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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Metro Detroit native Michael Zervos officially broke the Guinness World Record for fastest time to visit all sovereign countries May 30. In just 499 days, Zervos traveled from big cities to remote ...