Great writers can assemble words into sentences that sing, flow, and teach. And in some cases, they can invent them. James Joyce (Ulysses) was a profligate coiner of words, including ripripple ...

Andrew Fox/The Image Bank/Getty Images (cemetery), ahmad agung wijayanto/Shutterstock (question marks) “This is no way to live!” Even as he was dying of pneumonia, comedian “Groucho” Marx of the Marx ...

Pennsylvania has been home to plenty of famous residents throughout its history, from artists to politicians to business magnates. Can you recognize their words? In this quiz, we’ll show you 10 quotes ...

Are you a literary muscleman or a munchkin? A word ninja or a spewer of malaprops? And who came up with these terms anyway? In Authorisms, out this week, Paul Dickson traces writerly coinages (a ...