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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.

If you’re craving comfort — or connection — pick up one of these books.

“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.

Scrappy domestic novellas and a novel about the unhappy rich.

“John Lewis” and “Medgar and Myrlie” tell the stories of activists who struggled with when to push and when to compromise and build coalitions.

“The Freaks Came Out to Write” is an oral history of America’s most important alternative weekly.