He made thousands of obsessive drawings of butterflies—but do they help us read his novels?

Louis Begley reflects on a writing career, begun at age 56.

A Jewish refugee in occupied France, Moritz Scheyer was sheltered by nuns.

The author of 'The Kiss' returns with essays about a difficult upbringing.

For much of the century, traditional "family values" have been more myth than reality.

Her new story collection 'What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours' is fascinatingly twisted and imperfect.

Today's most heated literary arguments uphold the legacy of Kate Millett's 'Sexual Politics.'

Companies are mining our data in the name of medical research.

Reiner Stach presents 99 gems he uncovered while researching his three-volume biography of the enigmatic master.

A new book embodies the flaws in the Bernie Sanders theory of history.

How men in the Civil Rights movement erased women from its ranks.

A new book exposes the way America's punitive education system funnels black girls from the classroom into the justice system.

A new book shows our history of helplessness in the face of accidental shootings.