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In a new book, the journalist Scott Anderson argues that America’s failure to predict and understand the 1979 revolution has hamstrung foreign policy ever since.

Nine artists on how American censorship changed their work and their lives.

Our critics Dwight Garner, Alexandra Jacobs and Jennifer Szalai discuss some of their favorite books that take place on the road (and that aren’t “On the Road”).

Ebs Burnough’s movie covers the novel as well as its influence on generations of readers, including many artists.

His fairy tales are part of our cultural fabric, but “The Little Match Girl” still haunts me.

The former vice president has written a book about her run for the White House. It will come out next month.

Come along for the ride as our three critics back-seat drive their way through America. (Rest stops provided.)

An unhappy housewife; an underground radical.

In “Stan and Gus,” Henry Wiencek explores the creative highs and private peccadilloes of the architect Stanford White and the sculptor Augustus Saint-Gaudens.

Reading recommendations from critics and editors at The New York Times.