Why Was Turkish Delight C.S. Lewis’s Guilty Pleasure?
Austerity during WWII was hardly the time for pounds of exotic candy. Yet The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe prominently features Turkish delight.
The Olympics, Dave Eggers, and Your Idiot Brain
Our Friday Reads are these five new books out this week, and links to related content you won’t find anywhere else.
What Sir Walter Scott’s Historical Fiction Reveals About the Brexit
A scholar locates early European Unionism in the works of Sir Walter Scott. How would Scott have voted in the Brexit referendum?
The Monstrous Words Lurking in Your Language
“You have hissed all my mystery lectures. I saw you fight a liar in the back quad; in ...
New International Books
Five new books out this week, and links to related content you won’t find anywhere else.
Joy Williams, Tennessee Williams, and More
Five new books out this week, and links to related content you won’t find anywhere else. Prose master ...
The Linguistics of My Next Band Name
Why do certain combinations of words make good band names? Linguistic research points to "semantic space."
“What’s a life, anyway?” Remembering E. B. White
Reading Charlotte’s Web is the first time many bookworms feel real sadness for pretend characters.
Jamaica, Ithaca, and Seinfeldia
Our Friday Reads are these five new books out this week, and links to related content you won’t find anywhere else.
The Drag Aesthetic of Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes' poetry was influenced by the drag scene in 1920s Harlem.