Roy Blount Jr.: Alphabet Juice
329 views · Published 25 April 2014 · 59:17 · Indexed 1 November 2026
Channel: GBH Forum Network · 2014 · Education
Roy Blount Jr. discusses his Alphabet Juice book, which celebrates "the juju of language", the sonic and kinetic energies of words, and an exploration of our language. He uses sources as venerable as the Oxford English Dictionary and as hip as UrbanDictionary.com.
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