Throwing Insults
Jerome Neu looks at the meaning of the shoes thrown at the Baghdad press conference earlier this week.
Dickens’s Christmas Books: The Battle of Life
An excerpt from one of Charles Dickens’s Christmas books, ‘The Battle of Life’.
Advertising in Recession
Battistella looks at advertising in economic down-turns.
Books of 2008 from OUP-UK
Staff from OUP-UK choose their books of 2008.
Did Milton Know Shakespeare?
An excerpt from John Milton: Life, Work, and Thought, by Gordon Campbell and Thomas N. Corns.
Cat Blogging: Nikita Reads
Nikita the cat tells us about her favorite books.
Best Sellers
Ammon Shea looks at best seller lists.
Defiance: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Defiance by Nechama Tec.
A Video Introduction to Experimental Philosophy
A video to help us understand experimental philosophy.
An Intern’s Fond Farewell
Ashley says “goodbye”.
OED All Over The Place
The OED is popping up all over the place!
Ten Success Principles To Help You “Make It” In Music
How to be successful in the music business.
Shakespeare’s Undirected Letters: Critical Confusion in King Lear
An excerpt from Alan Stewart’s new book ‘Shakespeare’s Letters’.
Literary Anecdotes: A Quiz
Test your literary skills with our anecdotes quiz.
The Sinister Side: Titian’s Diana and Actaeon
James Hall looks at Titian’s Diana and Actaeon.
A 5 Under 35 Report From 2 Under 35
This year, authors Joshua Ferris, Jonathan Franzen, Francine Prose, Mary Gaitskill and Jim Shepard (former National Book Award Fiction Finalists) selected a young fiction writer “who they found particularly promising.” They chose Matthew Eck, Keith Gessen, Sana Krasikov, Nam Le, and Fiona Maazel.