Why study literature? Why read fiction? Why spend one’s life teaching it? What’s the point? Guest essayist Abram Van Engen offers some insight into those questions.... Read More
Commonly used as a call for pacifism, the biblical phrase “turn the other cheek” was originally a form of protest, encouraging people to stand up against their oppressors. But what kind of protest was Jesus promoting, exactly?... Read More
You might use the word banjaxed, if a weasel ran in front of your bicycle when you were on your way to the market. And you crashed into a tree when you swerved to miss the little critter. So, now your beautiful bike is banjaxed.... Read More
George M. Johnson's memoir All Boys Aren’t Blue has been characterized as obscene. Here’s a breakdown of why that’s sheer nonsense.... Read More
Starting over with “a clean slate” is thought to be the oldest known idiom. It means a fresh beginning, one free of past mistakes or failures. And It originated in The Code of Hammurabi.... Read More
This Week's Fun & Fancy Word Is: You definitely want to avoid having one of these in your library or bookstore. Because a... Read More.
R ay Bradbury’s iconic dystopian work Fahrenheit 451 offers compelling insights into today’s epidemic of book banning. The progression of events within the text... Read More.
Thomas Morton’s blistering satire The New English Canaan was the first book banned in the United States. Learn more about it here.... Read More
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