From logic to cosmology, mathematicians who call themselves ultrafinitists think that extremely large numbers are holding ...

In her playful and ambitious “The Möbius Book,” Catherine Lacey blends fiction and fact in ways that test the limits of both.

Stories that had not made it into the papers, the stories behind the stories, stories so sad, so funny, so true that there ...

Throughout history, paradoxes have challenged the limits of human understanding, offering riddles that defy logic and ...

Writer Nancy Bo Flood encourages budding writers as well as old hands to follow John Lennon's advice and "Imagine" what could be.

Marginality, mass death—these are just a few of the reasons why the oeuvre of Essex Hemphill, who died of the virus in 1995, has only been available, until now, in snatches. Hemphill does remain quite ...

Poetry therapy reminds us that when trauma and grief steal our words, verse can gently lead us back home.

Reprint: R1406G How can leaders build an organization that is capable of innovating continually over time? By creating a community that is both willing and able to innovate. To be willing, the ...

From a collection set in a landfill to an author’s cultural exploration of a critically endangered species, these books celebrate Earth and mourn its destruction.

The incident reminds Dixon of Ernest Hemingway's classic The Old Man and the Sea, about a grizzled fisherman named Santiago ...