The standout essays in Megan Marshall’s “After Lives” recall her troubled father and the fate of a high school classmate.

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Michael Dirda is synonymous with the literary life. He’s been called “the best-read person in America,” and it’s easy to ...

I Dream of Joni” by Henry Alford and “Song So Wild and Blue” by Paul Lisicky are wonderful reminders of Joni Mitchell’s ...