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The author Janie Chang recommends novels about people who push back against the expectations of their time.

Belle Burden shook off her natural reserve to turn her viral divorce essay into “Strangers,” a bracing memoir.

Starring in the 1992 film adaptation helped launch an eclectic career. “Ongoing” is the book that accompanies a retrospective on her work.

“Prince Faggot,” “Figaro/Faggots” and other productions use the word to shock, provoke, reclaim it for gay men or all of the above. Does that make it OK?

How one era changed everything about the culture — and why we’re so nostalgic for its creations.

My students’ easy access to chatbots forced me to make humanities instruction even more human.

“Come See Me in the Good Light” follows the writer and their wife as they experienced the pain of cancer and also the joy of living.

Restrictions on publishers and sellers have grown more severe. Volumes are being pulled from shelves or redacted like secret documents, but bookstores remain important sources of community.

“Down Cemetery Road,” with Ruth Wilson and Emma Thompson, arrives on Apple TV on Wednesday. It’s the latest thriller based on books by Herron, the “Slow Horses” author.

I named my daughter after Lyra, his intrepid protagonist. Now, in the final installment of the blockbuster fantasy saga, we get to see how she turned out.