When I ask people about their spring break, they respond with accounts of swimming at the beach in Puerto Rico or wandering around the cities of Italy. When they ask me the same question, however, I ...

Fiction depends on friction, often in the form of characters wearing themselves down or rubbing others up the wrong way. When more drama is required, good novelists will rock their creations with a ...

Mark Knopfler’s “Going Home” debuts on several U.K. singles charts, driven by hometown pride, a recent performance, and lasting fan devotion. ROTTERDAM, NETHERLANDS - JUNE 16: Mark Knopfler from Dire ...

The worst part of the holiday season and holiday parties are the comments. My sister wants to know why I’m still stuck in my dead-end job. My great aunt Rosa tells me I’m raising my children all wrong ...