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Roy Blount Jr: Alphabet Juice
November 21, 2008
Roy Blount Jr. writer

Roy Blount Jr. discusses his Alphabet Juice book, which celebrates “the juju of language”, the sonic and kinetic energies of words, and an exploration of our language. He uses sources as venerable as the Oxford English Dictionary and as hip as UrbanDictionary.com.

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Image of 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
Author: Roy Blount Jr.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (2008)
Binding: Hardcover, 384 pages
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Author: Roy Blount Jr.
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (1994)
Binding: Hardcover, 672 pages
Image of About Three Bricks Shy: And The Load Filled Up
Author: Roy Blount Jr
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press (2004)
Binding: Paperback, 376 pages
Image of I Am the Cat, Don't Forget That: Feline Expressions
Author: Roy Blount Jr., Valerie Shaff
Publisher: HarperCollins (2004)
Binding: Hardcover, 124 pages
Image of Be Sweet: A Conditional Love Story
Author: Roy Blount Jr.
Publisher: Mariner Books (1999)
Binding: Paperback, 336 pages
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