A literary history of our fascination with apocalypse and armageddon suggests that predictions of doomsday have always been ...

When research into an experimental drug or medical procedure is called into question, the consequences can be devastating.

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In his new book “Everything Must Go,” Dorian Lynskey recounts two millennia of apocalyptic predictions. Amazingly, it’s not ...

For the three Latino kids transported to 1862 Mexico in Emma Otheguy’s latest novel, the outcome of the American Civil War ...

Dante’s Divine Comedy, a ‘biography’ of the Italian poet’s masterpiece by Joseph Luzzi, brims with facts but lacks any starry-eyed wonder ...

In her new book, Cho Nam-Joo captures both the universality of sexism and the specificity of women’s experiences. When I was young and adrift, Thomas Mann’s novel gave me a sense of purpose.

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