When people ask me for advice on writing,* I’ll often respond with “Never use utilize. Always use use.” Sure, it’s + 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
“Writers think I’m out to destroy their prose,” says Atlantic senior copy editor Karen Ostergren. “Laypeople think I’m a human + more
Cumberland Clark—the “Bard of Bournemouth”—was, according to Anthony Daniels, the second-worst poet in the English language.* How bad was he? + more
“When a new thing…is presented us our first criticisms are not our truest, best, most homefelt, or most lasting but + more
Shots fired: The most recent edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association states that two spaces should + more
Let’s talk about anyway, any way, and anyways. Because there is, in fact, a difference. Anyway is an adverb that + more
Spring 2016. A blog post by yours truly rails against the pernicious misuse of the word curate. Spring 2018. Wilfred + more
Lionel Shriver bravely tackles the “cultural appropriation” mob over at Prospect magazine. “Given that the better part of the human + more
Look, I’ve written some pretty cool stuff in my time. But even if I live to be 100, I know I’ll + more