A Few Questions for Michael and Diane Ravitch
A few questions about The English Reader, an interview with Michael and Diane Ravitch.
Attaboy!
Or, The Male-Intimate Affectionate Overtones Questions
Anatoly Liberman looks at the origins of the phrase “Attaboy!”
Dickens And Christmas
A deeper look at the most famous Christmas Carol.
Kissing, Germany
Ben’s Place of The Week
Ben’s Place of the week, holiday style.
This Day in History: First Wireless Message Sent Across the Atlantic Ocean
A closer look at Marconi, who transmitted the first wireless message.
Our Favorite Books: Part Three
Oxford employees share their favorite books.
What They Didn’t Say
We excerpt from What They Didn’t Say: A Book of Misquotations.
Lives Across The Pond: A Tribute To John Lennon
John Lennon in the Oxford DNB.
Celebrating Walt Whitman
An excerpt from Walt Whitman’s Memoranda During the War.
Our Favorite Books: Part Two
Oxford University Press staff share their favorite books.
The Most Influential Americans: The Revolutionaries
Based on The Atlantic’s Top 100 Most Influential Americans of All Time list, we look at George Washington, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
The Most Influential Americans: Ben Franklin and the Revolutionaries
Ed Gaustad weighs in on the Atlantic’s top 100 most influential Americans.
Actually, Like Cures Like (?)
Anatoly Liberman looks at filler words, like and you know.
Literary Criticism For the Masses
John Mullan, author of How Novels Work looks at the rise of literary criticism among the masses.
Christmas Island
Ben’s Place of the Week
Christmas Island is Ben’s Place of the Week.
Our Favorite Books: Part One
Our favorite books.