Scandal at the Oxford English Dictionary! Robert Burchfield’s efforts in the 70s and 80s to delete words from the dictionary based on their foreign origins have been uncovered.
“Swamp Fuschia”
Paper Trail
Edinburgh's latest whodunnit wasn't written by Ian Rankin. The Scottish capital's mysterious book sculptor has struck again. Last summer, she started anonymously leaving paper sculptures at literary locations around the city to promote free access to libraries, museums, and galleries. The latest artwork arrived at the Edinburgh Unesco City of Literature Trust and includes paper feather wings, a safety helmet, and goggles "to provide some protection throughout journey."
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The Morality of Literature
Guernica interviews Alice Walker in honor of Banned Books Week.
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Ich bin ein Berliner
The kind souls at NYRB Classics have nicely posted the first story from Robert Walser's Berlin Stories, "Good Morning, Giantess!" on their Tumblr. The collection got a nice little write up in this weekend's New York Times, too.
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Something To Think About This Sunday
Black Hawk Down and Killing Pablo author Mark Bowden explains the "hardest job in football" in this Atlantic article from 2009.
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The Written World
The Written World is a five part radio series put together by Melyvn Bragg as part of the In Our Time BBC radio project. The programs look at the history of written word, and how it has shaped our intellectual history.
Far be it for The Guardian to be guilty of trolling for pageviews with a manufactured scandal.