Erica Ackerberg

A new book collects paintings and photos of some of the most familiar names in English literary history.

Taken in the late 1960s and early 1970s, these long hidden photographs by Barbara Ramos have just been published in “A Fearless Eye.”

“Contemporary Art Underground” showcases hundreds of artworks commissioned by the M.T.A., by artists like Alex Katz, Kiki Smith and Vik Muniz.

A posthumous release from the famed photographer Ruth Orkin casts a female gaze on subjects both ordinary and iconic.

Nearly six decades ago, a German-born photographer, Evelyn Hofer, created beautifully crafted shots of the city and its people.

Archival photos of children’s reading rooms at the New York Public Library over the years.

“Coming and Going” is the photographer Jim Goldberg’s visual memoir of three generations in his family, from 1980 to today.

Bookshelves, typewriters, pills and booze: Writing spaces can evoke romance, glamour and despair at once.

A new book of photographs by Larry Sultan captures recreational swimmers at public pools in 1970s and ’80s California.

A large-format photo book reveals the toll of industrialization on the landscapes of sub-Saharan Africa.

Quiz yourself on seven classic screen adaptations — and what some novelists had to say about them.

In this lesson, you will learn about sports photography in The New York Times, hear from sports photographers and consider what qualities make for a strong sports photograph.

Between the 1970s and 1990s, the photographer captured a nation at leisure.

Lesson of the Day: ‘Photographing the Reality of War’  The New York Times

In this lesson, we invite students to learn about obituary writing in The New York Times, and then write about someone who led an interesting life, using the format of an obituary.

In this lesson, students will learn about the job of a New York Times photographer, and then create visual stories of their communities.

In this lesson, you will learn about what happens in our bodies when we yawn and investigate the question of whether yawning is contagious.

Public libraries in New York recently decided not to fine overdue books. Should all libraries do the same?

In this lesson, students will learn about how a 13-year-old might have been the real author of the Pledge of Allegiance. Then they will decide: Should students regularly recite the pledge in school?

New Yorkers still tell stories of browsing at Harlem’s Liberation Bookstore or spending the afternoon at Scribner’s.