Fifteenth-century European nuns invented it, 18th-century British blue-bloods revived it, and these days, paper quilling is trendy with crafters on social media. That’s where Stacy Bettencourt learned ...

A.J. Jacobs has been writing with an old-fashioned quill for a year. He argues they allow for slower, more contemplative thinking. Writer A.J. Jacobs wrote his manuscript using a quill and ink, ...