katherine hu
@katherinehu.bsky.social
assistant editor + fiction/poetry @theatlantic
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katherine hu
@katherinehu.bsky.social
· Feb 19
Growing Up Murdoch
James Murdoch on mind games, sibling rivalry, and the war for the family media empire
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The Atlantic's April cover story is a real feat. It was an honor to work with @mckaycoppins.bsky.social on it over the past year:
"The fight over the trust was the culmination of a decades-long story—one that James decided he was finally ready to tell."
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"The fight over the trust was the culmination of a decades-long story—one that James decided he was finally ready to tell."
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...
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“You will never tell me, / even if I could close / the broken skin of heaven / with my mouth.”
Read a new poem by Imogen Cassels:
Read a new poem by Imogen Cassels:
Recall
A poem
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December 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM
“You will never tell me, / even if I could close / the broken skin of heaven / with my mouth.”
Read a new poem by Imogen Cassels:
Read a new poem by Imogen Cassels:
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The Atlantic’s editors pick their favorite books of the year—10 titles that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering. See the full list: theatln.tc/gaJVrZ7O
December 4, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The Atlantic’s editors pick their favorite books of the year—10 titles that distinguish themselves as worth reading and remembering. See the full list: theatln.tc/gaJVrZ7O
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Amidst more and more cases of "AI psychosis," I talked to psychiatrists to figure out we do—and more importantly don't—know about how chatbots may be producing or exacerbating severe psychological distress.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
‘AI Psychosis’ Is a Medical Mystery
Researchers are scrambling to figure out why chatbots appear to lead some people to delusional thinking.
www.theatlantic.com
December 4, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Amidst more and more cases of "AI psychosis," I talked to psychiatrists to figure out we do—and more importantly don't—know about how chatbots may be producing or exacerbating severe psychological distress.
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
www.theatlantic.com/technology/2...
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Thank you @theatlantic.com
--editors,staff & journalists. Amazing to work with.
This poem is actually for you.
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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
--editors,staff & journalists. Amazing to work with.
This poem is actually for you.
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www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
The Eloquence
A poem by Jorie Graham
www.theatlantic.com
November 30, 2025 at 6:49 PM
Thank you @theatlantic.com
--editors,staff & journalists. Amazing to work with.
This poem is actually for you.
( turn phone or tablet sideways to restore lines)
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
--editors,staff & journalists. Amazing to work with.
This poem is actually for you.
( turn phone or tablet sideways to restore lines)
www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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School photos are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them. Annie Midori Atherton on the portrait’s enduring appeal:
What’s the Point of School Photos Anymore?
The portraits are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them.
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December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
School photos are kitschy and expensive—but parents can’t seem to stop buying them. Annie Midori Atherton on the portrait’s enduring appeal:
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You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
December 1, 2025 at 1:08 PM
You ever think the guy with the Tiny Desk just wants to get back to work?
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“Let me / be more bound to my living in each moment, be held / by this hum, that cloud, this breath, that shroud.”
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
This Beautiful Confusion
A poem
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 6:45 PM
“Let me / be more bound to my living in each moment, be held / by this hum, that cloud, this breath, that shroud.”
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
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“Let me / be more bound to my living in each moment, be held / by this hum, that cloud, this breath, that shroud.”
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
This Beautiful Confusion
A poem
bit.ly
November 24, 2025 at 4:15 AM
“Let me / be more bound to my living in each moment, be held / by this hum, that cloud, this breath, that shroud.”
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
Read a new poem by Traci Brimhall:
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Guess what? Time to preorder this book! Killing Spree.
@fsgbooks.bsky.social thank you for agreeing to this beautiful cover...❤️❤️🙏
@fsgbooks.bsky.social thank you for agreeing to this beautiful cover...❤️❤️🙏
November 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Guess what? Time to preorder this book! Killing Spree.
@fsgbooks.bsky.social thank you for agreeing to this beautiful cover...❤️❤️🙏
@fsgbooks.bsky.social thank you for agreeing to this beautiful cover...❤️❤️🙏
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Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Women Keep Ruining the Workplace!!
Before they arrived, of course, everything was perfect.
www.theatlantic.com
November 21, 2025 at 12:41 PM
Before women, the workplace was perfect. It was full of trees. There was no need to labor with your hands. You didn’t have to wear pants, or any form of clothes. Every kind of animal was there.
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
Hmm I may be thinking of something else women supposedly ruined www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/...
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A retrospective at MOMA puts forth a persuasive case for Ruth Asawa, an artist who saw making her work and living with others as inextricably entwined. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/ruth-asawas-art-of-defiant-hospitality
Ruth Asawa’s Art of Defiant Hospitality
A retrospective at MOMA puts forth a persuasive case for an artist who saw making her work and living with others as inextricably entwined.
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 9:00 PM
A retrospective at MOMA puts forth a persuasive case for Ruth Asawa, an artist who saw making her work and living with others as inextricably entwined. https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2025/11/24/ruth-asawas-art-of-defiant-hospitality
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It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null
What Did Men Do to Deserve This?
Changes in the economy and in the culture seem to have hit them hard. Scott Galloway believes they need an “aspirational vision of masculinity.”
www.newyorker.com
November 17, 2025 at 7:30 PM
It’s become conventional wisdom that America’s young men are in crisis. The reality is more complicated than that. https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/what-did-men-do-to-deserve-this?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dhtwitter&utm_content=null
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Five people facing increasing health-care costs share their frustrations with Democrats for caving on a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
‘My Premium Will Go From $350 to $2,780 a Month’
Five people facing increasing health-care costs share their frustrations with Democrats for caving on a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
www.thecut.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:24 PM
Five people facing increasing health-care costs share their frustrations with Democrats for caving on a deal to end the longest government shutdown in U.S. history.
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spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
November 10, 2025 at 7:32 PM
spoke with the executive director of my local food bank today and got this really incredible line: "if you donate 1 can of green beans, we can give away 1 can of green beans. but if you donate a dollar, we can give away 6 cans of green beans"
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“Aphids toiled brittle stems as we met the dike / to rob snakehead limbs of their fruit. I gathered / persimmons, podgy maypops.”
Read a new poem by Carson Colenbaugh:
Read a new poem by Carson Colenbaugh:
Love Song Set to a Tune of Gathering
A poem
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November 9, 2025 at 9:15 PM
“Aphids toiled brittle stems as we met the dike / to rob snakehead limbs of their fruit. I gathered / persimmons, podgy maypops.”
Read a new poem by Carson Colenbaugh:
Read a new poem by Carson Colenbaugh:
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In the end, Andrew Cuomo’s long record was a gift to Zohran Mamdani. “What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity—and what you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience,” Mamdani told Cuomo in a debate.
The Mamdani Era Begins
His opponents tried to smear him for his youth, inexperience, and leftist politics. But New Yorkers didn’t want a hardened political insider to be mayor—they wanted Zohran Mamdani.
newyorkermag.visitlink.me
November 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
In the end, Andrew Cuomo’s long record was a gift to Zohran Mamdani. “What I don’t have in experience, I make up for in integrity—and what you don’t have in integrity, you could never make up for in experience,” Mamdani told Cuomo in a debate.
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The Trump administration released a final rule on Thursday that restricted who could participate in a student loan forgiveness program for public servants. Critics say the new rule gives the government broad tools to politicize the program and target groups that do not align with its values.
Trump Rule Could Ban Some Public Servants From Student Loan Forgiveness
A new rule could disqualify certain employers from the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program that are deemed to be engaged in “illegal activities.”
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October 30, 2025 at 8:25 PM
The Trump administration released a final rule on Thursday that restricted who could participate in a student loan forgiveness program for public servants. Critics say the new rule gives the government broad tools to politicize the program and target groups that do not align with its values.
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“And think— / just think / how light the head can be, / releasing velvet-covered extensions of the past.”
Read a new poem by Carolina Hotchandani:
Read a new poem by Carolina Hotchandani:
Casting
A poem
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October 27, 2025 at 8:30 PM
“And think— / just think / how light the head can be, / releasing velvet-covered extensions of the past.”
Read a new poem by Carolina Hotchandani:
Read a new poem by Carolina Hotchandani:
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“I never crossed a border—only watched the land shift like a tired animal, folding / itself around my feet until I belonged to a country I didn’t name.”
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Mouth of the River, Tongue of No Country
A poem
bit.ly
October 20, 2025 at 1:45 AM
“I never crossed a border—only watched the land shift like a tired animal, folding / itself around my feet until I belonged to a country I didn’t name.”
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
Read a new poem by Darrel Alejandro Holnes:
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I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
The Last Days of the Pentagon Press Corps
I’ve been evicted from a building I’ve covered for 18 years. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
bit.ly
October 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
I’ve been evicted from the Pentagon, a building I’ve covered for 18 years, Nancy A. Youssef writes. I’ll keep doing my job anyway.
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Zohran Mamdani is a prototype for a new generation of American politicians, an Obama administration official who has been advising him said: “He’s the first to arrive on the shore, but, just over the horizon, you can see more ships coming in.” http://nyer.cm/4yV6gng
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Zohran Mamdani is a prototype for a new generation of American politicians, an Obama administration official who has been advising him said: “He’s the first to arrive on the shore, but, just over the horizon, you can see more ships coming in.” http://nyer.cm/4yV6gng
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wrote about a vibe shift that's been bugging me
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
When Real Relationships Start to Look Parasocial
Changes in social media and private messaging are making communication feel like content to consume.
www.theatlantic.com
October 16, 2025 at 5:20 PM
wrote about a vibe shift that's been bugging me
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
www.theatlantic.com/family/2025/...
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In the 1967 poem "Early December in Croton-on-Hudson," Louise Glück recalls a blown tire on a trip to deliver Christmas presents. Read it here:
Poem: Early December in Croton-on-Hudson
A poem by Louise Glück, published in The Atlantic in 1967
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October 14, 2025 at 5:15 PM
In the 1967 poem "Early December in Croton-on-Hudson," Louise Glück recalls a blown tire on a trip to deliver Christmas presents. Read it here: