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The voice not stilled
Nicholas Delbanco joins a long line of literary “adepts” who once received instruction at a master’s feet.
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What lasts, what fades away
With Harper Lee’s recent death, author Nicholas Delbanco ponders “the writer’s trade” in modern times.
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To be, or not to be
Nicholas Delbanco explores the literary and linguistic through line connecting everything from Elizabethan sonnets to modern street slang.
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Who said that?
Talk about irony: You coin a popular catchphrase and yet few know or care who wrote the words.
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Happily ever after?
Nicholas Delbanco strolls down Lovers’ Lane (in the literary sense) and ponders the nature of romance in writing.
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Eggcorns
Are you trying to pass mustard for all intensive purposes in a doggy dog world?
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"A Table Alphabeticall"
Anne Curzan flips through the first English dictionary, published in London in 1604.
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Yup, uh huh, yes
When it comes to expressing agreement, we can choose from an extensive range of options.
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Argh! Ugh! Oof!
How and when should we use these interjections? Anne Curzan explains.