vinyl village
n.— «There are so many barriers to producing good design solutions that the path of least resistance has led us to vinyl villages of franchised architecture surrounded by seas of asphalt.» —by Kenneth B. Hall, Gerald A. Porterfield Community By Design Mar. 12, 2001. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
Further reading
Acclaimed Jamaican poet Safiya Sinclair’s sumptuous memoir, How to Say Babylon (Bookshop|Amazon) tells the story of her struggle to break free from a rigid Rastafarian upbringing, and how her discovery of poetry, both memorizing it and writing...
Book recommendations and the art of apology. Martha and Grant share some good reads, including an opinionated romp through English grammar, a Spanish-language adventure novel, an account of 19th-century dictionary wars, and a gorgeously illustrated...