Jordan Tarver has spent seven years covering mortgage, personal loan and business loan content for leading financial publications such as Forbes Advisor. He blends knowledge from his bachelor's degree ...

Summer stretches before us, with all its potential for meeting research and writing goals. But if you’re going on the faculty-job market for the first time — as a recent Ph.D. or an advanced doctoral ...

Sometimes writing a letter to someone who has pained you won't change a thing, but it will change and heal you.

A Pain Letter is like a cover letter, but it is much more powerful than a cover letter is. A Pain Letter doesn't talk about you, the way a traditional cover letter does. It talks about the letter's ...

Amanda Smith is a freelance journalist and writer. She reports on culture, society, human interest and technology. Her stories hold a mirror to society, reflecting both its malaise and its beauty.

The most effective cover letters tell a story about why you are qualified for the role. Familiarize yourself with the job description. Explain how your experience qualifies you for the requirements ...

Good tidings to you! I write this letter today to tell you: personal writing is tough. Sure, elementary school might have taught us about structure and form — the textbooks say a well-composed letter ...

Last week we dropped my two sons off at their first overnight camp. They are 9 and 11. They will spend almost a month there, and we will be here, at home, feeling weird about things. Since the only ...

It's finally time to get in the Christmas spirit, and for many children across the world, that means writing a letter to ...

Not long ago, Amy Cunningham, a funeral director for Brooklyn’s Green-Wood Cemetery, convened about twenty strangers in a third-floor room at the Sixty-seventh Street library in Manhattan, for a ...