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Woolf believed that characters were a novelist’s greatest tool, a way to bridge life and fiction. In “Mrs. Dalloway,” she put her theory to the test.

Among the fans of Abrams’s new political thriller, “While Justice Sleeps,” are self-described conservatives, who size up the Democratic voting-rights activist as both a Marxist and a budding John Grisham.

Your two edibles haven’t kicked in yet? No worries, here’s reading material that will help you get some Zs.

While in New York to promote his new and largely fictional memoir, “Based on a True Story,” the comedian makes plans to see “The Cherry Orchard.”

“I am convinced that my father looked at me, really saw me, only once. After that, he knew what was there.”