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Willa Cather's will forbade the publication of her private letters, but that will has now expired. The Selected Letters of Willa Cather contains more than 500 missives — including one that ...
When it comes to cleverly crafted fine lines in prose or poetry, a palindrome is a word, phrase, or sequence of words that reads the same backward as forward, such as 'Madam, I’m Adam.' ...
Earlier this year, Bill DeMain introduced us to 15 Wonderful Words With No English Equivalent.Now that you've integrated those into your vocabulary, here are 14 more. 1. Shemomedjamo (Georgian) ...
Beautiful and wonderful words of life that separate us from those who would rather operate through a demolition zone, using words to tear others down, and worse, doing it intentionally. So, let’s use ...
21 Wonderful Words for Wind. Impress your meteorologically minded friends with your correct usages of ‘zonda,’ ‘simoom,’ and ‘xlokk. ...
Alexander Bublik concluded a dream week with the Halle Open title, his second ATP 500, by defeating Daniil Medvedev in the ...
Vollering breaks after wonderful words from teammate and final question about "concerns" at SD Worx 6m T he joy couldn’t be ...
The English language is full of wonderful words, from “anemone” and “aurora” to “zenith” and “zodiac.” But these are special occasion words, sprinkled sparingly into writing and ...
Alissa Wetherbee of Ellsworth, Maine, thinks (correctly, in my opinion) the word 'lumberjill' should appear in the dictionary right next to 'lumberjack.' ...
Of the thousands of wonderful words included in the book, here are some that warranted mention in Macfarlane’s essay. 24 Beautiful Nature Words . Afèith: ...