July 7, 2016
The Kangas of the World
My five-year-old daughter and I have been reading Winnie-the-Pooh this week. In the seventh chapter, the nativist Rabbit tries to drive out recent arrivals Kanga and Roo by kidnapping Roo […]
May 31, 2016
Closer Yet He Approaches Us
I’ve made it a habit, from time to time on this blog, to note Whitman’s birthday. The day has come round again; the great gray celebrant is 197 years old. […]
July 12, 2012
Mix Tape: The One
The 3:AM website disappeared last week. Its servers were managed by a company whose website was down and whose owner could not be located—until people used social media to track […]
June 20, 2012
Short Takes: Theory of Sublimity
“Soda,” or “pop”? Here’s a more nuanced answer (maybe) to accents, intonations, inflections, and everything else that makes speech interesting. Ben Lerner, setting it straight in The New Yorker: “…I’m […]