“A short story must be, by definition, short. That’s the trouble with short stories. That’s why they’re so difficult to write. How do you keep a narrative brief and still have it function as a story?” ...

So I heard Hamlet say : “A king of shreds and patches…” as I walked into this fourth-floor gallery. Were these the remains of some bleak empire, or its invention? Time shifts in this room. It is both ...

Since the 1960s, the reference book has cataloged how people actually use language, not how they should. That might be changing. An Object Lesson. Millions of publications—not to mention spy documents ...

Speaking of monuments on the lawn, here, embraced by roses, is a reminder that artists are also neighbors. This is not always a secret. There is a scattering throughout the city of art made public on ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

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About 8 in 10 (83%) teens did not receive sex education before they first had sex, according to a report released today by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Earlier sex education could ...

The world as we know it has been shaken to its core. While we continue to live our lives with the persistent impact of the coronavirus looming over our heads there are significant object lessons that ...