Literary Criticism For the Masses
John Mullan, author of How Novels Work looks at the rise of literary criticism among the masses.
Our Favorite Books: Part One
Our favorite books.
Colonel Oates to Ian Fleming in Less Than Six Degrees
From the Civil War to James Bond.
Oxford Companion to Wine
ice wine vs. Icewine
The Oxford Companion to Wine helps us learn about ice wine and Icewine.
Oxford Companion to Food
Pie in the Sky
Read the pie entry from the Oxford Companion To Food.
The Partition of Palestine
An excerpt which looks at the partition of Palestine.
A History of Violence: David Cronenberg’s Morality Play
Nicole Rafter’s monthly column examines the film, A History of Violence.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
Aimee Mann
An excerpt from the Encylopedia of Popular Music’s Aimee Mann entry.
A Traditional American Thanksgiving
Amid all the stuffing, turkey, and pumpkin pie it’s useful to reflect for a moment on precisely what we celebrate on Thanksgiving Day. Every American knows the story of the First Thanksgiving: seeking religious freedom, the Pilgrims established a colony at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Native Wampanoag taught them how to plant corn and hunt. When the crops were harvested, the Pilgrims celebrated the First Thanksgiving by gobbling up turkeys, saucing cranberries, mashing corn, and squashing pumpkins to make pies.
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
Mos Def
A look at the Mos Def entry in the EPM.
Sex Crime Films: A Response
Sex Crime Films, a response.
Oxford Companion to Wine
Rosé
http://thepour.blogs.nytimes.com/
The Cratchit’s Christmas Dinner
The Cratchit’s and Christmas Pudding.
This Day in History: Moby Dick is Published
Happy Birthday Moby Dick!
Encyclopedia of Popular Music: An Excerpt
John Scofield
An Encyclopedia of Popular Music Monday.
Lives Across the Pond: Happy Birthday Sir Jacob Epstein
The biography of Jacob Epstein.