Every now and then, cultural and social critics fashion an axiom that’s flippant, succinct and thus darling enough to render its truth value irrelevant. Such is the case with a phrase coined by ...

The sterile hotel art of yesteryear — generic landscapes mass-produced for anonymity — is being replaced by vibrant cultural ecosystems. Around the world, a new breed of hospitality leaders is ...

Lucy Hale’s got a secret, but she isn’t looking to keep it. The actress, 35, is sharing just how she prioritizes her mental health while juggling a successful career in Hollywood. “My biggest advice ...

Jenna Bush Hager entered her dystopian era with her March Read With Jenna pick, “The Dream Hotel” by Laila Lalami. The novel follows Sara, a woman who finds herself pulled aside by airport security ...

It is a time of calamity in a major metropolitan city's Department of Elevator Inspectors, and Lila Mae Watson, the first black female elevator inspector in the history of the department, is at the ...

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At the end of her 2020 memoir, “Nothing Like I Imagined (Except for Sometimes),” Mindy Kaling offers readers a glimpse of her typical day, juggling responsibilities as a single mother and Hollywood ...

Mathematics is used widely, playing a central role in science and engineering and increasingly in the social and biological sciences. But users seldom consider the fundamental nature of mathematics.

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh, ...

I n 1993, in an essay published in the Annual Review of Sociology, the sociologist Wendy Griswold suggested that “the sociology of literature was more like a field of flowers than a field of battle.” ...

Crook Manifesto, by Colson Whitehead. Doubleday. 336 pages. $29. Ray Carney, the protagonist of Colson Whitehead’s new novel Crook Manifesto, is a Harlem furniture-store owner and family man. He wants ...