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“Backstitch,” a novel by Marian Mitchell Donahue, examines the stark contrast between public talent and private troubles.

In “El Paso,” Jazmine Ulloa paints her hometown as a microcosm for all that is good and bad about the United States.

Our columnist on the month’s best new mysteries.

Jesse Appell left everything behind to pursue a comedy career in China, where Western-style club comedy was just finding its footing.

In Maria Stepanova’s novel “The Disappearing Act,” an accidental stopover in a foreign town leads to personal change.

James Cahill’s “The Violet Hour” contrasts the artifice of blue-chip modern art with the messy personal lives of the people who create and consume it.

These 13 bloodthirsty tales will keep you up at night with clever thrills and heart-pounding action.

She came up with the term as the title of a 1990 conference but saw its later popularity as a little superficial.

Emily Brontë’s classic Gothic romance is the basis for a new movie. It’s also more bonkers than you remember.

“Starry and Restless,” by Julia Cooke, delivers an immersive account of the pathbreaking careers of Rebecca West, Martha Gellhorn and Emily Hahn.