Chimpanzees are endangered. Severely.

The United States particularly abandoned Liberia after the end of the Cold War.

Much more than memoir; it's history.

Lists of books we reread and books we can't finish tell more about us than about the relative worth of the books themselves.

First of all it's usually women who run these higher primate sanctuaries, rarely men. They are white. They come from privileged backgrounds. They are educated.

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

If you are born black, it is better to be born now than in any other time in United States history. My grandson is black. His life is a different life than if he had been born when I was born.