Below is one of the Russian sayings shared by Maria Kuznetsova and Dan Storyev, co-authors of How to Survive Authoritarianism: A Russian’s Phrasebook for Everyday Life in America, during our Boston Book Festival panel on October 17:

We thought we hit rock bottom, but then we heard knocking from b...

I love it when life delivers literature.

New neighbors are moving in across the street, and they have entrusted the Anthony Ward Thomas firm with all their worldly goods. Two bright red Anthony Ward Thomas moving trucks were parked across the street all day yesterday. In Greek, the word for ‘tran...

Thanks to Callum, Ben and Oliver at the amazing Pints of Knowledge for hosting me and The World in A Phrase on August 24. And thanks to all the engaged and enthusiastic folks who came out to the magnificent Old Queen’s Head “gin palace” in Islington to juggle words, ideas, and balls.

What a love...

Many thanks to everyone who came out on July 10 in the sweltering heat at the Penzance LitFest to talk about aphorisms and language with me and Will Jelbert. “If you can’t stand the heat, get out of the kitchen,” a saying often attributed to Harry S. Truman, came to mind as a single tiny fan vali...

Dražen Jergović is an electrical engineer by profession and an aphorist by vocation. He is the author of three books of humor/satire — Rideamus, The Key to (Un)Success and The Diary of a Niggler — and leads workshops on writing short humorous/satirical pieces for both children and adults. Based i...