I made my bones as a writer doing music criticism – CD and concert reviews, previews, features, and the like + more
I made my bones as a writer doing music criticism – CD and concert reviews, previews, features, and the like + more
From Clear and Simple as the Truth: Writing Classic Prose, by Francis-Noël Thomas and Mark Turner (Princeton University Press, 1994): + more
Joshua Gill, Daily Caller: “Sergey Savitsky, an engineer at Bellingshausen Station in the South Shetland Islands of Antarctica, stands accused of + more
You know Gmail’s new “Smart Reply” feature? Those “bland formulations of convenient and functional corporate language” that sit there at + more
adjal (noun; Indonesian) the predestined hour of one’s death As Steven washed down his breakfast of pizza-flavored Pringles with a + more
Ever come across something so profound that you simply have no response other than to smack yourself on the forehead + more
As I may have mentioned here once or twice before, I like to begin each day with a little poetry. + more
Jealous vs. envious. Synonyms? Not quite. Let’s say you see Skooch roll up to helveticka world headquarters in his sweet new + more
When people ask me for advice on writing,* I’ll often respond with “Never use utilize. Always use use.” Sure, it’s + more
All this straw-banning nonsense is, well…just that: nonsense. Given that 60 percent of the plastic in the oceans comes from + more
“From certain angles,” writes Nick Davidson over at Outside magazine, “it looks like we’re hanging over the precipice. Climate change-fueled + more
Years ago, when I was flirting with the rather ridiculous notion of pursuing an MFA in creative writing, I came + more
Apparently Swiss-born British philosopher and “writer of essayistic books” Alain de Botton knows me personally: “Work finally begins,” he says, “when + more
Let’s talk about compounds and hyphenation. Y’all know what a compound is, right? Two or more words, put together, that + more