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Focusing on disaster hasn’t changed the planet’s trajectory. Will a more upbeat approach show a way forward?

“I love ‘I heard a Fly buzz — when I died,’” said the actress, currently performing Off Broadway in “The Seven Year Disappear.” “That one gets me every time.”

In her new novel, “The Great Divide,” Cristina Henríquez tells the story of the forgotten lives behind the construction of the engineering marvel that cut a path between continents.

For three decades, the iconographer Mark Doox has explored anti-Blackness in America and in the church — work that has culminated in his book, “The N-Word of God.”

He popularized the term “institutional racism" and, with Stokely Carmichael, wrote a book in 1967 that was seen as a radical manifesto.

Alexis Wright, an Indigenous Australian author, writes epic novels in which many voices clamor to be heard.

“Invisible Man” “made me feel seen and heard,” the rapper-actor says. “I can return the favor.” His new book, “And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self” is out this month.

When “I’m sorry for your loss” isn’t going to cut it, young readers might find solace, and solidarity, in story time.

Sydney Smith, Allen Say and Linda Shute explore the many facets of our recollections.

In books and magazine articles, she uncovered the forgotten story of the actresses and screenwriters who helped create the film industry.