Our world is driven by measurable, pragmatic results. In our results-driven world, “quixotic” stands out as something curious with hints of romance, ambition and wildly unrealistic expectations. With ...

‘Chekhov’s stories tread the finest line between a newspaper account and a fairy tale,” the poet Howard Moss once wrote. The same could be said, and perhaps with more accuracy, of Andrey Platonov’s ...

There are many factors that can determine the monetary value of a book, so what can make an edition worth tens of thousands ...

Since making a mistake here this week, I've been thinking a lot about Oedipal complexes and Faustian bargains. That's because of an exchange in my interview with professor Ilan Stavans to mark the ...

The Paris Review's Jonathan Gharraie loves Don Quixote. He doesn't love the way people misuse the adjective derived from the title character's surname. "What does it mean to be quixotic today?" he ...

This is the book that every recreational fisherman - and it’s an $11 billion industry - should read. Under the Influence of ...

NPR's Robert Siegel speaks with Bruce Conforth, professor of American culture at the University of Michigan, about words that have entered... A Gargantuan Error: Quixotic Is Not The Only Word From A ...