The Disappearing Hyphen, and More
The disappearing hyphen. In 2007 Angus Stevenson, a dictionary editor, removed the punctuation mark from 16,000 words. Why? ... more »
Against relevance. It doesn’t explain the mysterious relationship between an individual and the art that moves them ... more »
Vladimir Sorokin’s Day of the Oprichnik skewered the Russian-nationalist dream. 16 years after …