books Archives – A Way with Words

Eat the Grindstone

Posted by Grant Barrett on March 20, 2015 · Add Comment

Shakespeare’s First Folio

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Cute as a Button

Posted by Grant Barrett on August 2, 2014 · Add Comment

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South End of a Chicken

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 26, 2014 · 1 Comment

Are your nightstand books all over the place? Why not stack ’em into a bookmash? A bookmash is a kind of found poetry formed from book titles! And we all know that honesty is the best policy. But does that mean you should correct the grammar of your daughter’s teacher? Plus, texting lingo in everyday [...]
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Kissed Her on the Stairs

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 12, 2014 · Add Comment

Do Americans use the same sign language as the British? And what do Japanese people use instead of umm? Plus, why do we vote at polling places? What goes into file 13? All this, a word quiz, commode vs. toilet, saditty and bougie, and cute stuff that kids say!
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A Dancer Who Walks for a Living

Posted by Grant Barrett on July 5, 2014 · Add Comment

You dream of writing the great American novel, but to make ends meet, you spend your days writing boring corporate reports. There’s a difference between writing for love and writing for a living — or is there? Does a heyday have anything to do with hay? Did getting dressed to kill originally refer to soldiers? [...]
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