Category Archives: Language

Ashland at the AWP

Posted on March 11, 2014 by Ed Battistella

Several literary Ashlanders attended the Association of Writers & Writing Program meeting in Seattle, February 26 – March 1, 2014. Here are their six-word summaries. Angela Howe Decker, author of Splendid Catastrophe: “Hordes of writers talking, reading, hip-hopping.” Amy MacLennan, … Continue reading →

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In Praise of Copyeditors

Posted on November 25, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I’m finishing up responding to a copyeditor’s suggestions and queries for a book on the language of public apologies. In an earlier post, I mentioned errors Jennifer Marcellus found in the early drafts of the manuscript. This post is about … Continue reading →

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Words from the Scrabble app

Posted on September 17, 2013 by Ed Battistella

I went to a Scrabble party recently and a colleague sold me on the virtues of the online Scrabble ap. In the margin of the game board, Hasbro gives you all the acceptable two-letter words (from AE to CH, JO, … Continue reading →

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MY YEAR OF NEW WORDS, Part 11: WORDS THAT DIDN’T MAKE IT

Posted on July 15, 2013 by Ed Battistella

As the year wound down, I had two choices. Continue making up words indefinitely or stop and retain my sanity. I choose to stop. But I found that I had some spare words left over—and I had a small pile … Continue reading →

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