Language Matters
Style, substance, and the labor involved in getting it just so
By Michael Dirda Friday, November 16, 2012
Jacques Barzun—and Others
The eminent scholar was among the last representatives of a grand literary tradition
By Michael Dirda Friday, November 2, 2012
Oberlin
Nostalgia and longing for the middle of nowhere and the flowering of culture one finds there
By Michael Dirda Friday, October 26, 2012
Waving Not Drowning
All those books set aside for projects yet to come—but is it madness?
By Michael Dirda Friday, October 19, 2012
Dirty Pictures
George Bellows, the beauties of an industrial landscape, and a tribute to the quiet men who got things done
By Michael Dirda Friday, September 28, 2012
New and Old
Building a book collection, one treasured volume at a time
By Michael Dirda Friday, September 21, 2012
A Positively, Final Appearance
And an exhortation to read, read, read
By Michael Dirda Friday, February 1, 2013
Ending Up
Man can live on books alone, but he needs more bread to do so
By Michael Dirda Friday, January 25, 2013
Let Us Now Praise Dover Books
The literary legacy of E. F. Bleiler
By Michael Dirda Friday, December 28, 2012
Christmas Reading
A lot more than Dickens can help invoke the Yuletide spirit
By Michael Dirda Friday, December 14, 2012
In Praise of Small Presses
The books they publish would enliven any library—but you likely won’t find them at your average big box
By Michael Dirda Friday, December 7, 2012
