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A new photo book reorients dusty notions of a classic American pastime.

Harvard’s recent decision to remove the binding of a notorious volume in its library has thrown fresh light on a shadowy corner of the rare book world.

Three books describe the work of government investigators who want to uncover or bury the truth.

Jamaica Kincaid and Kara Walker unearth botany’s buried history.

Two hundred years after his death, this Romantic poet is still worth reading.

Three decades after his death, his work is still sold on products and in stores. But his concept of public art is most powerfully preserved on the street.

The composer Matthew Aucoin, Graham’s former student, and the director Peter Sellars have adapted her poems into the operatic “Music for New Bodies.”

The author of the best-selling book series said she had been undergoing treatment for glioblastoma, an aggressive brain tumor, after a diagnosis in 2022.

The author, known for her “Persepolis” series, is releasing a new illustrated book about the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement, inspired by the death of Mahsa Amini.

Inside the book conservation lab at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.