Arts & Culture

Despite being one of the country’s most influential salespeople, the Texas mother and makeup entrepreneur never really received her due. A new biography aims to change that.

Beauty, science, evolution, drama, and spirituality mingle in David George Haskell’s stunning new book on how flowers came to be—and shaped everything that came after them

As avian species hang in the balance, what’s past is prologue

Ancient whispers echo off the mountains and spark the soul of novelist Taylor Brown

In a playful new cookbook, Anna Stockwell reveals why a workhorse kitchen ingredient is a secret source of culinary delight

How a daughter’s notes in the margins became the greatest Father’s Day gift of all

Novelist Benjamin Hale revisits a child’s disappearance in the Ozarks—and follows the fear, faith, and folklore that unfolds in its wake

The whiskey savant and Iraq war veteran on his new book, “Bottom Shelf,” and the power of savoring what you love