There’s something quietly radical about receiving a letter these days. Not an email, not a notification, not a blinking red dot demanding attention—but a real envelope, chosen, touched, and sent with ...

Make no mistake, Internet correspondence has dimmed the art of letter writing. The masses use social networks, instant message and e-mail more than snail mail (a term derived only after the advent ...

Sometimes the journey is as important as the destination. So it is for Emil J. Polak as he strides into the Bibliothèque Méjanes here. It is the 728th library -- nearly all of them in Europe -- that ...

Johannes Vermeer, "Woman Writing a Letter with Her Maid" (c. 1670–72), oil on canvas; National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin (image © National Gallery of Ireland ...

In this digital-savvy age, many of us are married to our technology; one can’t walk through campus without seeing students glued to their smartphones. Yet despite its old-fashioned tendency, my heart ...

Emailing, tweeting, texting — 20 years ago, these things were unheard of. Now, we can’t live without them. Although the advances in technology are amazing, we can lose some things along the way, as ...