By force of her imagination and skill, Emily Dickinson could take the measure of solitude, opprobrium and even damnation.

Kelsey McKinney bookends her new collection of essays on gossip with a word from Emily Dickinson: “Tell all the truth but ...

It's wrong to think of self-esteem as a quality that depends only on what we say and do. Self-congratulation is no substitute ...

Rare book collecting, a hobby historically maintained by eccentric billionaires and wealthy universities, is now taking on ...

In her debut novel 'Paradise Close,' out in paperback next month from Persea, the poet tells two intergenerational stories, ...

"Happiness is a warm puppy:" A variety of famous quotes about dogs from such luminaries as Charles M. Schulz, Mark Twain, ...

I’m nobody! Who are you? Are you nobody too? Then there’s a pair of us — don’t tell! They’d banish us, you know. So begins an eight-line poem by Emily Dickinson. Written in 1861 and ...

A follower of Emerson, Thomas Wentworth Higginson became a passionate abolitionist and supporter of John Brown.

Jérôme Sueur’s “Natural History of Silence” and Pico Iyer’s “Aflame” explore the quiet (and the sounds) that sustain us ...

Books from Jon Klassen, Ruth Paul, Evan Turk and Maryrose Wood offer visual treats and bedtime charm.

Her personal notes were written in 1999, following therapy sessions. She died in 2021. She had 22 years to decide to release ...

The Art of Maurice Sendak' boasts more than 450 objects and artworks, tracing a rich creative life and enduring body of work.