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Tara Roberts, who lives in Atlanta, has spent much of the past six years below the sea, exploring shipwrecks that date back to the transatlantic slave trade. Her new book, Written in the Waters: A Memoir of History, Home and Belonging, is a reflective quest through history, equal parts memoir and narrative reporting, which explores the ocean and the way it bears silent witness to the atrocities of our colonial past.

These pages are an excerpt from the third book by internationally renowned kitchen, bath, and product designer Matthew Quinn, which will be released this month: Quintessential Kitchens and Collaborations by Matthew Quinn: Volume Three presents 16 exquisite projects consisting of kitchens, baths, dressing rooms, and other treasured spaces within a uniquely curated collection of client homes and design inspiration.

During the pandemic Peter Essick, an award-winning photographer who often shoots for National Geographic, was spending a lot of time on the road. Commuting regularly from his home in Stone Mountain for a project at the Fernbank Museum in North Druid Hills, Essick began to notice all the construction projects popping up along the route. “From the road, all that construction wasn’t that visually interesting,” Essick says. “But then I started thinking, what would it look like from a drone?” With that idea, a new project was born.

James Burns’s Instagram post last December immediately upstaged all of the food porn, cat videos, and workout thirst traps on the app. Even the doomscrollers parked their thumbs for a minute. Through a series of four black-and-white comic panels, the Athens-based graphic designer told followers that he had been diagnosed with prostate cancer.

Deb Miller Landau first wrote about the haunting 1987 murder of Lita McClinton Sullivan for Atlanta magazine. Her new book on the case has gained national attention.

Darryl Rhoades has been a fixture of the Atlanta music and comedy scene since the 1970s. He recently published a memoir, The Road To Almost: The Lean Years . . . 1950-2024, that is infused with stories about the early rock scene in Atlanta, his often wild stage antics, and his keen sense of humor. Rhoades recently spoke with us about the book.

If you’ve walked through Bold Monk Brewing, Ladybird, or other Atlanta hotspots recently, you might have noticed something unusual: a group of people independently reading in collective silence. Stumbling upon a Silent Book Club event might seem unnerving without context, but the meetup is an increasingly popular way for people to read, socialize, and explore Atlanta.

12-time Emmy-winning global drag superstar RuPaul fondly recalls his star-making days in Atlanta in the late 1970s and early 80s in his new memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, released this week. Here are five of the most Atlanta-centric moments recounted in the new book.

You are what you eat. It’s a simple philosophy, and one that Agatha Achindu, who recently released her newest cookbook, Bountiful Cooking: Wholesome Everyday Meals to Nourish You and Your Family, grew up with. The Atlanta nutritionist, speaker, chef, teacher, and founder of national baby food brand Yummy Spoonfuls believes that incorporating vibrant fruits and vegetables into your daily diet is the ticket to a healthy life.

Fake dating, enemies-to-lovers, second chance—these are just some of the romance tropes authors must defend in Battle of the Tropes. It’s part of the first-ever Love Y’all Book Fest, where hundreds of readers descend upon Decatur’s Courtyard Marriott for romance author panels, signings, keynotes, and even exclusive meet-and-greets from February 16-18.