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Clive James takes on a verse translation of Dante’s “Divine Comedy.”    

Blake Bailey traces the rise and fall of Charles Jackson.    

The life of a 19th-century public intellectual, writer and feminist.    

Meg Wolitzer’s characters meet at an arts camp and stay connected as their life paths diverge.    

Should novelists try harder to confront long-term environmental crises?    

More than 150 years after his sojourn at Walden Pond, Thoreau’s journal is helping scientists monitor climate change.    

Who knew Jane Austen was so savvy?

Louise Erdrich's National Book Award-winning novel 'The Round House' is the top Indies Choice.

Three new books offer different takes on the Windy City, from personal and historical perspectives.    

Rachel Shteir’s favorite novel about Chicago is “Sister Carrie,” by Theodore Dreiser, in which a small-town girl moves to the big city in search of her fortune.    

Readers respond to a recent essay by Amanda Foreman.    

Readers respond to recent reviews of books about Franklin D. Roosevelt.    

A reader responds to a recent review of Sandra Day O’Connor’s “Out of Order.”    

The author, most recently, of “Lots of Candles, Plenty of Cake” considers the term “experimental fiction” to be a synonym for “Give me a break.”    

In today's book news, Mary Higgins Clark is back at No. 1 and World Book Night is ahead.

A roundup of the top Coelho classics and their lessons on love, sex and hardship.

A roundup of the top Coelho classics and their lessons on love, sex and hardship.

Three books that depict their subjects — including Jackie Kennedy and Germaine Greer — with mischief and rare frankness.    

New adult genre, self-publishing and the "next generation" of e-books is in today's news.

'Divergent' author Veronica Roth reveals the title of the final book in the series.