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Kid Lit Before It Was Kid Lit
A recent Slate Explainer details what children read before the advent of “children’s literature.” The answer: “Epic poems, religious literature, romances, and Aesop.” Looks like English kids had it better than…
Writers from Vermont to Oregon and Everywhere In Between
“There is a tendency to place the center of the writing universe in New York City. This is understandable—countless writers live there. Have you heard about this magical place called…
“Give Me A Peanut Now, Human”
Corvids, a family of birds including crows, ravens, and scrub jays, are famed for their intelligence. They can play, use tools, and remember where they’ve hidden food with remarkable accuracy.…
A Very Medieval Holiday Season
If the usual array of winter holidays is simply not enough for you, you might consider checking out the medieval December saints calendar (part 1 and part 2). Who needs…
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Bigfoot Is Real!
The director of genetic-testing lab DNA Diagnostics claims to have sequenced the DNA of a Bigfoot-type creature from a population that arose when “male, non-human primates mated with early human…
“The gun is our Moloch”
To sacrifice the life of a child is to honor the god Moloch. Garry Wills, at the New York Review of Books Blog unearths America’s not-so-secret shrines to Moloch: “The…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Get in the holiday spirit with Christmas present x-rays. All the Bauhaus sketches/photos/puppets you could hope for (or, you know, a couple of them). Very important: why is their a…
Literature’s Most Famous Party Hosts
Some writers are almost as famous for their raucous boozing as they are for their prose. You could fill a book with tales of literary parties—in fact, professional party planner…
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Getting Subjunctive
“This idea of ‘should have’ is a Pandora’s box of regret and hope.” Vietnamese and many other languages do not feature subjunctive speech, however English and most Germanic languages are…