A new reissue of early recordings reveals a heartbreaking work of sibling genius.

A colonial girl and a native boy in 17th-century New England are linked by an unusual friendship.

Englishness meets the modern markets in the latest from a novelist whose works are marvels of comedy and intellectual depth.

In this month's Reading Romance, Eloisa James looks at stories in which misfits find their hearts' desire.

Set in an office of IRS auditors, David Foster Wallace's posthumously published book is a novel about boredom that's filled with surprise.

A distraught novelist remembers, mourns, and celebrates his lost love.

A matchless champion of civil rights emerges from the early letters of Thurgood Marshall.

The year in pop music: not momentous, so it happens, but still expanding.

In his new novel, Carlos Fuentes portrays Mexico in an age when power may have transcended politics.

Passion—artistic and otherwise—comes to light in the workshop of the legendary glassmaker Louis Comfort Tiffany.