Chris Andrews on Translation
“Sometimes the people who lament that global English has become a ‘grey language’ forget that the greyness predominates in certain social contexts, like business communication, and they forget that while…
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THE F-WORD & THE NEW YORKER
Mary Norris writes about the gradual inclusion of profanity in The New Yorker in this short piece, exploring questions on how one properly quotes Earl Sweatshirt, and whether or not…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
I trust you’re all up on your Higgs Boson news, but did you know scientists also captured an atom’s shadow? My take away from this article: cheetahs aren’t doing it…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Happy birthday America. I know some people (read: we) give you a lot of guff, but that’s just cause we love you so much. We’re going to be taking things…
Tiny Beautiful Things Makes the Honor Roll
Entertainment Weekly reviews Tiny Beautiful Things, Cheryl Strayed’s collection of Dear Sugar columns. Books over there are graded, and this one got a big ol’ A. Hooray! The review touches…
Support Publication of Young Authors: CanTeens Kickstarter
CanTeens, a literary and arts magazine, gives Harlem seventh graders an opportunity to discover and foster a love of reading, writing, and art through classes and a chance to see…
Thanks, Litseen
Remember last month’s celebration of written correspondence? Litseen has a winning combo of event footage and kinds words. We love you back!
Sun, Sand and Substance
Looking for beach reads? The Atlantic asked a number of trusted writers and readers, including Sash Frere-Jones, Emily Gould, and Rumpus editor Stephen Elliott, to recommend books “that live up…
Get Your Sugar From the Source
Cheryl Strayed has a collection of her wildly popular Dear Sugar columns, some never before published, coming out in one week. The book is called Tiny Beautiful Things, and it is…
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“Like the market for skin care products, the market for credentials is inexhaustible: as the bachelor’s degree becomes democratized, the master’s degree becomes mandatory for advancement. Our elaborate, expensive system…
Margaret Atwood on the Internet
Margaret Atwood, author of The Handmaiden’s Tale, the last book Jenna Le loved, tells us about writing with the internet as part of PEN’s Dialogue Series. “For me the experience of…