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A maid resists her employers; citizens resist their country.

The birth of a pioneering Black dance company comes alive in Karen Valby’s “The Swans of Harlem.”

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.

New novels from R.O. Kwon, Kevin Kwan and Miranda July; a reappraisal of Carolyn Bessette-Kennedy; memoirs from Brittney Griner and Kathleen Hanna — and more.

Carl Sandburg’s boyhood; Carolyn Forché’s political awakening.

How Percival Everett and Barbara Kingsolver reimagined classic works by Mark Twain and Charles Dickens.

A stroll around the city with a great stylist; a comic novel of love and real estate.

A tax manifesto by Edmund Wilson and a money-themed story collection.

The publisher has gone through a lot of changes since its founding in 1924. Its current chief executive, Jonathan Karp, talks about the company’s history and its hopes for the future.

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times.