An attempt to convey the magnitude of Borges’ library
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges’ Library of Babel, which I dip into when I’m feeling brave, quantifies the collection. (Via.)
The Unimaginable Mathematics of Borges’ Library of Babel, which I dip into when I’m feeling brave, quantifies the collection. (Via.)
Released from the venomous brain tumor that was her latest writing project, AL Kennedy blogs.
Every Christmas, Laura Miller re-reads C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. (More on her adventures in Narnia.)
“Word had turned him into a foodstuff: Professor Schnitzel.” In trying to correct errors, Word & Excel have created new ones.
The Oxford American Writer’s Thesaurus (2nd Ed.) incorporates usage notes from an astonishing group of contributing authors, including Erin McKean, Stephin Merritt, Zadie Smith, Simon Winchester, Francine Prose, and David Foster Wallace. (Eternal disclosure.) Looking for something else last night, I discovered this entertaining note, signed “DFW & EM,” on “effete”: Here’s a word on which some dictionaries and useage . . .