“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 ...

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 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 ...

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.” ...

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.

"The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny," one of Barack Obama's favorite reads, is Kiran Desai's follow up to "The Inheritance of Loss," the 2006 Booker Prize winner. A great book sweeps you up into other ...