Pink Dust, a collection about aging and death, offers an optimistic vision of life as a continual act of reading.

One Battle After Another is undoubtedly one of the most acclaimed movies of the year, but films like Dr. Strangelove and ...

She had to be pushed to write her new memoir, “Book of Lives.” The result reveals the experiences (and a few slights) that have shaped her work.

Talking to young children about certain topics has always required a delicate blend of honesty, tact and judgment. Sex and ...

When ChatGPT writes a heartfelt poem, it isn’t feeling heartbreak; it’s statistically arranging words to mirror what ...

Lia Smith, 21, was set to graduate next spring with a double major in computer science and statistics and was a decorated ...

Even from the back, Patti Smith was unmistakably Patti Smith. Standing on a downtown-Manhattan sidewalk on a late-summer ...

Parisian Claire Chabaud-Tropéano traveled to New York City one October on a whim. Then Claire crossed paths with LA musician ...

Few people can claim their birth informed the ending to one of the 20th century’s most iconic novels, writes Tom Putnam. But ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA ...

My grandmother passed away 16 years ago. Before she passed, she told me and my two kids that she had an account for each of ...

Detroit has seen violent crime fall to historic lows, property values rise, and its population inch upward. Community ...