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Zac Petit's rundown of the best book covers of April, including Arsh Raziuddin's haunting design for "Knife," Salman Rushdie's memoir about his recovery…

The Books Briefing: The Wellness Dystopia Kate Cray In the author Chang-rae Lee’s novel My Year Abroad, a man travels to China to peddle a dubiously effective but very addictive health drink to wellness-obsessed consumers. The story is fiction, but the desire to buy your way to health is real. Think of the popularity of Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop brand, which has grown into an empire complete with a TV show and a series of books, all promoting the idea that well-being can be pu...

What Two Late-Night Shows Learned From Covering Trump Shirley Li © Shutterstock / Arsh Raziuddin / The Atlantic Trump has been a singular challenge for writers in the late-night landscape. Kristen Bartlett’s entire TV comedy-writing career has revolved around Donald Trump’s presidency. She became a writer on Saturday Night Live in 2016, before joining the staff of the late-night series Full Frontal With Samantha Bee in 2018. And between the two shows, she’s spent four...