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A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.

A new biography sheds light on her humble beginnings and prolific, genre-defining career.

In his novel “Beyond the Door of No Return,” David Diop explores the secret life of Michel Adanson, who cataloged the natural world during the Enlightenment.

In “Beyond the Wall,” the historian Katja Hoyer draws on archives and interviews to bring the eastern half of Germany back into the postwar picture.

Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos aim to turn an online caper into a full-fledged book.

Peter McIndoe and Connor Gaydos aim to turn an online caper into a full-fledged book.

Two art books revisit 19th-century illustrations by John James Audubon and Elizabeth Gould.

Show the zoologist Bill Schutt what your mouth looks like, and he’ll tell you who you are.

Priscilla Morris’s novel “Black Butterflies” makes the case for art in times of war.

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, fashion and more.