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  1. “Paradise” (1994) - Abdulrazak Gurnah’s Bildungsroman Set in Colonized Tanzania, Taking Place Shortly before WWI

    By DonRocks,   
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  2. "Parker Looks Up - an Extraordinary Moment" - A Children's Book by Jessica and Parker Harris about her Trip to the National Portrait Gallery

    By DIShGo,   
    • 0 replies
    • 32 views

  3. "Hinky" - A Word Gone Obsolete in One or Two Generations

    By DonRocks,   
    • 27 replies
    • 870 views

  4. "Infinite Jest," (1996), A Massive, Philosophical, Science-Fiction, Black-Comedy by David Foster Wallace

    By DIShGo,   
    • 10 replies
    • 777 views

  5. "A Worn Path" (1941) - Gripping, Enigmatic, Short-Short Story by Eudora Welty

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 7 views

  6. Mondegreens (1954-) - Midunderstood or Misheard Lyrics to Songs

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 230 views

  7. "What If? Serious Scientific Answers to Absurd Hypothetical Questions" (2014) by Randall Munroe

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 16 views

  8. "Front Row at the Trump Show" (2020) by ABC News White House Correspondent Jon Karl

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 171 views

  9. Bob Dylan (1941-), Lyricist and Troubadour from Minnesota, and 2016 Nobel Prize Winner for Literature 1 2 3 4

    By The Hersch,   
    • 198 replies
    • 8.4k views

  10. "Who vs. Whom" towards the End of a Sentence

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 54 views

  11. "The Laugher" (1966) - An Extremely Short, Reflective Story by Heinrich Böll

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 19 views

  12. "XKCD" (2005-), a Web Comic by Illustrator Randall Munroe

    By DanielK,   
    • 0 replies
    • 108 views

  13. Annoying Words and Expressions

    By DonRocks,   
    • 36 replies
    • 672 views

  14. Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet, 1694-1778) French Author and Philosopher, Author of "Candide"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 46 views

  15. Toni Morrison (1931-2019) - Nobel Prize-Winning Author of "Beloved" and "Song of Solomon"

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 52 views

  16. Sullivan Ballou (1829-1861) - Union Soldier from Rhode Island, Author of One Surviving Letter

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 27 views

  17. "War and Peace" ( Война и Mир, 1869) - Russian Author Leo Tolstoy's Legendary Novel about the Napoleonic Wars' Effects on Russia via Stories of Five Aristocratic Russian Families

    By DonRocks,   
    • 2 replies
    • 224 views

  18. Regional Expressions and Colloquialisms

    By DonRocks,   
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    • 277 views

  19. "When I Heard the Learn'd Astronomer" (1865) - by Walt Whitman

    By DonRocks,   
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    • 52 views

  20. "Grammar Geekery" - A Washington Post Column Written by Bill Walsh 1 2

    By DonRocks,   
    • 52 replies
    • 2.1k views

  21. "The Remains of the Day" (1988) - Nobel Prize Author Kazuo Ichiguro's Masterpiece of Old-World Tone

    By DonRocks,   
    • 4 replies
    • 93 views

  22. Leonard Cohen (1934-2016), Legendary Canadian Singer, Songwriter, Poet, and Novelist

    By MC Horoscope,   
    • 10 replies
    • 434 views

  23. "Let Us Now End American Colonialism" (1955) - Ernest Gruening's Speech to the Alaska Constitutional Convention

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 34 views

  24. Faux Amis ("False Friends") - The Bane of Every French Student

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 49 views

  25. "Tolkein: Maker of Middle-Earth" (Jan 25 - May 12, 2019) - The Morgan Library & Museum, Manhattan

    By Tweaked,   
    • 0 replies
    • 40 views

  26. The Atlantic (Formerly The Atlantic Monthly, 1857-) - Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg's Literary and Cultural Gem

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 271 views

  27. "Koi No Yokan" - an Untranslatable Japanese Expression Describing 'The Feeling Before Love'

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 45 views

  28. The Etymology of the Word "Glitch" - Could It Be From Mad Magazine?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 5 replies
    • 1.3k views

  29. C.S. Lewis (1898-1963) - British Author, Scholar, and Theologian

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 113 views

  30. A Bloat of Hippos, and other Collective Animal Nouns

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 108 views

  31. Pat Conroy (1945-2016) - Southern Novelist and Memoirist, Author of "The Prince of Tides" and "The Great Santini"

    By DaveO,   
    • 1 reply
    • 102 views

  32. "Tennis Player Michael Joyce's Professional Artistry as a Paradigm of Certain Stuff about Choice, Freedom, Discipline, Joy, Grotesquerie, and Human Completeness" (1996), aka "The String Theory," by David Foster Wallace

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 627 views

  33. “Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis” (2017) - Memoir by J. D. Vance

    By curiouskitkatt,   
    • 10 replies
    • 150 views

  34. Ntozake Shange (1948 - 2018) - American Playwright and Poet, Best Known for "When Colored Girls ...."

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 57 views

  35. What Are You Reading, And What's Next on Your List?

    By porcupine,   
    • 31 replies
    • 1.4k views

  36. "The Story of an Hour" (1894) by Kate Chopin - a Woman's Freedom, Dramatically Denied

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 159 views

  37. "The Monkey's Paw" (1902) - Classic Supernatural Tale of "The Three Wishes," by W. W. Jacobs

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 67 views

  38. "The Tell-Tale Heart" (1843) - Edgar Allan Poe's Classic Short-Short of Psychological Self-Immolation

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 75 views

  39. What Are Your Favorite Books, And Why?

    By NolaCaine,   
    • 0 replies
    • 66 views

  40. V.S. Naipaul (1932-2018) Trinidadian Author, and Winner of the 2001 Nobel Prize for Literature

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 59 views

  41. "Big Ass Comics," by Rip-Off Press and Creator Robert Crumb

    By Joe H,   
    • 6 replies
    • 2k views

  42. "The Lion's Share" - What Does It Really Mean?

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 108 views

  43. Typing the Number of Spaces after a Period - Should it be One or Two?

    By Ericandblueboy,   
    • 2 replies
    • 117 views

  44. "Sweetbitter" (2016) by Stephanie Danler - Novel About One Year as a Backwaiter at Union Square Cafe (?)

    By dcs,   
    • 4 replies
    • 478 views

  45. Etymology and Grammar - Rules, Tricks, and Ways to Remember Things

    By DonRocks,   
    • 27 replies
    • 2.5k views

  46. "A Brief History of Time" (1988) - Stephen Hawking's Best-Seller about the Origins of the Cosmos

    By DonRocks,   
    • 0 replies
    • 98 views

  47. Harlan Ellison (1934-), Speculative Fiction Writer, Best Known for Televised Adaptions of His Work

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 143 views

  48. Ethnic Slurs in the English Lexicon

    By Ericandblueboy,   
    • 9 replies
    • 175 views

  49. Virginia Woolf (Jan 25, 1882 - Mar 28, 1941) - English Author Noted for Pioneering Steam-of-Consciousness Writing

    By DonRocks,   
    • 1 reply
    • 123 views

  50. Lie vs. Lay, when Used as a Reflexive Verb

    By DonRocks,   
    • 3 replies
    • 315 views
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