Monday: In “Alice in Wordland,” columnist Alice Stephens explains why you should never, ever give up on your writing.

Tuesday: In an essay, contributor Bill Gormley asks, “Who’s afraid of the big, bad detective?”

Wednesday: Podcast: Bret Baier, author of The Case for America: An Argument on Behalf of Our Nation.

Thursday: May’s “On Poetry,” courtesy of Amanda Holmes Duffy.

Friday: A review of The Family Man: Blood and Betrayal in the House of Murdaugh by James Lasdun.

Saturday: ICYMI: A review of A Different Russia: Khrushchev and Kennedy on a Collision Course by Marvin Kalb.

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