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Posted onApril 2, 2011April 2, 2011

The Man Who Loved Books Too Much

Recommended Read Bartlett, Allison Hoover. The Man Who Loved Books Too Much: The True Story of a Thief, a Detective, and a World of Literary…

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Posted onMarch 8, 2010February 13, 2011

The Materiality of Digital Words

Guest Post This post was contributed by Martin French. Ever since William Gibson described cyberspace as a “consensual hallucination,” a “graphic representation of data abstracted…

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Posted onFebruary 15, 2010February 13, 2011

Txtng: The gr8 db8

Recommended Read Crystal, David. Txtng: The gr8 db8. Toronto: Oxford University Press, 2008. [ISBN-13: 978-0-19-957133-8] One of the most notable things about texting is the…

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Posted onNovember 26, 2009

Reading Like a Writer

Recommended Read Prose, Francine. Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them New York:…

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Posted onMay 18, 2009February 13, 2011

Outwitting History

Recommended Read Lansky, Aaron. Outwitting History: The Amazing Adventures of a Man Who Rescued a Million Yiddish Books. Chapel Hill: Algonquin Books, 2004. [ISBN-13: 978-1565124295]…

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  • Imagining a World without Words
  • The Evolution of the International Symbol of Access
  • The Internet and Your Spelling: A Guide
  • Grammar Matters: The Social Significance of How We Use Language
  • Txtng: The gr8 db8

Heather’s Bookshelf

Cities in Translation: Intersections of Language and Memory
The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of
Txtng: The Gr8 Db8
Language Arts
The Last Bookaneer
The Prodigal Tongue: Dispatches from the Future of English
More books for verbivores 》

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