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He was a pioneering figure in Black British art whose rebellious, symbol-rich images explored race, queerness, desire and spirituality.

Our critic on the month’s best new books.

André Breton’s 1928 novel “Nadja” pays homage to a great love and to a great city.

Virginia Woolf’s classic novel, celebrating its 100th anniversary, is the topic of this month’s discussion.

He championed works of cinema that were destined never to have a commercial breakthrough — which, to him, was the whole point.

He walked away from his family’s hugely successful ice cream business to crusade for a plant-based diet and against cruelty to animals.

In July, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss “The Catch,” a psychological thriller about twin sisters and their mother, whom they had presumed dead.