The American Declaration of Independence enshrines three basic rights: Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. It’s noteworthy that our founding fathers put happiness right up there with life and ...

African American history does not provide a great vantage point on the history of human flourishing. Instead, it is one of the most depressing subfields in American history—second perhaps only to ...

When Tatum Vega gets a call from a New York Times journalist asking about famous author M. Domínguez, it's as if a ghost has appeared in the comfortable home she shares with her partner, Vera, in ...

How fleeting moments and lasting purpose combine to elevate your happiness, and simple steps to raise your personal happiness ...

For many years, I assumed that the appeal of a short story was that it was, well, short. Instead of slowly reading a novel over weeks, the reader of these bite-size plots can experience character ...

Her stories were widely considered to be without equal, a mixture of ordinary people and extraordinary themes. By Anthony DePalma Alice Munro, the revered Canadian author who started writing short ...