Books have the ability to heal and transform. As the country combats politically and racially driven book bans, it only ...

From literature’s greatest contributors to modern-day novelists, the following remarkable ... She is not only a pivotal figure in American literature, but also a powerful voice for Black women. One of ...

Below, the best-selling author and Pulitzer Prize-winning opinion columnist names six of her favorite books by female contemporary writers. The Ninth Hour by Alice McDermott (Farrar, Strauss ...

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