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It’s called “Doggerel” for a reason: “These are poems that speak to everyone, that pun and riff and make fun of themselves a bit as they reveal something about the world.”

One of the first to write seriously about a fraught subject, she also played a major role in developing the field of film studies and feminist film theory.

Two new books use divergent styles to look at mind control, brainwashing and the outer limits of influence.

In Ariel Courage’s novel, “Bad Nature,” a powerful career woman sets out on a road trip intending to kill her father.

Suddenly Liz Moore blazed, comet-like, onto small screens and best-seller lists. But her writing career has been a slow burn.

In “The Power of Parting,” Eamon Dolan makes a persuasive case for eliminating contact with family members whose abusive behavior can’t be redeemed.

As Americans scrutinize the accidental leak of a high-level U.S. group chat, several books detail other mishaps in the annals of global conflict.

In Michèle Gerber Klein’s new biography, “Surreal,” Gala Dalí gets her due.

His wide-ranging work drew on field research in his native Sri Lanka as well as his extensive study of English literature and Christian mysticism.

A new book by the neuroscientist Leor Zmigrod explores the connections between brain biology and political beliefs.