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She wrote two books about multiple generations of her forebears, including her mother, Lena Horne.

He made films, video art and photographs, but was best known as a pioneering art critic and mordant novelist.

From downtown New York, the writer both scrutinized and kept ahead of a turbulent world.

In a new collection about New York City, the writer turns his gimlet eye on its icons, its architecture, its hot spots — and its suits. “Clothes matter — especially when you get old,” he says.

In more than a dozen books, he created characters who were obsessed with maps, urban walking, sexual fetishes and Volkswagen Beetles.

As “Carrie” turns 50, George R.R. Martin, Sissy Spacek, Tom Hanks, the Archbishop of Canterbury and others recall the powerful impact the writer’s work has had on their lives.

The third in a series of conversations with authors appearing on our “Best Books of the 21st Century” list.

Georgi Gospodinov won the prestigious International Booker Prize this year for “Time Shelter,” a satirical novel exploring lofty ideas about nostalgia.

An Aquarian Age savant, he was a founder of the artists’ collective USCO, which helped define the 1960s with psychedelic, sensory-overloading installations and performances.

A torrent of canceled events is threatening Germany’s reputation as a haven for artistic freedom.