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He wanted to put a face on the source of cells that led to striking medical advances, and through him a best seller and a movie did just that, telling Mrs. Lacks’s story.

He wanted to put a face on the source of cells that led to striking medical advances, and through him a best seller and a movie did just that, telling the tale of Henrietta Lacks.

Collections by Vauhini Vara, Shannon Sanders and LaToya Watkins feature characters caught in the challenges and contradictions of being alive.

A former refugee from Nazi-occupied Austria, she became an openly lesbian voice in the women’s movement and a key leader in feminist studies.

An editor recommends Lorrie Moore’s “Birds of America” and Mary Webb’s “Precious Bane”

In “Judgment at Tokyo,” the political scholar Gary J. Bass examines the post-World War II prosecution of Japanese military atrocities and makes the case for the real efficacy of international law.

The Tony winner and author talked about the Broadway shows she’ll see once she can stay up late again, and the podcast that comforted her during the pandemic.

How an ancient Greek myth explains our terrifying modern reality.

Access to the late rapper’s journals gives Staci Robinson’s authorized biography a rare intimacy, without delving deeply into his music.

Some fear that the raft of cancellations at this moment of war and tragedy is limiting opportunities to foster dialogue and greater understanding.