Footnotes

London Calling: Kari Kallionemi Dissects Englishness and Pop Music

London Calling: Kari Kallionemi Dissects Englishness and Pop Music

Cultural historian Kari Kallioniemi examines the relationship between pop music and national identity, but only diehard academics will want to wade through his convoluted writing style.
‘Bake in Black’ Is a Place Where Cupcakes Rock

‘Bake in Black’ Is a Place Where Cupcakes Rock

Rock music and baked goods have always been mutually exclusive. Until now.

David Foster Wallace Unpacks Pop Fiction

Use Your Allusion

Maurice Sendak and the Middle School Wild Things

The Red Hair Factor in ‘Anne of Green Gables’ and ‘Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm’

Always Look on the Grimm Side of Life

Suspicion, Fear and Stinginess ala Brothers Grimm in the Original ‘The Wizard of Oz’

Why Jane Austen makes a surprisingly decent sleuth… and why Elizabeth I may not.

Frightening Fairy Tales v. The Very Hungry Caterpillar?

The Readers Who Might Be Rethinking Advertisements in Books