Apr. 20—Great books change a reader. Maybe they transport readers to unexamined places, such as inside a person's mind once a body has abandoned it. Or maybe they cause readers to abandon long-held ...

"Gleason," the documentary about New Orleans Saints hero and ALS poster boy Steve Gleason that premiered last weekend to rapturous reviews at the Sundance Film Festival, has found a home with Amazon ...

It all started with what Steve Gleason called his "backup insurance plan." Six months after receiving a devastating ALS diagnosis in which he was given two to five years to live, the former New ...

At the Northwest Passages event, Steve Gleason and Times-Picayune columnist Jeff Duncan, second from right, talk about writing Gleason's memoir, "A Life Impossible: Living With ALS: Finding Peace and ...