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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.

Bookshelves, typewriters, pills and booze: Writing spaces can evoke romance, glamour and despair at once.

For the first time in 20 years, a sweeping new wine book examines France thoroughly. What’s new may be surprising.