In her book, ‘The Rest Is Silence,’ Joanna Stalnaker offers an intimate portrait of Enlightenment philosophers as they faced ...

This month's column examines the idea that ordinary stories that occur amid life-changing events offer another way to ...

The author of “The Eleventh Hour” looks back on a few works—by Mikhail Bulgakov, Franz Kafka, Voltaire, and E. M.

Miss Piggy, the beloved Muppets character introduced in 1976, is getting her own movie from Cole Escola, Emma Stone and ...

Readers respond to a guest essay about the continuing vitality of literary fiction. Also: Exxon vs. California; a Supreme ...

Josh Clark and Judy Long get to the bottom of how a state historically limited in resources can have such scholarship and enlightenment.

When it comes to promotion and tenure, don’t just describe your research—explain and quantify its impact.

But this vision of genius is a poor fit for many great artists, and it tends to obscure what makes them and their work ...