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Purdy, Director of Publicity, is in LA this weekend at Book Expo America. He will be reporting from the action for those of us left in NYC. Live from the convention floor of BEA in LA. For those not in the know BEA stands for Book Expo America, the largest convention of publishers, media, bookstore […]
What Rebecca has been reading.
Here’s a quiz: Is it worse for a girl to tear her ACL playing soccer or for a boy to get multiple concussions playing football? Or what about a 9-year-old girl driving a go-cart head-on into a concrete wall, smacking her body into the steering column, hitting her head on pavement and – oops – having her coat catch fire? Is that the worst?
Mark Peters looks at euphemisms.
Ammon Shea, an expert dictionary reader, reflects on rain.
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An excerpt from ‘Last Things: Emily Brontë’s Poetry’ by Janet Gezari.
Edward Zelinsky suggests that a free market in religion has made Americans a religious people, and therefore, a competitive market for marriage would strengthen marriage by unleashing the entrepreneurial energies of groups promoting their own models of marriage.
Questions for the month are answered.
Amos N. Guiora on the importance of sharing information in preventing terrorist attacks.
The answers to the quiz from this morning.
A quiz about Tony award winners.
David Perlmutter explores the move from print newspapers to online-only editions.
A celebration of the telegraph.
This week, in honour of Friday procrastination, we’ve selected some of our favourite links from across the web – to keep you looking busy. Why not read about Scrabble’s 60th birthday, top tourist attractions around the US, or check out Terry Gross’s commencement remarks, and some really good advice?
A closer look at Claude McKay and Langston Hughes.