In the critically acclaimed The Lonely City (2017), the writer Olivia Laing extolled the pleasures as well as the pains of loneliness, identifying loneliness as a creative enterprise as well as a ...

Even though I had friends, I was still lonely. My friends didn’t understand my reactions. There was a huge void inside me. These are some of the ways that people describe feeling alienated after ...

A new study sheds light on the effects of aloneness on group processes, demonstrating that simply being alone can significantly weaken group identity and esteem. Led by Prof. Liad Uziel, from the ...

The word appears in the title of a Booker-shortlisted novel. It runs through the season's small press list. Loneliness has quietly become the defining preoccupation of 2026 literary fiction.

This paper investigates American urban horror novels from the 1970s to 80s with a specific focus on the theme of alienation. While analysing the specific theme, the paper tracks the nuanced ...

Firefighting is widely recognized to be one of the most dangerous occupations and has been ranked as the fifth most perilous occupation in North America 1,2. On March 21, 2018, the Chinese government ...

Alan Feigenbaum and Deepti Shenoy present a Q&A with retired matrimonial Judge Richard Dollinger where they examine parental alienation in custody disputes and highlight the challenges courts face in ...

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 ...