Alphamaniacs
Builders of 26 Wonders of the Word
Somerville, Massachusetts : Candlewick Studio, an imprint of Candlewick Press, 2020
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: 144 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
This book profiles twenty-six authors with original and distinctive approaches to literature and language. From a man who used vanity license plates to tell stories and a woman who made new poems by subtracting letters from published works, to people who studied word origins and variations, this is a celebration of the adventurers who have explored language with a sense of curiosity and playfulness. -- adapted from information provided and jacket.
Contents:
The invitation -- Daniel Nussbaum -- Jean-Dominique Bauby -- Thomas Urquhart -- Jessie Little Doe Baird -- Marc Okrand -- Ignatius Donnelly -- Ross Eckler -- Frederic Cassidy -- Doris Cross -- Robert Shields -- Sven Jacobson -- Mike Gold -- David Wallace -- Bohumil Hrabal -- Corín Tellado -- Raymond Queneau -- Georges Perec -- Simon Vostre -- Howard Chace -- Robert McCormick -- Mary Ellen Solt -- A. A. Morrison -- Ernst Toch -- David Bryce -- Allen Read -- Ludwik Zamenhof.
Subjects:
Erasure poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Plays on words -- Juvenile literature.
Authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Literature -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Erasure poetry.
Plays on words.
Authors -- Biography.
Literature -- Miscellanea.
Erasure poetry -- Juvenile literature.
Plays on words -- Juvenile literature.
Authors -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Literature -- Miscellanea -- Juvenile literature.
Erasure poetry.
Plays on words.
Authors -- Biography.
Literature -- Miscellanea.
ISBN:
9780763690663
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
T LITERATURE Fle | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Teen | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 140-141).