Closing vents in unused rooms can strain your system and increase your utility bill.

Ventilation is one of summer's great conversation topics. But we’re not talking about screened porches or linen pants. We’re talking about the most important warm weather ventilation there is: ...

Rebecca Brill is a writer whose essays have appeared in The Paris Review Daily, VICE, Literary Hub, and elsewhere. She runs the Susan Sontag's Diary and the Sylvia Plath's Food Diary accounts on ...