An explosion of political book deals is warping incentives for both government officials and journalists.

Paul Yoon's second novel, "Run Me to Earth," examines lives touched by violence.

The author of "The Bell Curve" has a new book about race and genetics—because of course he does.

For the characters in Miranda Popkey’s debut, opening up doesn’t always bring relief.

The fallout over "American Dirt" reveals the publishing industry's biases and blind spots.

How much does the French author owe his popularity to the rise of virulent nationalism?

The retail giant is publishing commercial fiction by famous authors. Publishers should be terrified.

How do you let others influence you while retaining your own ideas? Four literary critics tried to find out.

Grassroots Democrats are marching and donating, but they are not forging a movement.

Eastman was a women’s suffragist, labor reformer, and founder of the ACLU, but her work never quite took center stage.

A new biography—and a reissued collection of short fiction—resurrects a writer who deserves a closer look.

Addressing inequality requires more than consciousness raising.

Ada Calhoun diagnoses the forgotten generation's fortysomething crisis.

A new book explains how finance took over the U.S. economy, disempowered workers, and undermined democracy.

Greta Gerwig’s new film adaptation of Louisa May Alcott’s novel is a triumph of Jo-ness.

The young Canadian poet understands better than most of her contemporaries how future generations will read.

How a 170-year-old magazine has struggled to uphold liberal capitalism

The great novels of the 1960s remain enjoyable because they got everything wrong.

Family Record purports to be the story of the French writer's life—but that story remains as elusive as ever.

A new essay collection shows his opposition to Cold War politics in literature.