“Loneliness has followed me my whole life,” says Robert De Niro’s character, Travis Bickle, in Taxi Driver. “Everywhere. In bars, in cars, sidewalks, stores, everywhere. There’s no escape. I’m God’s ...

The word appears in the title of a Booker-shortlisted novel. It runs through the season's small press list. Loneliness has ...

Loneliness is defined as “a distressing feeling that accompanies the perception that one’s social needs are not being met by the quantity or especially the quality of one’s social relationships.” ...

Maybe because we aren’t thinking about it in the right way. Credit...Illustration by Max Guther. Concept by Alex Merto. Supported by By Matthew Shaer Matthew Shaer is a contributing writer for the ...

The Chicago-based creative explores loneliness, alienation and identity in his episodic feature that had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. By Georg Szalai Global ...

"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," one of Barack Obama's favorite reads, is Kiran Desai’s follow up to "The Inheritance of ...

Not all loneliness is the same—new research shows that emotional loneliness is more harmful than social loneliness, affecting mental health and even increasing mortality risk. Understanding this ...