The Life of Slang
This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet. It […]
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Living, Thinking, Looking
From the internationally bestselling author of What I Loved and The Summer Without Men, a dazzling collection […]
Retromania
We live in a pop age gone loco for retro and crazy for commemoration. Band reformations and […]
As Consciousness is Harnessed to Flesh
Part two of Susan Sontag’s journals This, the second of three volumes of Susan Sontag’s journals and […]
Guest review
The Glass Castle
Although at times hard to believe, this is the story of Jeannette Walls’s childhood. Together with her […]
Farther Away
In Farther Away, which gathers together essays and speeches written mostly in the past five years, Franzen returns with […]
Higher Gossip
‘Gossip of a higher sort’ was how the incomparable John Updike described the art of the review. […]