Roy Blount Jr.’s latest book

Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists, and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof; Their Roots, Bones, Innards, Piths, Pips, and Secret Parts, … With Examples of Their Usage Foul and Savory” was discussed this evening on NPR’s “City Arts and Lectures,” as its author, amazingly sharp and deceptively down-home Roy Blount, Jr., was interviewed therein.

If the title and author do not capture you, click on the title to visit Amazon.com, and read the Washington Post review on the site. Although it inexplicably lacks paragraphs, it is worth reading and savoring on its own.

This is a book I want in my library. The relationship between the form of words and their function is treated lovingly, passionately, and intelligently.

A delight, I am certain.

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