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Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Writers Are Assholes?

Am I the Literary Asshole for Thinking All Writers Are Assholes?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | April 17, 2025

Am I the Literary Asshole for Demanding More Semicolons in My Books?

Am I the Literary Asshole for Demanding More Semicolons in My Books?

Kristen Arnett Answers Your Awkward Questions About Bad Bookish Behavior

By Kristen Arnett | March 20, 2025

Anne Curzan on Our Changing Language

Anne Curzan on Our Changing Language

In Conversation with Whitney Terrell and V.V. Ganeshananthan on Fiction/Non/Fiction

By Fiction Non Fiction | October 17, 2024

“A Very Smart and Accessible Friend.” Why the <em>Chicago Manual of Style</em> Remains Essential

“A Very Smart and Accessible Friend.” Why the Chicago Manual of Style Remains Essential

Seven Writers and Editors Discuss What they Love Most About This Faithful Companion of Grammar Nerds Everywhere

By Literary Hub | September 19, 2024

To Americanize or Americanise: Writing a New Zealand Novel in the America-Dominant Publishing World

To Americanize or Americanise: Writing a New Zealand Novel in the America-Dominant Publishing World

Rebecca K Reilly on the Editors Who Told Her to Change Her Novel for an American Audience

By Rebecca K Reilly | February 7, 2024

Is the phrase <em>The Tortured Poets Department</em> grammatically correct?

Is the phrase The Tortured Poets Department grammatically correct?

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 6, 2024

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Emily Simon on Language Games, Perspective, and Inheriting a Tradition of Complaining

By Ross Simonini | May 25, 2023

Baroque, Purple, and Beautiful: In Praise of the Long, Complicated Sentence

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2023

In Praise of TK: Why the Handy Shorthand Has a Surprising Emotional Hold on Me

By Sophie Vershbow | September 29, 2022

What Happens When You Offer Grammar Advice to Complete Strangers in the Middle of Manhattan

What Happens When You Offer Grammar Advice to Complete Strangers in the Middle of Manhattan

Ellen Jovin on Spreading the Joy and Empowerment of Language

By Ellen Jovin | July 26, 2022

The Syntax of Belonging: On the Profound Connection Between Identity and Language

The Syntax of Belonging: On the Profound Connection Between Identity and Language

Pardis Mahdavi Considers the Evolution of Words and Hyphenate Identities

By Pardis Mahdavi | July 30, 2021

In Praise of the Singular “They”<br> in Literary Translation

In Praise of the Singular “They”
in Literary Translation

Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler on Maintaining the Aesthetic
Character of a Text

By Isaac Stackhouse Wheeler | May 14, 2021

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

Of course Vladimir Nabokov imagined emoticons over a decade before they were invented.

By Emily Temple | April 30, 2021

Which one is correct: O.K., OK, ok, or okay?

Which one is correct: O.K., OK, ok, or okay?

By Jonny Diamond | March 23, 2021

Type what you want, but we’re going to remove your extra space after a period.

Type what you want, but we’re going to remove your extra space after a period.

By Jonny Diamond | March 11, 2021

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

The West in Pieces: On the Reimagined Grammar(s) of C. Pam Zhang

Christian Kiefer on a Debut Novel That Rewrites the Hills of California

By Christian Kiefer | April 9, 2020

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