Sleepfaring: What kind of person are you?
Are you a lark, an owl, or neither?
December 2006
The English Reader Quiz: Part Four
Part Four of the English Reader quiz.
The English Reader Quiz: Part Three
Part three of the English Reader Quiz.
The English Reader Quiz: Part Two
Do you know who said ‘a thing of beauty is a joy forever’, ‘death be not proud’, or ‘if you can meet with triumph and disaster… and treat those two imposters just the same’? Take our literary quiz to find out whether you know your Housman from your Hardy, and your Shakespeare from your Shelley.
Monthly Gleanings: December 2006
Anatoly Liberman’s Monthly Gleanings.
The English Reader Quiz: Part One
A literature quiz from the authors of The English Reader.
Kwanzaa: An Excerpt From The AASC
An excerpt from the AASC about Kwanzaa.
Babel: A Film About Responsibility
Nicole Rafter looks at the film Babel.
Our Favorite Books: Part Five
Our favorite books and a special surprise….
The Making of The Oxford Canon: Conclusion
David Lehman’s final column of the week, “Hope Against Hope,” or “High Hopes.”
Buried In Treasures: Holiday Advice
Help for compulsive acquiring in the holiday season.
The Making of The Oxford Canon: Emily Dickinson
David Lehman explores the poetry of Emily Dickinson.
Kissing and Dying Under the Mistletoe, With The Holly Thrown in for Good Measure
Anatoly Liberman weekly column.
The making of the oxford canon: scary poetry
What is the scariest poem in American poetry? I wager that many would select Poe’s “The Raven” – and it is unquestionable that Poe has the ability, in his verse and stories, to terrify. It is possible however, that Robert Frost has written the darkest and most frightening poems in our literature.
The Making of The Oxford Canon: Part Two
David Lehman introduces us to the Oxford Canon.
The Great Risk Shift: A Response
Jacob Hacker responds to an article in The New York Daily News.