The poet was reserved and private in an age of confession. Now, a new biography tries to reveal her secrets.

"The End of Eddy" shows the pride and pain of people who feel left behind—for some very familiar reasons.

Elisabeth Rosenthal's new book 'An American Sickness' traces the effects of profit in American health care.

Clinton was back in the spotlight this week, setting off a storm of controversy over her future in Democratic Party politics.

Two books shed new light on the toppled dictator's final days—and what the U.S. still doesn’t understand about Iraq.

The prestige that psychoanalysis gained in the midcentury was also its downfall.

The senator from Minnesota is the rare politician with a funny bone.

Rachel Kadish’s "The Weight of Ink" is like A.S. Byatt's "Possession," but with more seventeenth-century Judaism.

The story of Fitzgerald as a victim of his own success has been greatly exaggerated.

The writer focused his talent on illuminating those the country left behind.

Publishers fear that Amazon is trying to dominate brick-and-mortar retail. They needn't worry.

The unlikely rise—and anti-democratic impulses—of seasteading.

John T. Edge's "The Potlikker Papers" looks at multiculturalism, conflict, and civil rights in the American South—all through the history of the region's food.

The critic's new essay collection appears early in Trump's presidency, armed with purpose and reason.

The state of our teeth reveals—and reinforces—economic disadvantage in society.

A new book looks at the triumphs and challenges of the renegade housing movement.

The science fiction writer's newly published diaries show a man grappling with confusion, bigotry, and the weight of his own talent.

To understand the political power of evangelicals, we must look beyond the pulpits.

David Callahan's new book "The Givers: Money, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age" looks at wealth, charity, and how the superrich shape public policy to their own ends.