The Philosopher, the Politician, the Playboy, and Pooh
An unexpected consensus from Chomsky, Gingrich, and Hefner.
Reading in the Brain
How words work.
Guest Books
Nigella Lawson.
Five Books
Thanksgiving
Too Much Happiness
Alice Munro still surprises.
POETRY
The Mower
Verses from England's poet laureate.
FICTION
Devil's Dream
Laura Miller on Madison Smartt Bell
MUSIC
Fall
Norah Jones, plugged in.
THE THINKING READ
Thucydides: the Reinvention of History
A.C. Grayling on what an ancient historian still offers the modern world.
READER'S DIARY
New Worlds
Brooke Allen on Wallace Shawn, Geraldo Rivera, and a children's classic.
Drawn to Read
Ward Sutton on John Irving
Hard Rain Falling
Hitting the streets.
The Original of Laura
Nabokov's last cards.
The Black Hole War
Cosmic conflict.
Daybook
November 23: On this day in 1644 John Milton published his pamphlet, Areopagitica, a Speech for the Liberty of Unlicensed Printing, to the Parliament of England. Having just returned from a visit to the imprisoned Galileo, Milton’s famous…
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Previously in Daybook
In the Margin
What children's book character do Noam Chomsky, Newt Gingrich, and Hugh Hefner share an affection for? Readers of this blog will remember our asking that question…
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Earlier Posts
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The Long List
Books CDs, DVDs to know about now
Hurry Down Sunshine
The former “Freelance” columnist for the Times Literary Supplement tells the extraordinary story of the summer his teenage daughter descended into psychosis. "They stole my words," she tells her father, and in supplying his own to treat her -- and his own -- affliction, Greenberg has written a haunting book. Now in paperback. Read our review.
G. I. Bones
The latest installment in one of the most underrated detective series around has US military policemen Ernie Bascom and George Sueno looking into further criminal doings in the demilitarized zone on the South Korean border.
Complete Lyrics of Johnny Mercer
Johnny Mercer’s lyrics set the highest standards in the American songbook. Collaborating with Hoagy Carmichael, Harry Warren, Harold Arlen, and Jerome Kern, among many others, he set unforgettable words to some of the most memorable melodies in popular music...