Oxford World’s Classics Book Club: Families in Huckleberry Finn
Who is Huck’s family?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club:
Arab Stereotypes in Huck Finn
Why did Jim dress up as an Arab?
Oxford World’s Classics Book Club:
Quotes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
“Music is a good thing.”
Prepositions: “Dull Little Words” or Unsung Linguistic Heroes?
Ben Zimmer takes a close look at prepositions.
Mandela: An Excerpt
An excerpt from Tom Lodge’s critical biography ‘Mandela’
Monthly Gleanings (August 2007)
Anatoly answers questions gleaned from your comments.
On Lesch-Nyhan Disease
A look at free will and rare diseases.
Christianity: An Email Dialogue Part Two
Philip Jenkins and Miranda Hassett continue their conversation.
Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
Ben’s Place of the Week is Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn.
Christianity: An Email Dialogue Part One
An email exchange between Miranda Hassett and Philip Jenkins.
Universal Virtues: Lessons From History
An excerpt from Character Strengths and Virtues: A Handbook and Classification.
Is Character Real?
Christopher Peterson argues that character is real.
What is a Funion?
Idris Goodwin poses an excellent questions, “What is they feeding our kids?”
Friday procrastination: link love – medicine, mindsets, and Arthur Miller
What Rebecca has been reading this week.
When Languages Die: Science and Sentiment
An excerpt from K. David Harrison’s book.
Hippopotomonstrosesquipedalianism!
One question I often field in my capacity as OUP’s editor for American dictionaries is, ‘What’s the longest word in the dictionary?’ I don’t hear it as often as ‘How do I get a new word in the dictionary?’ but it still comes up from time to time. My stock answer isn’t very interesting: ‘It depends…’