Counselors, researchers and health professionals share the titles they recommend the most. By Hope Reese Emely Rumble, a therapist in New York City who brings literature into her practice, knows that ...

I’ve written a lot about friendship over the past few years. Despite the topic, which often lends itself to humor and levity, the story of American friendship has been sobering. Over the past several ...

Friendship comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes a friend is like a favorite pair of old sneakers; the fit is right and so is the comfort. Others may be friends in the making — the relationship is ...

Friendship is one of the most important and universal themes in literary fiction. Throughout history, authors have expressed ...

Ralph Waldo Emerson wrote: “The glory of friendship is not the outstretched hand, nor the kindly smile nor the joy of companionship; it is the spiritual inspiration that comes to one when he discovers ...

There’s nothing easy about friendship, though Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman surely make camaraderie seem as effortless as breathing. Between cohosting the wildly popular podcast Call Your Girlfriend, ...

Friendships between women — especially among groups of women, where tendrils of energy and intuition entwine and collide like the offshoots of willful plants — seem to come with so many attendant ...

“‘My Friend is Sad’ is the most brilliant instruction manual on how to be a good friend. Yes, it’s also a picture book for 5-year-olds that will make you snort with laughter. For those reasons, Mo ...

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Even though their shared love of “Gossip Girl” sparked a friendship that changed their lives forever, Aminatou Sow and Ann Friedman are here to tell you that lifelong bonds don’t have to be about what ...

Nearly four centuries after its founder first attempted to purchase a “friendship book” filled with European luminaries’ signatures, Germany’s Herzog August Bibliothek (HAB)—one of the oldest ...