"Madness," by Marya Hornbacher, was published in 2008. It was a New York Times best seller at the time, but now it has faded to 300,000 in book sales on Amazon. It's only 100,000 higher in sales ...

Like the mythic Sisyphus, many of us harbor suspicions that the stones we push up the mountain are just about to roll to the bottom once again. Many of us worry that our acts of engagement may be ...

It’s the attitude of the philosopher Terry Eagleton, who began his 2015 book, Hope Without Optimism, by admitting that he saw ...

Hopeful Pessimism, the title of the philosopher Mara van der Lugt’s new book, perfectly captures this oxymoronic attitude. It is an attempt to redeem pessimism’s Debbie Downer reputation. For ...

For over forty-three years I have been pushing a rock called Chicana/o Studies, obsessed with the notion that we as a community can push the rock to the top of the hill.

But until "The Myth of Sisyphus," Lou mostly took a backseat to the show's more flamboyant characters. Still, Patrick Wilson has made him a quiet but commanding presence from the very beginning of ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Pushing It! With Sisyphus A game about a very happy guy and his boulder. The best skills and boons go a long way, but patience is your real BFF Hades is ...

The new book by the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Tracy Kidder chronicles the work of Dr. Jim O’Connell, who has dedicated his career to caring for homeless patients.

The myth of Sisyphus is a good metaphor of bipolar disorder. The disorder is our rock and we carry it for every up the hill of life, ...