After the last big storm, we were alive, and that was all we needed to rebuild, replant, and come back stronger.

Substantive collection of essays covers a range of topics including Alice Munro, mother and baby homes, and the troubling ...

A few weeks ago, I caught myself using three different AI tools in the same morning. I used one to rewrite a sentence, ...

The Hechinger Report explores the potential of AI, like ChatGPT, to improve student writing while cautioning against ...

If you’ve ever stared down a deadline with caffeine in one hand and a half-finished outline in the other, you’ve probably thought about calling in some backup. I’ve been there. Everyone has. But ...

A growing body of research suggests that heavy reliance on AI tools and social media may be weakening our ability to write, ...

Every year, Hiram College’s Lindsay-Crane Center for Writing and Literature holds a community wide reading program in the ...

This year is the 20th annual This I Believe essay contest for high school seniors, sponsored by NPR Illinois. Modeled after ...

There's a certain kind of silence that fills a student's room just past midnight. Not peaceful, not quite. It's the kind of silence you notice only when your brain is fried, your fingers hover over ...

This article appears in the December 2025 issue, with the headline “Q&A: Zadie Smith.” There are few authors who have been famous for ...

My mom and I have a complicated relationship, which I explored in my college apps — but admissions experts advise against ...

Writing an essay in English doesn’t have to be stressful - especially with the right tools. In this lesson, Claire shows you how to use ChatGPT to plan, organize, and refine your essays while still ...