The anatomy of effective prose, and the poetry of anatomy. Ever wonder what it’d be like to audit a class taught by a famous writer? A graduate student’s essay offers a taste of a semester studying with author Annie Dillard. Also, what...
The city of Portland, Oregon, where Martha and Grant recently took their live show, owes its name to a coin toss. The city’s founders, Asa Lovejoy of Boston, Massachusetts, and Frances Pettygrove of Portland, Maine, each wanted to name it for...
dragging n.— «He added “dragging” by minibuses on Highway 1 between Speightstown and Bridgetown on the off-peak hours and on Highway 7 (South Coast) by ZRs was sometimes overbearing. “Dragging” is the term used to...