New books by Max Porter and Adam Ehrlich Sachs take on the all-male family unit.

Lit Hub's new ratings site exposes the flaws in the wider culture.

How vigilant should parents be about the amount and type of screen time their children have access to?

Devised as an indoor sport for amateurs, softball has diverged into two different games—one slow, and one very fast.

Philippe Sands's new book is both a family memoir and a gripping courtroom drama.

America needs a new national story.

Andy Samberg and co. gently parody the celebrity machine in 'Never Stop Never Stopping.'

A new biography of the cult author shows that the most enduring character he created was his own.

How the surgical fix for an overworked elbow is creating more problems than it solves.

The sport's role in liberating women from the passivity of Victorian society.

A new book debunks the myth that Chinese parents favored sons.

A dance squad is struck by a mysterious illness in Anna Rose Holmer's intimate coming-of-age movie.