They say that friends are the family we get to choose for ourselves, and honestly, they couldn’t be more right. True ...

Real friendship doesn’t shout. It just shows up, year after year, in the small, steady ways nobody puts on a postcard — the late-night text after a bad day, the friend who flies across the country to ...

The story mentions something one of their students wrote in a letter to Ms. Doria some years ago. The student said: "Watching you help Ms. Dente to her classes each day is a reminder to the school ...

Friendship comes in many shapes and sizes. Sometimes a friend is like a favorite pair of old sneakers; the fit is right and so is the comfort. Others may be friends in the making — the relationship is ...

This interview was featured in the Books & Fiction newsletter, which delivers the stories behind the stories, along with our latest fiction. Sign up to receive it in your inbox. This week’s story, ...

In this excerpt from her book, Friendship First: From New Sparks to Chosen Family, How Our Friends Pave the Way for Lifelong Happiness, Gyan Yankovich examines the unique pain of a friendship breakup.

All participant names in this story are pseudonyms. What does it mean to have few or no friends in a time when social connection is seen as key to a healthy and fulfilling life? This is the question ...