(RNS) — When I was a freshman at a Jesuit high school in Los Angeles, my English composition teacher drummed into us the importance of unity, emphasis and coherence. Pope Francis’ new memoir, “Hope: ...

All such self-portraiture dates from ancient times, of course. One of the greatest examples of autobiography is Benvenuto Cellini’s Life, a Renaissance masterpiece, full of quarrels, passions, ...

MR. EDMUND GOSSE, commenting on the lack of literary curiosity in the early years of the seventeenth century, ascribes it to a growing desire for real knowledge, to an increasing seriousness of mind.

For an industry that has spun countless rags-to-riches tales over the past four decades, it’s hardly surprising that the rapper-penned memoir overshadows all other entries in the hall of fame for ...

Janet Malcolm once emailed to tell me she found an introduction I had written for my book on writers’ deaths, which included my own thoughts on a childhood illness, to be “surprising” but “powerful.” ...

Last week’s papal letter on immigration to the U.S. bishops captured world headlines, but it was not news that Pope Francis — who is being prayed for as he continues to be hospitalized for bilateral ...

"Autobiography of a Yogi," penned by Paramahansa Yogananda which was first published in 1946, is a spiritual classic which has touched the lives of millions of readers across the globe. Not only is it ...