My attempt to resuscitate this term in all its discomforts stems from its potential to unhinge a particular binary concept, which might be summarized in the title of a recent exhibition curated by ...

As an editor at the New Yorker and then editor in chief at Random House, Daniel Menaker perfected the art of conversation over many a long lunch. But is it an art? In his new book, A Good Talk, ...

In an ever-more transactional world where many have a hard time talking and listening to each other, developing stronger conversational skills can boost both workplace collaboration, relationships ...

Talking is one of the most demanding and complicated things we do. It requires being good communicators of our thoughts and feelings while being tuned-in listeners, wading through the possibilities ...

Many people entering therapy suffer from a lack, and often a total absence of, intimate conversations. You could fill a book with reasons for this desert of intimate dialogue without exhausting its ...

Articles published in The Conversation go well beyond academics writing for a general audience – they can also serve as great ...

It’s funny how conversations get started sometimes. Sri Lankan-born and Canadian-bred novelist Michael Ondaatje, author of The English Patient, was on the set of the swank Miramax film in 1996 when he ...

Face-to-face conversation asks us to go beyond ourselves. By sitting next to an actual person, we break the echo chambers of our social media preferences. In today’s digitized world, face-to-face ...