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The editor and essayist Joseph Epstein looks back on his life and career in two new books.

Newly translated letters reveal the inner life of Paul Celan, offering clues to his enigmatic poems.

From mouse holes and doughnut holes to a world without night, these five picture books have it all.

Our columnist on this month’s horror novels.

Our columnist reviews May’s most chilling releases.

New books by Emily Ruth Verona, Jenny Kiefer, Christopher Golden and Tlotlo Tsamaase riff on classic tropes and deliver thrilling scares.

In new collections by Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan, Alexandra Chang and Lore Segal, interpersonal bonds are created and destroyed.

Emily Wilson’s translation of the “Iliad” brings Homer’s great war story to rousing new life.

New books by Bora Chung, Rafael Frumkin and Laird Hunt explore the chaotic intricacies of being alive.

In its first half-century, Ms. magazine upended norms, disrupted the print world and made trouble. It was a start.