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Think you know Pride and Prejudice? Prove it!

Kali Hays

Love the Words

Celebrating 75 years of poetry at the Y.

Monday, October 14th, 2013

Polly Coles

Venice in Real Life

Can we save a great city from becoming a theme park?

Monday, March 18th, 2013

Tamara Glenny

Just Sayin’

Spotting the anachronisms in Downton Abbey

Wednesday, February 27th, 2013

Max Blagg

Hello Sausages

The phenomenally creative poetry of Ian Dury.

Thursday, January 10th, 2013

Randy Cohen

Ethics

Excerpts from Randy Cohen’s Be Good, a book on moral dilemmas.

Friday, October 5th, 2012

Anonymous

Ghosting

The writer behind many non-writers speaks.

Wednesday, June 20th, 2012

Lucy Sisman

Marvellous

The pitfalls an adjective can present.

Tuesday, April 10th, 2012

Randy Cohen

Devalued

Value engineeringâ€”it’s the opposite of how it sounds.

Saturday, March 17th, 2012

Margaret Diehl

Book Dreams

Are they the ones that will never be written?

Wednesday, February 1st, 2012

Tamara Glenny

Language Lessons

A roundup of books on language in 2011.

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

Tamara Glenny

Pronouns

Computerized analysis can tell us who we are.

Monday, November 14th, 2011

Veronica Horwell

Riots

Our stolen words for stealing.

Tuesday, October 18th, 2011

The Agent

Publishing has changedâ€”and not for the better.

Monday, August 8th, 2011

Michael M. Thomas

Aphorisms

They ain’t what they used to be.

Monday, July 11th, 2011

Lucy Sisman

Maverick

I want my maverick back!

Monday, May 16th, 2011