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Her novels and nonfiction provided alternatives to the Western- and male-centric views of modern India offered by writers like E.M. Forster.

Read in both English and Spanish by Juanita Devis, the Argentine writer’s verses trace his descent into blindness.

Two years into a surge in book banning efforts across the country, restrictions that were largely happening in school libraries, where they affected children, are now affecting the wider community as well.

The veteran columnist and author has covered athletic endeavors for so long, he’s witnessed a revolution.

The easy way of seeing the world begins to look like a socially convenient illusion.

Brian Merchant’s “Blood in the Machine” compares the labor struggles of the Industrial Revolution to today’s abusive gig economy.

“I often look back on a book I thought was wonderful and inspiring and found it to be maudlin and flowery or have some other defect of character I overlooked,” says the journalist, whose new book is the novel “Mr. Texas.” “It could be that literary

Eliza Clark’s debut novel was a hit on TikTok. With her next book, “Penance,” she aims for literary longevity over viral success.

Aparna Nancherla always put her mental health struggles at the center of her comedy. Then they got so bad she couldn’t perform.

In “Foreign Bodies,” Simon Schama studies pandemics past and present, and how much — and little — we have learned.