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The singer, who has not given a face-to-face interview since 2018, has avoided traditional public appearances for “The Woman in Me,” which is still finding audiences.

An editor recommends Lorrie Moore’s “Birds of America” and Mary Webb’s “Precious Bane”

The Tony winner and author talked about the Broadway shows she’ll see once she can stay up late again, and the podcast that comforted her during the pandemic.

In Rachel Eliza Griffith’s debut novel, “Promise,” the Kindreds find they can’t escape past mistakes.

A rare pamphlet about Christopher Columbus’s first voyage is on sale at Christie’s, which said it had taken pains to ensure this one wasn’t forged or stolen.

“Temple Folk,” Aaliyah Bilal’s collection of stories featuring Black American Muslims, was inspired by her family’s experiences with the Nation of Islam.

“Raw Dog,” by the comedian Jamie Loftus, is an investigative memoir that’s part gonzo travelogue and part takedown of the factory farming system.

His writing is spare and existential, often focusing on the interior lives of rather solitary characters.

His writing is spare and existential, often focusing on the interior lives of rather solitary characters.

Book Review editors discuss their love of listening to books out loud.