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The director James Mangold discusses the things we may never understand about the folk legend.

The writer Kelsey McKinney tries to wrestle with our guiltiest pleasure.

John Broderick’s “The Pilgrimage” plumbs the rich interior lives of a devout gay man and his wife, without judgment.

In the psychological thriller “Casualties of Truth,” by Lauren Francis-Sharma, a woman and a country are both forced to face the harrowing violence that has shaped them.

In “Talk to Me,” Rich Benjamin investigates his family’s harrowing past to better understand the troubles that continued to plague them.

Two new novels riff on fairy tales to explore mothers with unusual hungers and daughters trying to survive them.

He blended pop philosophy and absurdist comedy in best-selling books like “Even Cowgirls Get the Blues” and “Skinny Legs and All.”

We asked professional organizers to share their favorite books.

In Callan Wink’s new novel, two brothers struggling to make ends meet are forced to turn to shady ventures.

These refreshingly authentic and playful picture books celebrate the many kinds of love that can fill kids’ lives.