Bruiting about the Internet lately is a list of what are claimed to be the 51 most beautiful sentences from English literature. You can see it at www.buzzfeed.com ...

This week, President-Elect Donald Trump canceled a much-anticipated press conference on his private business dealings, saying he was too busy nominating Cabinet members. Despite repeatedly lambasting ...

What is the most beautiful sentence in the English language? Drew Barrymore once said the most beautiful phrase is “cellar door,” so that’s conclusive. But what about the most beautiful sentence?

“Why do you write?” I’m often asked. “Because words are my refuge,” I say. If you’re not a writer, you wouldn’t understand the compunction to write. It’s an irresistible urge, like a star-struck noun ...

People will advise you to write all sorts of sentences. Snappy sentences, lyrical sentences, Hemingway-esque short sentences, long Faulknerian sentences. But there’s really only one kind of sentence ...

The author Annie Dillard once wrote about a fellow writer who was asked by a student, “Do you think I could be a writer, too?” “Well,” was the reply, “do you like sentences?” Sentences, more than ...