Schnur (The Shadow Children) deftly plucks Thoreau's own words from Walden, and Fiore's (The Boston Tea Party) luminous watercolor and oil paintings affectingly evoke the simplicity and serenity of ...

CONCORD - American literary icon Henry David Thoreau spent two years, two months, and two days at Walden Pond, writing what would later be published as his book "Walden." Now, nearly 180 years later, ...

Henry David Thoreau’s nonfiction classic "Walden, or A Life in the Woods" was first published on this day in history, on Aug. 9, 1854. "Walden" is about the virtues of simple living and ...

Henry David Thoreau died on May 6, 1862, in Concord, Mass., surrounded by books and flowers. At the funeral, his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson delivered a eulogy that emphasized Thoreau’s ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

On this eight-degree morning, with clean sunlight flooding the upstairs office and a small dog asleep on the couch behind my desk, it is tempting to tell myself a reassuring story. We are fine. The ...

Tracy Fullerton, game designer, educator and writer, best known for Walden, a game. Professor in the USC Interactive Media & ...

Henry David Thoreau was an essayist, a poet, and a philosopher. Along with his friend and mentor Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thoreau was a leader of the transcendentalist movement. He is known for his book ...

You may not think you have too much in common with Henry David Thoreau — an American naturalist, author and philosopher from the 1800s. Thoreau is best known for his book "Walden," a reflection upon ...

CAMBRIDGE — There’s a seeming imbalance between ambition articulated and space occupied with “In Search of Thoreau’s Flowers: An Exploration of Change and Loss.” That’s a mouthful of a name, yet the ...

Books change. They change us individually and collectively. Tom Paine’s direct style convinced countless colonists that it was Common Sense to become an independent nation. Henry David Thoreau ...