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Billy Porter attends the 2020 Vanity Fair Oscar Party. "Fabulous and serious can go hand in hand. I am proof positive of that," he says. Frazer Harrison/Getty Images hide caption
Billy Porter makes peace with himself: 'I set myself free, honey. No more secrets'
This book of poetry says, 'I have fists,' and the world needs to know
How Colin Powell Wanted The World To Remember Him
The writer Carmen Mola, pseudonym of the writers Jorge Diaz, Agustin Martinez and Antonio Mercero, winner of the 70th edition of the Planeta Novel Prize, gives a press conference after the award ceremony, at the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, on 15 October 2021, in Barcelona, Catalonia. Europa Press News/Europa Press via Getty Images hide caption
Dr. Jane Goodall in 2019. She has co-authored a new book, The Book Of Hope. Craig Barritt/Getty Images for TIME hide caption
As Jane Goodall grieves climate change, she finds hope in young people's advocacy
How do our brains create meaning from the sounds around us? That is the question at the heart of a new book from neuroscientist Nina Kraus, called Of Sound Mind. kimberrywood/Getty Images hide caption
Amor Towles' new book is about a road trip that takes more than a few U-turns
British author Douglas Adams, left, and Nick Landau read Adams' book The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy in October 1979. Colin Davey/Evening Standard/Getty Images hide caption
It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question
Louise Penny (left), a best-selling author, and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, paired up to write State of Terror, a new novel that they say is meant to serve as a cautionary tale. Dominique Lafond and Deborah Feingold/Simon & Schuster hide caption
Hillary Clinton and Louise Penny tackle nuclear war and diplomacy in new crime novel
Omar Mohamed, left, and his brother, Hassan. In the graphic memoir he coauthored, When Stars Are Scattered, Mohamed shares what their life was like in the refugee camps in Kenya — and their journey to resettlement in the U.S. Omar Mohamed hide caption
Comedian Nicole Byer performs onstage. Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Turner hide caption
In song and poetry, 'Nina' and 'Just Us' offer ways to start a conversation on race
Gary Paulsen Brian Adams/Getty Images hide caption
Beloved children's author and wilderness enthusiast Gary Paulsen has died at 82
Author Jocelyn Nicole Johnson alongside the cover of her new book, My Monticello. Billy Hunt hide caption
Fiona Hill's new Trump-era memoir is less about Trump than it is about us
Dear Memory: Letters on Writing, Silence, and Grief, by Victoria Chang Milkweed hide caption