Bruce Springsteen biopic Deliver Me from Nowhere, but it was also the 50th anniversary of Springsteen’s first great album: ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Dictionaries were once bestsellers, but between the internet and artificial intelligence, its role in our culture has changed. Stefan Fatsis is out with a new book called Unabridged: The Thrill of ...

When I turned 13, I entered a part of the life cycle cherished by all Jewish kids and dreaded by their parents. This was the year of bar and bat mitzvahs—my own, but also those of friends, relatives, ...

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If you look up “microaggression” or “sheeple” or “safe space” on the website of the Merriam-Webster dictionary, the entries won’t have a byline—but their author is Stefan Fatsis. A longtime journalist ...

Post Wave Children’s Books has bought two rhyming picture books from previously self-published author Will Hamilton-Davies. Joanna Perdoni, editorial director, and Lily Hawkes, junior editor, acquired ...

All these nuggets are drawn from “Unabridged,” in which Stefan Fatsis—a journalist, broadcaster and author—reflects on his love affair with the dictionary. There are gems aplenty about subjects ...

Sublime Systems, based in Somerville, Massachusetts, has developed a way to manufacture ‘clean’ cement using an electrochemical process which improves efficiency, durability and aesthetics, and avoids ...

PLOUGHMAN OF THE MOON — Robert Service— Dodd, Mead ($3.50). “I was always in love with rhyme,” confesses Robert Service. “If two lines could be made to clink it seemed to go a long way to justify them ...

Not long after my arrival, though, everything changed. Pageviews were declining for Merriam-Webster.com, the company’s free, ad-driven revenue engine: Tweaks to Google’s algorithms had punished ...

In a country rich in traditional textiles, motifs and crafts, it’s a tragedy that little has been done to document their histories, relevance and the role they play in the lives of those who create ...