Pen remembers it all. It was 1968. They took a family vacation to Sanibel. Pen’s father drove the station wagon. He held the wheel tightly and gritted his teeth and smoked cigarettes when he wasn’t ...

n the fifth of last November, I, accompanied by a friend well known to the public, accidently strayed into Whitechapel. It was a miserable evening; very dark, very muddy, and raining hard. There are ...

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Democracy, English, and the wars over usage 21st century Bryan A. Garner Dictionaries E.W. Gilman English language Eric Partridge Errors of usage H.W. (Henry Watson) Fowler Lexicography Philip Babcock ...

Do I imagine it,” the disquieted American visitor asks his wife one night in bed, “or is it true that when they speak of the ...

Cosmic Music: The Life, Art, and Transcendence of Alice Coltrane, by Andy Beta. Da Capo. 480 pages. $32.50 She had so many names, it’s sometimes difficult to know which one to use. They succeed one ...

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