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Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin was an admirer.

Acclaimed as one of America’s greatest living writers, she blended deeply personal material with themes of mythology and nature.

The actor and literacy advocate will host the ceremony after the National Book Foundation dropped its original host, Drew Barrymore.

A judge ended a nearly 20-year-old conservatorship that had given a couple broad authority over the affairs of the former N.F.L. player Michael Oher.

As a journalist she covered issues affecting women, then turned to writing about housekeeping in handbooks and a syndicated newspaper column.