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Roy Blount Jr: Alphabet Juice
November 21, 2008
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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 ... 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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Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (1994)
Binding: Hardcover, 672 pages
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