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A crop of recent novels strains against the expectations of a publishing industry attempting to embrace diversity.

The 2022 MacArthur fellows include a sociologist working to understand what drives people to own guns; an astrodynamicist trying to manage “space

Author Kiese Laymon, celebrated cellist Tomeka Reid, reproductive activist Loretta J. Ross and more have been named MacArthur Fellows.

This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."

Laymon received the MacArthur Fellowship, which is commonly known as the "genius grant."

A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year’s 25 winners of the John D. an…

A story of lies, family, America and what Covid revealed, as well as what it destroyed.

This year's MacArthur Fellows include scientists, artists and historians. The so-called MacArthur "geniuses" receive unrestricted grants of $800,000 for their "exceptional creativity" and "promise."

A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year’s 25 winners of the John D

This year's class has 25 members, each of whom receives a fellowship of $800,000, no strings attached.