Shady Characters
The secret life of punctuation.
- By Keith Houston
- Based in United Kingdom
- Roughly 33 posts per year
- First post on
Posts per year
| Year starting | Posts |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 4 |
| 2022 | 6 |
| 2023 | 34 |
| 2024 | 4 |
Any gaps could be due to errors when fetching the blog’s feed.
Most recent posts
In the second of this miniseries of post-deadline catch-ups (the first dealt with punctuation), I’ve collected some links on the subject of books. First is a recent exhibition at Harvard’s Houghton Library, called “Marks in …
And you’re back in the room! I recently submitted the manuscript for my next book, Face with Tears of Joy: a Natural History of Emoji to my editor, Brendan Curry, at W. W. Norton. This …
I’m still pinching myself, but recently I had the distinct pleasure on appearing on Clear and Vivid podcast, hosted by the great Alan Alda. I knew of Alan’s work as an actor and writer from …