Often reviews of memoirs use the cliche “unflinchingly honest,” but “Wild West Village,” a memoir-in-essays by actress and ...

Imani Perry’s impressionistic “Black in Blues” finds shades of meaning — beautiful and ugly — in art, artifacts, music, ...

Charmaine Wilkerson’s novel “Good Dirt” weaves together grief, suspense and the story of a jar made by an enslaved potter ...

In 2023-2024, bans grew 20 times over the 2020 baseline. That’s a lot of missing books and a lot of students denied the ...

Kim A. Snyder's film spotlights the librarians on the front line of the culture war waged by right-wingers in certain American states.

The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights has announced that it is rescinding all past guidance issued ...

Sarah Jessica Parker on ‘The Librarians’ doc about book banning: ‘If I didn’t have a library I don’t know who I’d be today.’ ...

In his latest book, “To Save the Man,” John Sayles explores the cruelty of Native American boarding schools.

Several "book ban" complaints issued during the Biden administration have been dismissed by the U.S. Department of Education, ...

All the spectacular 19 th century Russian culture came to mind while reading Amor Towles’s newest book, Table for Two. This ...

The utopian vision of communications technology imagined a world of shared information and ever-growing understanding. Human ...

The British star’s world-building brings to mind Bjork and Bowie. Plus, Mogwai are on thrilling form, and the week’s best new ...