No writer wants to create the textual equivalent of the 3-hour film that puts folks to sleep if they don’t leave early, writes.

On this episode of “Deseret Voices,” New York Magazine’s James Walsh shares his thoughts on the impact on academia. At a time ...

Of the book one has decided to review? “Admire it.” Of essentials to include in the review? “Make sure to mention how the ...

Several students at the University of Oklahoma are speaking out after another student’s essay went viral this week for receiving a failing grade. The student at ...

Jia Tolentino, guest editor of “The Best American Essays 2025,” reflects on essays, community and life in Brooklyn.

Essays are easy. Fiction is hard,” says British writer Zadie Smith in an interview reproduced in Dead and Alive, her fourth ...

Tips for making a first impression that converts when it counts, from your headline to profile pic to about section and more.

My favorite part of the holidays is giving someone a book. I’m that person who gives everyone on my list a wrapped book then I joke it’s a box of socks. My least favorite part of the holidays, however ...

In a chaotic and distressing year, books provided a respite, a chance to commune with works of coherent voice and vision.

Explore how the faith has flourished in Singapore, the Philippines, Indonesia, and other countries in this religiously ...

Finals season always seems to arrive with a stack of essays that grows faster than my ability to write them.  Even as a ...

There’s surely a thick book to be written about the influence of Javanese gamelan on western classical music. Debussy ...