It’s easy to forget that some of the greatest works of fiction—Proust, Dostoevsky, Kafka—require the work of a translator to + more
It’s easy to forget that some of the greatest works of fiction—Proust, Dostoevsky, Kafka—require the work of a translator to + more
Asked whether market research breeds mediocrity, Wally Olins had this to say: “If you are going to create something that is + more
“Writing is your passion. Why not make it your day job, too?” Ugh. Writer’s Digest University is selling this load + more
Keith Houston has done a remarkable job in reducing the history of punctuation down to 530 words. Take a couple of + more
If this headline doesn’t reach out of your computer screen, grab you by the throat, and provide a vigorous demonstration + more
Julius Caesar was stabbed on this day in 44 B.C. But you already knew that, right? We’re mentioning it to + more
Jessica Lahey, a middle-school teacher, wrings her hands over the fact that, in our oppressive world, spelling matters. “Ideas should + more
Last night at the MAC, CK addressed a gathering of members of the Spokane chapter of the American Institute of + more
Okay, fine. We’ll do one more SPOMa post. (Why? Because we can.) Here’s a story about the exhibit from Steve Jackson over + more
Yet more evidence that Truman Capote fictionalized parts of In Cold Blood—his celebrated 1966 “nonfiction novel.” But does it really matter? + more
Behold! Jargon Madness! After having to live with this steaming load of codswallop for the last 11 years or so, + more
What with libraries offering pole-dancing lessons and Amazon giving away books, you’ve got to wonder: is anybody out there, you know…reading? + more
It’s lonely being a logophile. For reasons still unclear to me, any word not immediately familiar to the average 12-year-old + more
If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to be me—and really, why wouldn’t you?—this is a pretty fair approximation. (WARNING: + more