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Megan C. Reynolds takes on the biggest linguistic battle of our age.

A daughter of privilege, she mixed social satire with murder in a series of addictive mysteries.

“Mansfield Park” continues to complicate the writer’s legacy 250 years after her birth. Lauren Groff explains how the novel’s dark themes and complex ironies help keep Austen weird.

Despite a gorgeous score and some fine performances, the musical adaptation of the Madeleine L’Engle classic gets trapped in a time loop.

Twisty summer thrillers, magical romances, a true story of a marriage pushed to the brink and more.

He was a pioneering figure in Black British art whose rebellious, symbol-rich images explored race, queerness, desire and spirituality.

Our critic on the month’s best new books.

André Breton’s 1928 novel “Nadja” pays homage to a great love and to a great city.

Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is the topic of this month’s discussion.

He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point.