Articles of Note

Since the Second World War, scientists have understood the human brain as a predictive machine. Is that still a useful metaphor?   ... more »

New Books

Pirate publishers saturated the market and filled warehouses with unsellable stock. Result: the publishing crash of 1783... more »

Essays & Opinions

Critics hold that “the question of correctness is generally irrelevant” in poetry. But they’re mistaken about poets’ mistakes... more »