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In “What Happened to the McCrays?” middle-aged high school sweethearts share an unbearable history.

A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance.

As a young conservative, David Brock smeared Hill, who accused the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment. Now, in a new book, Brock is denouncing Thomas and the court’s rightward tilt — and contending with his own complicated past.

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.

As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion’s memoir about loss.

Adalyn Grace, the author of the “Belladonna” series and the “All the Stars and Teeth” duology, recommends her favorite young adult novels with heroines torn between competing romantic interests.

The British writer Yomi Adegoke initially supported the anonymous spreadsheets that began appearing online in 2017. A journey to a more ambivalent position inspired her debut novel, “The List.”