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The awards, which celebrate the best of American literature, are expanding the definition of who qualifies.

The best-selling British writer has an eye for bit players, including ones who nudge, nag, gripe and blurt inconvenient truths.

In her powerful new memoir, the author examines a life composed of conflicting identities — and fierce, contradictory desires.

“Only then can I surrender to the spell of reading,” says the director of “Glory” and the author of “Hits, Flops and Other Illusions: My Fortysomething Years in Hollywood.”

The French president’s decision avoided a standoff and brought relief to the sellers who have long operated in the heart of the capital.

The French president’s decision brought relief to the sellers who have long operated near the Seine, and avoided a standoff.

Dabbling in the Anne de Courcy extended universe.

A story collection from Diane Oliver, who died at 22, locates the strength in Black families surviving their separate but equal surroundings.

A devastating 2020 fire on the island of Lesbos is the springboard for a meditation on origin stories, borders and migration in Lauren Markham’s “A Map of Future Ruins.”

In her memoir “I Heard Her Call My Name,” the author reflects on her life and embarking on a gender transition in her late 60s.