Zoo-Zither kar-Zay
In the 1966 animation of Dr. Seuss’s How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch is ruminating aloud about his dislike of all things Who to his dog Max: …and they’ll… Read more »
Category: A to Z 2023
Yellowback
The word ‘yellowback’ hails from the mid-to-late 1800s and was generally used to describe books that were cheaply made — bound with yellow paper or board — and of a… Read more »
X
Signing Your X On The Line One of the things that is easy to forget, especially when one is fond of literature, is that literacy is first required before one… Read more »
Wright / VanDine
…from whence came Philo Vance S. S. VanDine was the pseudonym under which Willard Huntington Wright wrote his mystery novels, which starred the American wealthier-than-thou sometime-sleuth, Philo Vance. Philo Vance… Read more »