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Part of the Black Arts Movement of the 1960s, he went on to reclaim a leading musician of the psychedelic era as a distinctly African American artist.

A new book by Antonia Senior chronicles the careers of five men who betrayed their country — with devastating results.

Our critic on three standout May books.

In “Killing Spree,” Jorie Graham confronts a world living through apocalyptic times.

In “The Danger to Be Sane,” the journalist Rosa Montero delves into the connections between psychic turbulence and creative work — including her own.

He wrote 31 books, often drawing on his experiences as a pro football publicist, a foreign correspondent and a gun-toting spokesman for the N.Y.P.D.

Read along with the Book Review this summer: Can you check off five items before fall arrives? (This year, there are prizes!)

In “Dekonstructing the Kardashians,” MJ Corey takes America’s most famous TV clan seriously.

In his rethinking of Jean Genet’s classic work about class and power, Kip Williams ponders “a world that gives you every opportunity not to be yourself.”