Readers respond to Manvir Singh’s essay about language and thought and to Hua Hsu’s review of “Mood Machine,” Liz Pelly’s new book about Spotify.

Austen is one of the greatest writers in the English language – but relatively little is known about her. And that's in part ...

Uppercase and lowercase letters have existed since ancient times—but the terms are much more recent. The origin of the terms ...

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