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How the rise and fall of the nihilist hipster gave us the cruel reactionaries of today.

Even the previously uncollected work in “The Poems of Seamus Heaney” shows a master craftsman in full control of his powers.

At 79, he is wrapping up the fantastical saga set in motion with “His Dark Materials,” while still loath to discuss how his work comments on current events.

An influential scholar, she challenged centuries of biblical interpretation that presumed that women were unequal to men in the eyes of God.

An influential scholar, she challenged centuries of biblical interpretation that presumed that women were unequal to men in the eyes of God.

Works by Jane Godwin, Joshua David Stein and Matthew Diffee find new lenses through which to explore an old subject, in lovely and surprising ways.

The new and selected poems in Ada Limón’s “Startlement” reveal her to be garrulous, funny and heart-on-sleeve even when she’s being a little wicked.

Our columnist on notable new releases.

Based on his popular Substack, the iconoclastic author’s new book is a warning against the dangers of turning innovation into a secular faith.

An intense exchange with Marilyn Monroe sounds silly. But in a new book, Justin Smith-Ruiu is dead serious about what we might learn from altered states.