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Anna Holmes

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Editor/writer; aspiring cat lady. Formerly @jezebel, etc. New book, “The Power of No,” out on 9/1/26.

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Editor, writer (Glamour, NY Times, Washington Post, Newsweek, Sports Illustrated, New Yorker.com, many others.) Founder: Jezebel.

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Newsletters Are the New Matchmakers Original

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By Anna Holmes Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Last month in Los Angeles, John Fulton reported the following: Cafe Stella has not only reopened—it also might get a pool. Maru needs baristas for its Los Feliz location. The Salkin House, gorgeously restored, has found a buyer. Oh, and a 38-year-old guy who dislikes Los Angeles Police Department helicopters is single and open to dating.
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Seven Books to Read Before You Turn 22

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By Anna Holmes Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Young people on the cusp of adulthood are full of big questions: Who am I? Who do I want to be? And how do I find my way through the world? There aren’t always firm answers to be found—I wish I’d understood, in my 20s, that “figuring things out” is a lifelong endeavor with no guarantee of success. But even though there’s no one predetermined path to follow, that doesn’t mean we can’t learn from the examples of those who have come before us.
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The Joy of Children’s Books—For Adults

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By Anna Holmes Verified
| The Atlantic Verified
Please don’t judge me, but in March 2020, when I moved across the country, I got rid of six boxes of books, including many classic works of literature and nonfiction. Gone were titles by Jane Austen (Northanger Abbey—I’d rather reread Pride and Prejudice) and Charles Dickens (A Tale of Two Cities—plain old disinterest). Moby-Dick went (I’d tried for years, and failed). So did Joan Didion’s Political Fictions and Robert Caro’s The Power Broker (just never got around to them).
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