Steven Nelms wrote an essay on We Are Glory about why he can't afford for his wife to be a stay-at-home mom. Wait, before you jump down his throat, the essay is actually about exactly how much his ...

In the title essay, Sedaris wonders, after seeing his father alive for the last time, whether this happy-go-lucky man was there all along, "smothered in layers of rage and impatience that burned ...

The chronicler of dysfunctional families and oddball enthusiasms returns with a new essay collection, “Happy-Go-Lucky.” Credit...Vincent Tullo for The New York Times Supported by By Henry ...