The Loneliness of the Long Distance Speaker: Linguistic Isolation in the Modern World
Ayapaneco, an endangered Mexican language, sparked linguistic interest when the last two speakers of the language were not speaking to each other
E.L. Doctorow On New York
Literary giant E.L. Doctorow died in New York — where he lived his entire life — on 07/21. In a 1995 interview, Doctorow reveals what the city meant to him.
“Between the World and Me”: Ta-Nehisi Coates and the Legacy of James Baldwin
Toni Morrison has compared writer Ta-Nehisi Coates to James Baldwin; find out why here.
Still Visible: William Styron’s Memoir of Madness 25 Years Later
An interview with the daughter of William Styron, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Sophie's Choice.
How Second-Wave Feminists Saw Saturday Morning Cartoons
Before the Bechdel test, second-wave feminists looked at sexist portrayals in Saturday Morning cartoons
Gone (Cat)Fishing: How Language Detectives Tackle Online Anonymity
Linguistic clues might be the solution to identifying anonymous online users.
Off With Their Heads! Alice In Wonderland Turns 150
How Alice in Wonderland changed how we look at time and space.