Articles of Note

Harold Bloom claimed to be able to read 1,000 pages an hour. At that pace, it would still take 280 years to get through GPT-4’s training data... more »


New Books

Dicey, piece of cake, scrounge, and bonkers are all NOOB's — "not one-off Britishisms." Why have such words conquered America?... more »


Essays & Opinions

Literary criticism has become almost entirely cultural criticism. Was this shift an inevitable product of the academy?... more »