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In “The Story of Your Life,” Kathryn Jezer-Morton explores, without castigating, the wish to present a curated version of experience via social media.

Plant Lady,” by the Korean novelist Minyoung Kang, imagines an urban haven for women who need an escape from dangerous men.

The real story behind reproduction and a collection of essays focusing on mothers and daughters ...

The best encounters with classic literature—with Tolstoy, with Proust—forego line-by-line analysis or politically motivated allegory.

One of several things I took away from “Empire of Ashes,” James M. Scott’s latest book on the Pacific Theater in World War II ...

In "The God Test," Robert Wright considers an evolutionary leap in which human consciousness becomes infused with AI.

If you had asked me a few years ago what seed oils were, I probably couldn't have given you much of an in-depth answer. That ...

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If you read the first chapter of A Voice In The Dark,” you’ll finish the book. Colorado Springs author Barbara Nickless’s ...

America’s old-age problem and the importance we attach to our own faces ...