How to Write Well
Rules and rigidity are anathema to writing style and the kind of exciting, surprising language that make literature so rewarding. But writing rules also allow for clear communication and logical arguments. So where is the middle ground?
Heel Turns
An examination of celebrity culture, in all its indulgent, enduring, addictively hollow glory.
How Korea Got Cool
As tensions rise between North Korea and the United States, one British journalist’s books offer a look at neighboring South Korea across the scope of nearly 40 years, and show the country’s meteoric rise from third world economy to one of the most vigorous, proudest, coolest nations on earth.
When Dickens Met Dostoevsky
Eric Naiman unearths one of the most elaborate academic hoaxes in recent memory:
Chekhov wrote a story, “In the Ravine”, where the father of a counterfeiter begins to worry that every coin passing through his hands is a fake. A similar feeling might befall any researcher trying to keep track of this mutually supportive network of scholars and writers. As one writer collapses into another, anyone who has anything positive to say about Leo Bellingham, Michael Lindsay or A. D. Harvey falls under suspicion and has to be thoroughly investigated for evidence of a more robust existence.
