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The figurative painter, a favorite of Barack Obama’s and Kendrick Lamar’s, has made portraiture the dominant mode of art in our era.

A woman had never before been a hip-hop star, an actress, a producer and the face of mainstream America all at once.

Meriwether, who died last week, was a contemporary of Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. James Baldwin loved her work. She made my writerly dreams come true.

Meriwether, who died last week, was a contemporary of Maya Angelou and Toni Morrison. James Baldwin loved her work. She made my writerly dreams come true.

The racism and prejudice of the industry has been the subject of recent novels. In R.F. Kuang's Yellowface, that plot becomes a horror story.

Writing of life in Harlem, she emerged at the same time as Toni Morrison and Maya Angelou but never achieved their fame, though James Baldwin was an admirer.

Her debut novel, "Daddy Was a Number Runner," was a searing examination of Black life in Depression-era Harlem.

Her debut novel, "Daddy Was a Number Runner," was a searing examination of Black life in Depression-era Harlem.

The News looked into the Horowitz Piano Series, from its inception to Vladimir Horowitz’s relationship with Yale, and offers a preview of the 2023-2024 season.

Meet Bruce Friedman, a Jewish father in Florida who has successfully pushed his public school to remove "Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation" and has challenged hundreds of other books.