Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Foreshadowing
Spoiler Alert!
May 2007
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: The Secret Agent
John Lyon reflects on what it was like to introduce The Secret Agent.
Conrad and Government
What do you think Conrad was saying about the interaction between government and terrorists?
Monthly Gleanings: May 2007
Anatoly reflects on his work in the past month.
Oxford World’s Classics: Book Club Reminder
Tomorrow is the discussion of The Secret Agent.
Creating Black Americans
Nell Painter, author of Creating Black Americans: African-American History & Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present was a winner of the 22nd annual Myers Outstanding Book Awards.
Castrillo de Murcia, Spain
Ben’s Place of the Week is Castrillo de Murcia, Spain.
On My UK Adventure
Rebecca’s trip to the UK.
Form an orderly queue, chaps: A quick guide to British English
The UK Early Bird gives a lighthearted guide to British English.
The Unknown Gulag
Part V: Another Source: The Survivors’ Testimony
Lynne Viola’s final post about her research for her book.
Friday procrastination: link love – Medieval Times, Tudors, and the Twentieth Century
Friday link love.
Cheeseburger in Paradise: A Quiz
A Hamburger quiz for you meat-lovers.
The Unknown Gulag
Part IV: Why did the Soviets Document their Crimes?
Everyday this week we are posting part of a series from author Lynne Viola, The Unknown Gulag: The Lost World of Stalin’s Special Settlements. Check out part one and part two and part three. Luck and serendipity combined to provide unique and rich sources for the book. I was continually amazed at the degree of […]
Holy Hangover, Batman!
Someone pass me four advils and a bucket of your finest coffee. If life appears sluggish around here, it’s because last night Oxford threw a launch party to celebrate the publication of The Oxford Companion to American Food and Drink. Even our ironic trucker hats can’t hide these hangovers. Contrary to popular belief, we publishing […]
The Unknown Gulag
Part III: The Provincial Archives
I read of the Regional Party Committee’s plans to feed the exiles’ families (including some 88,000 children) according to “starvation norms.”
If You Eat A Cake, You Are Sure To Have It Later
By Anatoly Liberman What a blow to national pride: cake is a loanword from Scandinavian, and cookie has been taken over from Dutch! The story of cake is full of dangerous corners, as will become immediately obvious. Anyone who begins to learn Swedish soon discovers that the Swedish for cake is kaka.