Jessica Winter

As kidfluencers come of age, some may find the law an imperfect means of restitution for what was lost and broken in their childhoods.

Toward the end of the reign of Queen Victoria, E. M. Forster spent a miserable period as a student at an élite English prep school, the sort that

I live directly across the street from a remarkably well-appointed, lusciously air-conditioned, and shockingly affordable (for New York

Belle Burden’s “Strangers: A Memoir of Marriage” tells the story of her divorce and resulting financial imperilment. A review of court documents complicates her narrative.

The nation’s official advocate for children’s books says most of them are “crud.” But matters of literary quality don’t explain why kids aren’t reading.

Mac Barnett is a best-selling author of children’s books, including a suite of droll, spare picture-book collaborations with the illustrator Jon Klassen, and the whimsical “ First Cat in Space ” series of graphic novels, illustrated by Shawn Harris. Barnett is also the current National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature, and, last month, he published his first book for adults, titled “

J. D. Vance’s second memoir, “Communion,” tells the story of his decision to become Catholic, but it’s strangely distasteful of the faith he has joined.

Women use A.I. less than men and do more of the cognitive work at home. The A.I. “family assistant” promises to bridge both divides.

The cyclospora outbreak lays bare our underfunded and overwhelmed public-health system.