Alphabet Juice
the energies, gists and spirits of letters, words and combinations thereof: their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips and secret parts, tinctures,tonics and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory in media current and ancient, offered in the joy of their perusal for the juicing up of gentle folk and rude
First published 2008
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After 40 years of making a living using words in every medium, print or electronic, Blount still can’t get over his ABCs. In this book, he celebrates the juju, the sonic and kinetic energies of letters and their combinations.
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux · 364 pages
- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Pages
- 364
- ISBN
- 978-0-374-10369-9
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- Publisher
- Farrar, Straus and Giroux
- Pages
- 364
- ISBN
-
- 978-0-374-10369-9
- Author
- Blount, Roy
- Statement
- Alphabet Juice : the energies, gists and spirits of letters, words and combinations thereof: their roots, bones, innards, piths, pips and secret parts, tinctures,tonics and essences, with examples of their usage foul and savory in media current and ancient, offered in the joy of their perusal for the juicing up of gentle folk and rude / Roy Blount Jr..
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- Open Library
- Humor
- Dictionaries
- Vocabulary
- English language, dictionaries
- American wit and humor