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In the anthology “Critical Hits,” gamers like Hanif Abdurraqib, Alexander Chee and Larissa Pham explain what the medium means to them.

The new book by Jennifer Burns aims to bring fresh complexity to our understanding of the Nobel Prize-winning economist.

In the third installment of an essay series on literature and faith, Ayana Mathis explores how writers have grappled with one of theology’s oldest conundrums.

A glamorous family memoir; a fictional dinner party.

A glamorous family memoir; a fictional dinner party.

At 73, a titan of the romance world talks about how she redefined a genre that was all too easy to dismiss.

Begun to improve his own technique, piano exercises that Glass wrote over decades are the subject this month of a new book, a concert and dances.

In new collections by Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan, Alexandra Chang and Lore Segal, interpersonal bonds are created and destroyed.

In new collections by Yiyun Li, Claire Keegan, Alexandra Chang and Lore Segal, interpersonal bonds are created and destroyed.

“Going Infinite” may have missed the big takeaway, but it offers at least one undeniable pleasure: deep access.