Adrienne Warren and Nick Jonas, © Matthew Murphy. There are a lot of ways to cope with the pain of a failed marriage. Some people move. Others take up meditation (or medication).

The author of “Convenience Store Woman” has gained a cult following by seeing the ordinary world as science fiction.

Most people only know Sherald through photographs of this one work. But as Sherald has said, “I had a career before Michelle Obama.” This is more than evident in her new mid-career survey at the ...