Renaissance writers and thinkers modified the idea of the monk’s cell to create refuges in which books were the only company.

A "good life" may be made up of more than happiness and meaning. A new book suggests that there's a third vital dimension: psychological richness.

The Garden” by Nick Newman reminds us that the true meaning of postapocalyptic fiction isn’t about how the world ends, but ...

The august scholar has two Pulitzer Prizes and a National Humanities Medal. In “The Stained Glass Window,” he seeks to ...