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In “The Life and Times of Hannah Crafts,” Gregg Hecimovich pieces together the story of a woman who fled slavery, and whose manuscript was lost for more than 150 years.

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.

She was hailed for her books and admired for promoting women’s rights. But her support for a two-state solution to the Palestinian conflict angered many.

As a young conservative, David Brock smeared Hill, who accused the Supreme Court justice of sexual harassment. Now, in a new book, Brock is denouncing Thomas and the court’s rightward tilt — and contending with his own complicated past.

As his own life unfolds, an artist reconsiders his reaction to Joan Didion’s memoir about loss.

A leading historian of antisemitism, he countered the prevailing narrative of Jewish victimhood and later pushed back against efforts to diminish the Holocaust’s significance.

Only by writing could the acclaimed novelist Yiyun Li grapple with the suicides of her two sons. But her new book is no ordinary grief memoir.

The British writer Yomi Adegoke initially supported the anonymous spreadsheets that began appearing online in 2017. A journey to a more ambivalent position inspired her debut novel, “The List.”

In “What Happened to the McCrays?” middle-aged high school sweethearts share an unbearable history.

Adalyn Grace, the author of the “Belladonna” series and the “All the Stars and Teeth” duology, recommends her favorite young adult novels with heroines torn between competing romantic interests.