Articles of Note

The disappearing hyphen. In 2007 Angus Stevenson, a dictionary editor, removed the punctuation mark from 16,000 words. Why? ... more »

New Books

Against relevance. It doesn’t explain the mysterious relationship between an individual and the art that moves them ... more »

Essays & Opinions

Vladimir Sorokin’s Day of the Oprichnik skewered the Russian-nationalist dream. 16 years after publication, it’s more relevant than ever ... more »