The etymology of mistletoe — a plant with small, oval evergreen leaves and waxy white berries — may strike some as repugnant.

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The idea that literature contains multitudes is not new. For the greater part of its history, lit(t)eratura referred to any writing formed with letters. Up until the eighteenth century, the only true ...

Mr. Howard, a retired book editor, is the author of the forthcoming “The Insider: Malcolm Cowley and the Triumph of American Literature.” Critical discourse concerning the state of literature in ...

The Nobel Committee announced Thursday that 71-year-old Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai has won the 2025 Nobel Prize in literature. He is known for postmodern and apocalyptic novels and novellas ...

László Krasznahorkai has won this year's Nobel Prize in Literature. The Hungarian author was recognised "for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the ...

I often think about what it will be like when Taylor Swift dies. Not in a morbid way, not in a psycho-killer way. I hope peacefully, in her sleep, many years from now at a completely appropriate age ...

This is an edition of the Books Briefing, our editors’ weekly guide to the best in books. Sign up for it here. In the 1970s, before Morrison was world-famous for her fiction, she worked at Random ...

Creating similes is one of the best ways to stimulate creativity. They warm up your mental engines and help you look at the world with new and different perspectives. Similes help you understand one ...

Catherine St. Denis has made the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize longlist for Some Notes on Intoxication and Simile: Like Butterscotch and The Killer and the Harpist. The winner of the 2024 CBC Poetry Prize ...

Have you ever wanted to make your writing more colorful and vivid? Adding some similes can be a great way to spice up your descriptions. In this article, we’ll give you over 100 examples of similes to ...