A crow, legend tells us, took the poisoned loaf the jealous subdeacon had sent to Benedict

Green’s novel gives a firsthand account of what it is like when a person becomes a brand, when one’s every thought, word and move is scripted, scheduled and scrutinized, ready to be devoured by an audience always demanding more.

In her new book, Meghan Daum recounts how, despite her unimpeachable feminist and liberal commitments, she came to feel not just wrong, but alienated from a new generation of “extremely online” activists.

Seeing Pope Francis as spiritual director means seeing that the pope takes himself less seriously than do his critics and defenders.

How can it be that the finale of “Lost,” the introduction of the iPad and “Bridesmaids” all happened within the last 10 years?

It’s the end of an era.