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A conversation with the biographer Mary Gabriel, whose substantial new book offers a comprehensive and surprising look at the pop star’s life and career.

While doing rescue work with snappers and tortoises, Sy Montgomery made a few observations that could come in handy in the literary world.

The Nobel Prizes will be announced beginning Monday.

In “Chinese Menu,” Grace Lin takes readers and eaters on a food tour that dates back to 7000 B.C.

For years, the director puzzled over an adaptation of “The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar.” Then he let the characters say things they weren’t meant to.

A new book, “American Gun,” traces the weapon’s evolution into a symbol of America’s political divide.

The veteran columnist and author has covered athletic endeavors for so long, he’s witnessed a revolution.

The fruits of a free-ranging reading week were a fascinating book on China and a political science paper that explains a quirk of far-right politics.

The artist Mosie Romney envisions new releases by Major Jackson, Ayana Mathis and more.

If you’re Naomi Klein, you write a book about it.