A political reporter at The Washington Post, she also wrote “Long Time Passing,” about the Vietnam War’s social, political ...
As head of the New York Foundation for the Arts, he oversaw almost $23 million in grants and helped bring arts education to ...
A moderate Democrat from Indiana for 34 years, he chaired the House Foreign Affairs and Intelligence committees and helped ...
His tenor anchored generational hits like “Joy to the World” and “One” by one of pop music’s commercial powerhouses of the ...
A prolific writer and lecturer, he viewed U.S. history through the lens of class struggle. But some accused him of defending ...
An Emmy-winning comedian with oddball charm, she got her start with the influential Canadian sketch comedy series “SCTV.” ...
He seemed destined for a glittering career, working with the Fugees and solo, and then landed in prison. After a presidential ...
Spurning the free verse of many of his contemporaries, he held to an older tradition. He also wrote spirited poems for ...
A master of the grand gesture, he was as theatrical as his rooms, which were inspired by French chateaus and Italian palazzos ...
George Clinton, while working as a barber, recruited him. Mr. Nelson went on to name the group and, with his bandmates, to be ...
For more than 30 years, he drew fans for dispensing weekly produce punditry on a New York television station, building on a ...
Her novels reveal a deeply American desire for freedom and adventure, and one of her work’s great joys lies in always finding something new to discover. Here’s where to start.