“Invisible Man” “made me feel seen and heard,” the rapper-actor says. “I can return the favor.” His new book, “And Then We Rise: A Guide to Loving and Taking Care of Self” is out this month.

Today in books and publishing: Duel of the Andrew Cuomo biographies, a call to leave Ralph Ellison alone, and science explains why books smell like books. You can thank acid in cheap paper and ink for ...

Ralph Ellison is the subject of the PBS "American Masters" documentary that airs at 8 p.m. Tuesday. The show marks the 50th anniversary of Ellison's great novel "Invisible Man." NEW YORK -- Ralph ...

The Lives They Lived, an annual issue in The Times Magazine, was the idea of the director David Frankel. By David W. Dunlap From Ralph Ellison to Harper Lee, those who made great work in one field — ...