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Not a robot, suggests poet Lisa Allen Ortiz. Prove it and she deftly does.

Chi Boy is part memoir, part social history, part eulogy for his ancestors, and part tribute to men whose literary output continues to inspire him.

Manuela Martelli’s new film examines the Pinochet dictatorship through the eyes of a woman who never intended to play an active role.

Lemonade became an emblem of the temperance movement. Lucy Webb Hayes, First Lady from 1877 to 1881, bore the nickname “Lemonade Lucy” for her refusal to serve alcohol in the White House.

Shonda Rhimes’s new show imagines an interracial romance that remakes Regency England. That sure didn’t happen.

“I am Latina,” insists poet Rafaellla Daumas. “And I am not another curiosity to be stared at/ And I am not just another stereotype.”

This book argues that the United States must move beyond its current minimalist approach to fighting poverty and adopt a set of policies aimed at the "structural vulnerabilities" in our society that keep people poor.

Among the last journalists left in Ukraine after the invasion, Mystylav Chernov captures a horrifying portrait of destruction in “20 Days in Mariupol" a pulsating documentary about the first three weeks of the Russian siege that killed tens of thousands of people.

Increasingly, libraries offer more than just a place to take a break between using fast and free internet and researching ancient Martian glaciers. They’re stocked with cafés and wine bars (yes, really!) that encourage lingering with a culinary experience all their own.

It’s been 15 years since the last WGA strike, and the stakes are far greater.