Articles of Note

The dictionary people. These tweedy, eccentric amateur lexicographers made the Oxford English Dictionary possible... more »

New Books

Conservative writers once pilloried the left with patrician gravitas. Their stylistic assurance 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 dying for years... more »