In August 2020, the photographer Gus Powell received an Instagram message with a picture of what appeared to be his book The Lonely Ones sitting on a shelf in a coffee shop in Seoul. Only it wasn’t a ...

Longtime prop house owner Marc Meyer always imagined he would die in his office chair. That one day, someone would find him slumped over his desk, surrounded by his life’s work. Last week, that desk — ...

Is the library safe for children anymore? I used to feel safe bringing my grandchildren to the library, feeling like the library is an innocent educational environment for kids to explore books and ...