I had a read a quote a long time ago by a famous author who was talking about how she was asked why she thought she should write about something as 'insignificant' as women talking in rooms when she could write about something as 'significant' as men fighting in wars (I'm not exactly sure if this...

When I was in high school (c. 1996), my English teacher assigned the class a short story to read. I remember it being a good story, but I can't remember the title. From what I recall, it was a science fiction story about a man who had been convicted of a crime (perhaps wrongly?), and as punishmen...

I'm applying to be the Chinese translator of the 2022 Booker Prize Winner The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida. The publishing house asks me to undertake a sample translation. While completing the task I come upon a Sanskrit word that is rather confusing. Here is the context: ‘Those knots were looser...

I've known of the saying "I'm not a nitpicker nor a nitpicker's son, but I'll pick your nits 'til the nitpicker comes" since I was young, and so have the local county librarians. Where does it originate, or what is its background? My diligent attempts searching for an answer online have been futi...

Can I trust that Shakespeare's sonnets will always be published using the same numbering system? Will Sonnet 30 always be published as Sonnet 30; sonnet 29 always as 29? Was the current order and numbering system published or in manuscript form in Shakespeare's lifetime, or by people who knew him...