I write because I am terrified of forgetting. Not the mundane forgetting of where I placed my keys or what I ate for breakfast, but something more profound — the forgetting of who I was at a ...

Writing a book is bizarre. You work in a cubicle inside a hovel within a cave, and then suddenly, word by sentence by paragraph you finish, stumbling bleary-eyed into the world, clutching something ...

“If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do.” - Kurt Vonnegut Fellow literature nerds will know that just by naming this piece “Why I Write,” I am inviting ...

To say that AI dramatically accelerates how teams build software feels like yesterday's news. Research from McKinsey and GitHub shows that AI-assisted development can improve productivity by 20% to 55 ...

TL;DR: Why does AI writing still sound like AI writing, even as the models get smarter? In his first piece since joining Every as Spiral’s general manager, Marcus Moretti explains why the answer is ...

(RNS) — Since childhood, I’ve been a regular target of ignorance and bigotry. My experience contributed to my becoming a scholar of history and religion, but more than that, it has given me a clearer ...

Most people are familiar with the notion of setting goals. It’s a popular topic in self-help books, motivational speeches and social media. Yet, there’s an unspoken truth — many are actually afraid to ...

Imagine you are a 19th-century shipowner about to send one of your vessels to the New World, carrying a cargo of hopeful families seeking a better life. While your ship has historically been sturdy, ...

I am writing a musical called Happy If—Happy When. It is about two artists and their five children who move from the city to a farm in the country. Sound familiar? I have never written a musical ...

Across cultures and centuries, heartbreak has consistently produced art. After death, people write elegies. After betrayal, we write songs. After war, exile, divorce ...

Most education coverage in America focuses on teachers, professors, or the institutions themselves. The system, not the student, dominates the headlines. We hear endlessly about teachers’ unions, ...