It's fair to say that the pages of your local newspaper aren't always the best place to turn for inspiration. There's enough turmoil in the world to fill any local edition, and those of us in the news ...

There is a quieter, more succinct wing of literature that thrives on pithy conciseness: the short story. The authors of this art form have perfected the concept of this type of storytelling by ...

Zach Williams started his career as a high-school and middle-school English teacher. But when he became a new parent, all the anxieties and joys of having a kid renewed his urgency to do something ...

Watching short inspirational videos may be just as effective at reducing stress as meditation, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Stress has arguably reached ...

Good morning and welcome back to the L.A. Times Book Club newsletter. I’m Jim Ruland, a fiction writer, punk historian and a longtime contributor to the Los Angeles Times, and this summer I’ll be ...