Articles of Note

The dictionary people. Who were the tweedy, eccentric amateur lexicographers that made the Oxford English Dictionary possible

New Books

Conservative writers once pilloried the left with patrician gravitas and stylistic assurance. That has devolved into a flat hackishness... more »

Essays & Opinions

The passing of Marjorie Perloff and Helen Vendler feels like the definitive end of a poetic era that has been slowly passing for years... more »