Lingustics

Staring at the Blank Page Before You

Joel Halldorf traces the history of writing and reading from clay tablets to e-readers

Let's Get Together and Feel Alright

Another Twofer Tuesday!! - Two reviews of brand-new books - one is sci-fi fantasy and the other a nonfiction focused on translations of Shakespeare.

There's a Blue Note in Each Song That I Sing

Kory Stamper - everyone's favorite lexicographer - returns with the story of Merriam-Webster's color definitions

Love and Language

Two books this week - one explores the women in Theodore Roosevelt's life, and the other examines the impact of social media on the future of language.

North, South, East and West

Ruminations on the meanings and importance of the cardinal directions

Crazy Genius

The true story of the British lexicographer and one of his most prolific helpers - who just happened to be insane

Book / Audiobook Review - The Dictionary of Lost Words

Audiobook Review: Index, A History of the