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Honor Jones on Art, Literature, and Motherhood

publication · 2026-05-10

Honor Jones, senior editor at The Atlantic, recommends visiting the Met to work, punctuating the day with art and croissants. She cherishes Jacques Sarazin's sculpture 'Leda and the Swan' in Gallery 548. Jones praises Lauren Groff's story collection 'Brawler' and the opening of Groff's novel 'Matrix'. Her own novel 'Sleep' is coming out in paperback next week. She enjoys the HBO show 'Rooster' starring Steve Carell, and recommends Chang-rae Lee's upcoming novel 'A Tender Age' and Don DeLillo's 'The Names'. She is a fan of Serra Naiman's horse-rating videos on Instagram. The newsletter also mentions 'The Rise of Emotional Surveillance' by Ellen Cushing, about AI emotion-detection app MorphCast.

Key facts

  • Honor Jones is a senior editor at The Atlantic.
  • She recommends visiting the Met to work and look at art.
  • She cherishes Jacques Sarazin's sculpture 'Leda and the Swan'.
  • She praises Lauren Groff's story collection 'Brawler' and the opening of 'Matrix'.
  • Her novel 'Sleep' is coming out in paperback next week.
  • She enjoys the HBO show 'Rooster' starring Steve Carell.
  • She recommends Chang-rae Lee's upcoming novel 'A Tender Age' and Don DeLillo's 'The Names'.
  • She is a fan of Serra Naiman's horse-rating videos on Instagram.

Entities

Artists

  • Honor Jones
  • Jacques Sarazin
  • Lauren Groff
  • Chang-rae Lee
  • Don DeLillo
  • Serra Naiman
  • Steve Carell
  • Ellen Cushing

Institutions

  • The Atlantic
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
  • HBO
  • Netflix
  • Disney+

Locations

  • New York City
  • United States

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