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This unsparingly grim Netflix western draws from a tradition of works eager to push beyond sanitized frontier myths. Here’s a supplementary guide.

He laid the foundation for sociolinguistics, and he showed that structures like class and race shaped speech as much as where someone lives.

Walter Mosley talks about how his fictional hero frees himself from wage labor through America’s favorite side hustle: landlording.

You don’t have to know an orc from a Mumakil to enjoy the new animated adventure, though it’ll certainly help.

The poet set the course for her revolutionary career early, and charted it faithfully for decades by staying true to her vision and herself.

Like many Americans of his background, Luigi Mangione’s bookish aspirations were defined by what everybody else was reading, or thought they should be reading.

The Soviet regime killed a generation of literary artists in the 1930s. Their legacy is being reclaimed as Ukraine fights to preserve its cultural heritage.

For the holidays, T asked readers to write in about their hardest-to-shop-for loved ones. Here, our editors respond with their suggestions.

We want to know what stuck with you this year. What were the best things you watched, read and heard?

Percival Everett’s “James” is the favorite for the prestigious literary award. But the likes of Rachel Kushner’s “Creation Lake” or Samantha Harvey’s “Orbital” could take the prize instead.