Language Arts

Select a Category Anecdotes Art Biblical Studies Bioethics Books Christianity Conservatism Economics Education Evangelicalism Family History Language Arts Military Misc. Moral Philosophy Movies Music Oddities Philosophy Poetry Politics Pop Culture Quotes Science Self-Improvement Shameless Self-Promotion Signs of the Times Technology Television Theology Thirty Three Things Videos Virtues Worldviews

Select a Month December 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012

January 2013

January 29, 2013

Why Does the English Language Have So Many Silent Letters?

Imagine how much time would be saved if we were take all of the silent...

January 28, 2013

Why We Should Memorize Poems

Brad Leithauser on why we should memorize text, especially poems: My late colleague Joseph Brodsky,...

January 23, 2013

John Hodgman’s Advice to Writers

Author and former literary agent John Hodgman gives tips on how to make it as...

January 22, 2013

Dothraki Beats Out Yiddish

Weird fact of the week: Dothraki, the language spoken by a race of pseudo-Mongol nomadic...

October 2012

October 23, 2012

Does Theology Need Literature?

Martin Luther seemed to think so: I am persuaded that without knowledge of literature pure theology...

October 10, 2012

The Most Beautiful Phrase in English?

Is the most beautiful phrase in English . . . cellar door? The claim that cellar door is...