What was supposed to be a three-week sailing trip turned into months stranded in the Pacific when the world shut down in March 2020. LA-based Houston native Angela Harger Thompson joins Houston Life to share the incredible true story behind her documentary, Quarantine at Sea. She also discusses how the experience inspired her memoir, and why she's now helping others heal through the power of storytelling through The Storytell Initiative.

Surprising science and life in our backyard ocean

Percival Everett’s “James” is a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award for fiction.

Scattering ashes at sea is a serene sendoff some choose for their loved ones.

Julie Otsuka’s novel “The Swimmers,” in which a group of swimmers collectively narrate their daily routines and what happens when they’re disrupted, has won the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction.

Ships in the Mediterranean Sea have rescued over 1,100 people struggling to reach Europe in rickety smugglers' boats and found five bodies.