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His spare, icily precise books explore humanity’s most serious themes, including South Africa’s legacy of apartheid. And not all of them are downers.

The former prime minister, who led New Zealand through the pandemic, has published a memoir arguing for more empathy in politics.

His gritty novels have spawned a cottage industry and become a rallying point for fellow veterans. “Cry Havoc” is the latest.

The character’s racial identity is at the heart of accusations that the film’s casting is “whitewashing.” But what does the original novel really say?

He was trained as a mathematician, but he gained fame in France, and won major prizes, for his modern verse.

In her new memoir, “Worthy,” she answers big questions, poses others to readers and sets the record straight on her marriage to Will Smith.

An author, public speaker and professor, he taught a hugely popular and entertaining psychology course at Cornell that focused on the essential importance of sleep.

An author and a professor, he taught a popular and entertaining psychology course at Cornell that focused on the importance of sleep, including “power naps.”

He wrote with the kind of clarity that was as comforting as it was chastising. Here’s where to start.

In “Baldwin: A Love Story,” Nicholas Boggs focuses on the writer’s romantic relationships. In this episode he explains their importance to Baldwin’s life and work.