In “Artificial Intimacy,” Sherry Turkle warns that we seek comfort from A.I. devices at the peril of our well-being and even our democracy.

Rachel Cusk’s ‘Life of M’.

Though full of details that echo the life and career of Natalie Portman, “Life of M” remains chilly and abstract.

In a new book, Jill Lepore examines what happens when we abandon liberal democracy for rule by automation and machines.

The closure of the scrappy New York landmark is just one of the signs that U.S. horse racing is running out of track.

In a new book, the historian Kim Phillips-Fein chronicles a “shadow tradition” of anti-egalitarians who fought against America’s founding ideals.

The final installment of his Harlem crime trilogy is full of heists, cultural shifts and nostalgia for 1980s New York.

A new book by the journalist Lauren Collins chronicles the ongoing effects of the violent takeover of Wilmington, N.C., on those living in its aftermath.

Why do we love our writing teachers so much? Why, years later, do we think of them with such gratitude?

A project meant not to end.

The New Orleans writer Nancy Lemann conjures scenes of booze-soaked calamity, where everyone and everything is on the verge of rot.

From ancient Rome to the era of A.I., people have prized originality, but the line where influence ends and cribbing begins is notoriously blurry.