I have my high school teachers to thank for my lifetime of reading for pleasure and learning. Not that they were good at convincing me that the great writers could enrich my understanding of life. Au ...

However, Drake credited Ben with giving him a pep talk that provided some inspiration creatively heading into upcoming album ...

After Christmas is over, and the sunrises start getting earlier and the sunsets later in the Northern Hemisphere, there are still two months of scarce daylight and lowering skies ahead. Here’s a ...

One of my nerdy little hobbies is collecting quotations from the famous and not-so-famous about good writing. After enduring many slings and arrows of outrageous writing misfortune, I’ve learned not ...

Drake says he's among the "most profound writers" of his time.

NPR's Scott Simon reflects on the wildfires in Los Angeles, and the words of writers who were drawn to the city. Opinion: Great writers on Los Angeles Los Angeles has long been a kind of dreamscape, ...

Writers are walkers—or at least a significant number are. Literary history from the ancients to the contemporary is crowded with writers reflecting on the benefits of walking—especially when it comes ...