Sylvia Plath’s “Ariel,” 50 Years Later
Published in 1965, Ariel was published after Sylvia Plath herself had already been dead for two years.
Lingua Obscura: Young Women’s Language Patterns at the Forefront of Linguistic Change
Linguists observe that young women's language patterns invite negative reactions, comments, and suggestions to change.
Lingua Obscura: A New Linguistics Column
A linguistics column that will uncover curious stories of language use from all around the world--written by a linguist.
J. R. R. Tolkien the Philologist
Before The Hobbit, J. R. R. Tolkien was a philologist, a specialist in historical texts.
Our Obsession with Orphans: A Short History from Jane Eyre to Annie
Little Orphan Annie is the latest in a sequence of pop culture foundlings, but America’s orphans of the Great Depression weren’t endearing at all.
Gabriel García Márquez’s Papers Go to University of Texas at Austin
The archive of Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez, will go to the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin
New Typeface for Dyslexic Readers
A 33-year old Dutch designer, Christian Boer, has created the Dyslexie typeface to help dyslexic readers
Louise Glück Wins National Book Award for Poetry
Louise Glück has won the 2014 National Book Award for Poetry for her latest book, Faithful and Virtuous Night.
The First English Books
In the rare book world, the earliest printed books are known as incunables or incunabula.