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

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

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.”

One of the first quadriplegic Harvard graduates, she became an author, professor and powerful voice for disabled people.

In “Smoke and Ashes,” Amitav Ghosh sources the colonial roots of a crisis.

“The Hammer” offers portraits of organizing efforts from around the country at a time when the future of union power has reached an inflection point.

His charming memoir “What Have We Here?” traces the path from a Harlem childhood to “Star Wars,” while lamenting the roles that never came his way.

Rae Giana Rashad imagines an alternate America in her first novel, “The Blueprint.”

“Dear Sister” and “My Side of the River” tell vastly different stories about ordinary people looking back on extraordinary circumstances.