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The Cowardice of Bill Bryson
Bill Bryson is one of the most talented travel writers out there. And that talent is wasted.
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Book Review: The English is Coming!: How One Language is Sweeping the World by Leslie Dunton-Downer
The English Is Coming explores the growth and spread of the English as a global language.
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What’s the Secret to Writing Good Sex?
How do writers avoid cliche when writing about sex? Short story collection My Mistress's Sparrow is Dead might provide answers
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N-sulation: Questioning the Usefulness of a Controversial Word
My problem with the N-word.
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Book Review: The Accidents of Style: Good Advice on How Not to Write Badly by Charles Harrington Elster
Fasten your seat belts for a wild ride and crash course on English usage and common accidents to avoid.
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6 "There Must Be an Angle, Playing with My Heart"
Pondering the nuances of a Chinese restaurant buffet table.
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Let's Stop "Passing" and Start Dying Again
Pass the hat. Pass the ammunition. But whatever you do, don't just "pass."
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Steps to Help Raise Globally Sensitive Children
A few suggestions on how to raise globally responsible children.
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Screenglish
As the dominant communications medium of our time, screens determine the way we think and talk.
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Book Review: A Certain “Je Ne Sais Quoi”: The Origin of Foreign Words Used in English by Chloe Rhodes
Although technology has added clever new words to our culture, the origins of many common English words have ancient roots.
blogcritics lists for Feb 10, 2012
fresh articles Most recent articles site-wide
- Website/Product Review: Aluminyze by Josh Lasser
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- Music Review: Jessie Baylin - Little Spark by Matthew Milam
- Turnout Slippage: The GOP's Silent Problem by Joseph F. Cotto
fresh comments Most recent comments site-wide
- Well done, Don! My twitter followers will be hearing all about it on Monday. by NorCalCS
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- How Will House, M.D. End? Let the Speculation Begin by Barbara Barnett (25 comments)
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top writers Most prolific Blogcritics for January
- Joseph F. Cotto (31 articles)
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