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In “Making It in America,” Rachel Slade examines the challenges of domestic production through the lens of one Maine company.

Cynthia Zarin’s first novel, “Inverno,” is a tale of a woman’s incurable longing and haunted past.

Álvaro Enrigue’s “You Dreamed of Empires” is a hallucinatory tale of the conquistadors’ arrival at Moctezuma’s gates.

In “Poor Deer,” Claire Oshetsky explores the long shadow of a tragedy with devastating consequences.

New books collecting objects central to rap’s physical history demonstrate the importance of celebrating these relics before they vanish.

The fate of Harvard’s president is the latest evidence of a deep crisis in American academia.

We asked experts in psychology, nutrition and body image for their top picks.

In “How to Be a Renaissance Woman,” the historian Jill Burke explores the aesthetic expectations of an era — and just how they were achieved. (Recipes included.)

In his new memoir, “Uncross Your Legs,” Stan Herman chronicles a lifetime of adventures in apparel (and out).

From her idyllic estate, Beatrice Monti della Corte oversees a writer’s residency that has provided inspiration, camaraderie, and leisurely, wine-fueled meals to some of the foremost storytellers of our time.