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In “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” Gregg Hecimovich pieces together the story of a woman who fled slavery, and whose manuscript was lost for more than 150 years.

While doing rescue work with snappers and tortoises, Sy Montgomery made a few observations that could come in handy in the literary world.

The Nobel Prizes will be announced beginning Monday.

In “Chinese Menu,” Grace Lin takes readers and eaters on a food tour that dates back to 7000 B.C.

For years, the director puzzled over an adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Then he let the characters say things they weren’t meant to.

The veteran columnist and author has covered athletic endeavors for so long, he’s witnessed a revolution.

The fruits of a free-ranging reading week were a fascinating book on China and a political science paper that explains a quirk of far-right politics.

The artist Mosie Romney envisions new releases by Major Jackson, Ayana Mathis and more.

In “The Country of the Blind,” Andrew Leland explores the history, the culture and the experiences of blind people.

In Polly Stewart’s novel, “The Good Ones,” a professor investigates what happened when her best friend vanished 20 years earlier.