I've decided to do an end to end rewrite of all three books in the Defenestration series, serialize them in this blog on Fridays, and ask for your help as reviewers/commentators. To facilitate this Mr ...

The English language is filled with words that surprise not only because of their length or sound, but because of the oddly specific ideas they capture. One such word is “defenestration,” a term that ...

A multimedia exhibition at ArtHaus commemorates "Defenestration," the installation at the Hugo Hotel created by Brian Goggin in 1997 in which furniture seems to be tumbling from windows. The abandoned ...

Do we need a word for doing it in reverse? By John Hodgman David writes: My friend Tim and I watch a lot of action films. We agree on the definition of defenestration, but can’t agree on what ...

Reporting From SAN FRANCISCO — Brian Goggin perched on the blue sofa that hung halfway off the roof. He looked down one last time on his guerrilla art masterpiece, “Defenestration,” that had become ...

One of San Francisco's most noticed works of public art, Brian Goggin's "Defenestration" (1997), has begun to show its age. Several of its components - lamps, tables, beds, couches and chairs pitching ...

A famous act of defenestration in the classical music world involves the renowned French composer Hector Berlioz (1803-1869). Berlioz was sent to medical school in Paris at the behest of his physician ...

It's a word you probably don't use all that often, so let's break it down. It's a noun and according to Merriam-Webster it means: "a throwing of a person or thing out of a window." If you live in the ...