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In “Imminent,” the former intelligence official who ran a once-secret program shares some of what he knows.

Ailton Krenak was a child when his family was forced to leave their land in Brazil. Now, as a writer, he advocates for a path forward that looks to nature and inherited wisdom.

Christoph Dallach’s book explores how Nazism, a postwar German identity crisis and anti-authoritarian youth movements spurred some of the most daring experiments of 1970s music.

The brother, son and grandson of famous English writers, he carved out his own space as a composer, critic, columnist and historian.

As the literary world is roiled by fights over politics and war, are we losing sight of the writer’s purpose?

As a comic book series to honor the Turtles’ 40th anniversary debuts, here’s a look back at their milestones.

“Revolution is the job of poets and artists,” says Ko Maung Saungkha, leader of a rebel militia fighting the Myanmar dictatorship. He is not the only poet commander in a country with a strong tradition of political verse.

On a family tour of Greece, the writer followed the small footsteps of some of ancient mythology’s biggest fans.

Henry Hoke’s 2023 novel, “Open Throat,” narrated by an animal in peril in the Hollywood Hills, is adapted for a staged reading.

In her most recent book, “The Backyard Bird Chronicles,” the best-selling author revels in a newfound preoccupation with birds — and drawing.