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Dog Eared

Books we love

"Talk on the Wild Side" Is a Sharp Ode to Our Unruly, Resilient Language
Fri Dec 21 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Mark Peters

Like most well-informed language books, this one is not going to be popular with the English-is-going-to-hell crowd. In this multifaceted yet focused book, Greene makes a powerful argument for the inherent resiliency of language, and his own sharp writing is serious support for language's power.  Continue reading...
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Candlepower

Ad and marketing creatives

Brand Names of the Year for 2018
Mon Dec 17 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Nancy Friedman

What will you remember about 2018? Among everything else, I'll remember some brand names that made headlines or just piqued my professional curiosity. Here are my top ten.  Continue reading...
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Word Count

Writers Talk About Writing

How to Deal with Writer's Guilt
Fri Dec 14 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

The job of writing keeps us feeling guilty for either writing too much or not writing enough. Here are three specific ways to manage writing and guilt so that the pleasure of the first can overwhelm the need for the second.  Continue reading...
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Evasive Maneuvers

Euphemisms old and new

Deinstitutionalizing Policy Time and Other Mischaracterizations
Fri Dec 07 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Mark Peters

It was recently revealed that the daily agenda of the most powerful person in the world included policy time (in addition to executive time). It's my policy to crank out a new roundup of euphemisms each month. Around these here parts, it's always malarkey time.  Continue reading...
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Language Lounge

A Monthly Column for Word Lovers

French Letters and Their Uses
Mon Dec 03 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Orin Hargraves

If we start from the fact that language is first and foremost a spoken activity, the methods by which people have extended its powers to writing offer a fascinating lens into human history.  Continue reading...
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Candlepower

Ad and marketing creatives

Like Wildfire
Wed Nov 21 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Nancy Friedman

In the American West, wildfires have become both more frequent and more destructive. With this ominous shift has come a new vocabulary for describing fire and its outcome – and new attention to some of the oldest words in our language.  Continue reading...
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Word Count

Writers Talk About Writing

How to Read More Books
Mon Nov 19 00:00:00 EST 2018
By Daphne Gray-Grant

If you want to be a writer, you need to be a reader, first. Here's how to fit more reading into your schedule, no matter how busy you are.  Continue reading...
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