Hothouse).
New York, NY
Joined June 2007
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:
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If you’re trying to find someone who doesn’t want to be found, you don’t go to the obvious places.
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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':
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A recent book suggests that Latin American democracy may hold lessons for the current U.S. political moment
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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?".
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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":
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As a writer and an editor, she put humanity plainly on the page, where it would outlast her and her critics alike.
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Proud to have helped work on Emma Sarappo's defining @TheAtlantic essay about a generation that grew up with the "entitlement" of basic rights:
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Young LGBTQ people are facing the prospect of losing rights they thought they’d never have to worry about.
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RT @galbeckerman: I wrote about France's smoking ban. and me.
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As France bans cigarettes in most public places, it stands to lose a strong cultural signifier.
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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.
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RT @tcberman: Elon Musk and Trump are feuding to distract you from @caityweaver's first story in The Atlantic. Don't let them win! Read the….
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My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.
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RT @AdrienneLaF: 🚨🚨🚨@CaityWeaver in The Atlantic! Caity Weaver in The Atlantic!
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My quest for a true literary experience resulted in choucroute, a surprise organ feast, an epiphany at the Louvre, existential dread, and a rowboat.
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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:
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The Atlantic’s writers and editors have chosen fiction and nonfiction to match all sorts of moods.
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Late April, when LA weather pays New York a brief visit, shortly followed by LA people.
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'1984' was about 1948. @LailaLalami explains why her new dystopia, 'The Dream Hotel,' is about the past decade of advancing surveillance and eroding privacy:
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Imagine a surveillance state powerful enough to incarcerate people for the wrong dreams. In 2025, it doesn’t feel like such a leap.
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I went back to LA for a minute.
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Trump’s executive orders have made it downstream to authors.
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Jarvis Forever (and other basic observations).
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Culture and entertainment musts from Boris Kachka
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