Despite its title, “Mourning a Breast” is not about grief—and, really, not even that much about breasts.

The conservative movement’s total abandonment of even the appearance of principles has been decades in the making.

“Pursuits of Happiness” teaches the art of rereading and reexamining our own thoughts.

J.D. Vance wrote the foreword to “Dawn’s Early Light.” The rest of the book outlines an even more troubling vision.

There’s little evidence slouching is unhealthy. So why do Americans believe so firmly in sitting up straight?

In 2024, the U.S. faces some of the same challenges in the region that it did in 1954.

Fury not only drives the embittered wife at the heart of “Liars,” it influences the novel’s very form.

The uncertain process of Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 race showed how little power parties wield.

A book of intimate interviews reveals how reluctant people are to speak about their true desires.

After news of Munro’s betrayal of her daughter, it’s hard not to see a preoccupation with guilt and secrets in her later work.

Barrett Brown wanted to use the internet to change the world. He ended up writing a remarkable memoir of his life in prison.

Lawrence Ingrassia lost his family members to cancer one by one. Why did it take so long for medicine to find the cause?

The diaries changed Che Guevara’s image from toughened fighter to sensitive, less certain young man.

Norman Mailer’s generation learned to “write like men.” But their female contemporaries from Mary McCarthy to Diana Trilling pioneered a more enduring style.

The American public is more susceptible than ever to skewed narratives.

Lucy Grealy’s 1994 bestseller has become part of a larger story of literary friendship and the boundaries between artists and their work.

Legacy Russell traces America’s reliance on—and profit from—Black imagery, from the 1910s to the Dancing Baby meme.

Historian Manisha Sinha argues that the Second Republic lasted decades longer than most histories state and achieved wider gains.

Why does fiction do such a bad job of portraying fat characters?