Gaslighting is having a moment. It was the Merriam-Webster word of 2022, the title of a bestselling album by The Chicks, and the buzzy phenomenon that’s been in countless headlines. As described in the 2007 book The Gaslighting Effect, it’s a form of psychological harm in which abusers use lies and manipulation to make victims […]
The characters Amor Towles creates, from Count Alexander Rostov (living under grand-hotel-style house arrest in A Gentleman in Moscow ) to Emmet and Billy Watson (orphaned brothers in The Lincoln Highway ), are so vivid, so specific, and so downright enjoyable to spend time with that I would have sworn they were based on real […]
A new NEH grant will support UNC scholars’ creation of an immersive web environment designed to bring Jane Austen’s writing room — and her world — to life. An illustration of Jane Austen’s writing room for the project “Jane Austen’s Desk,” which is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities. Imagine getting to know […]
