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“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik Muniz.

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 reviews May’s most chilling releases.

Our columnist on this month’s horror novels.

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.

In “The Arrogant Ape,” the primatologist Christine Webb takes a hard look at our human superiority complex, and is not impressed.

The award-winning science writer Peter Brannen makes the case for an often vilified compound in “The Story of CO2 Is the Story of Everything.”