Lake Baikal, Russia
Ben’s Place of the Week is Lake Baikal, Russia.
Brown v. Board of Education
Klarman looks at the backlash created by Brown v. Board of Education.
Guidance For People Facing Serious Illness: When Death Is Close
A guide that explains what to expect When Death Is Close.
Guidance For People Facing Serious Illness: When Food Feels Like Love
An excerpt from Handbook For Mortals.
A Tribute To Vera
A toast to Vera!
Friday procrastination: link love – news, nature, and NYC
Some fun links for a lazy Friday.
A Poptastic Geekfest for Infoholics
Ben Zimmer looks at how we combine words to make new words.
What Makes Us Who We Are: The Personality Survey
Take our personality survey, and find out what kind of person you are.
Looking For a Few Good Muslims
Jenkins reflects on the Lancaster House conference on “Islam and Muslims in the World Today.”
Break – Broke – Broken
Even a quick look at the history of words meaning “break” shows how often they begin with the sound group br-. Break has cognates in several Germanic languages. The main Old Scandinavian verb was different (compare Modern Swedish bryta, Norwegian bryte, and so forth), but it, too, began with br-.
Congrats To James McPherson!
Exciting news at OUP! Jim McPherson has won the The Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing.
Huiricuta Ecological and Cultural Protected Area, Mexico
Ben’s Place of the Week is Huiricuta Ecological and Cultural Protected Area, Mexico.
Dan Ozzi, Chuck Close and
The Oxford Dictionary of American Art and Artists
Dan Ozzi looks at Chuck Close.
A Few Questions For Elizabeth Beck
Elizabeth Beck has been kind enough to answer a few questions for OUP about her experiences with death row inmates and their families.
In The Shadow Of Death
In the article below Beck explores the tales of two men, one who is facing imminent execution.
Literariness: How Novels Work
An excerpt from John Mullan’s ‘How Novels Work’ to get you in the mood for summer reading.