EditorialA mystery whodunit staged at Mohonk Mountain House in New Paltz, N.Y., on Jan. 28, 1977, drew 250 guests, including the science fiction writer Isaac Asimov, seated at right. (Eddie Hausner/The New York Times)
EditorialHistorian and author Jill Lepore at the Widener Library at Harvard University, in Cambridge, Mass., Sept. 5, 2018. (Kayana Szymczak/The New York Times)