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Henry James’s Cruelties, and More
Abstruse and stylistically daunting, Mein Kampf was a best-seller in Nazi Germany, but did anyone actually read it?...
Thomas Kinkade, Alexandre Kojève, and More
In the 1990s, Thomas Kinkade estimated that his artwork could be found in one out of twenty American homes...
How TikTok is Changing English, and More
Yeet, side-eye, fleek: New technologies alter the way we speak.
Cynthia Ozick, Condé Nast, and More
Cynthia Ozick: “What marks the lastingness of a work of fiction—apart from the judgment of posterity—isn’t prominence in the present, or brilliance or…
The Rules of Literacy, and More
In the 1960s, some British schools adopted a new alphabet, rewriting the rules of literacy. Those students still can't spell...
The Battle of the Brows, and More
Battle of the Brows. In 1920s England, readers alienated by highbrow texts found refuge in a book club for the “Broadbrows”...
The Geological Sublime, and More
Can college students read? Skeptics marshal damning anecdotes, but hard data is hard to come by...
The TV Novel, and More
Can racial complexity be taught in a college classroom?
Muriel Spark, May Swenson, and More
Muriel Spark, obsessed with biography, authorized one of herself — which she came to describe as “slander” and “defamation”...
The Atlantic's 'A-Team,' and More
Offering salaries from $200,000 to $300,000, The Atlantic has assembled a new “A-team” of writers...
Vonnegut, Milton, and More
For Kurt Vonnegut, survival was a kind of "cosmic joke"...
The Classicist Who Wants to Abandon Classics, and More
People interested in advancing knowledge once paid little heed to universities.
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