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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.

A growing number of video stars are using their online clout to break into the publishing world — and top the best-seller lists.

A rancher turned hero finds himself elected to the Statehouse in the novel “Mr. Texas.”

The suit, filed with the Authors Guild, accuses the A.I. company of infringing on authors’ copyrights, claiming it used their books to train its ChatGPT chatbot.