Category Archives: Language

What goes on a book flap

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Here is a piece by Daniel Menaker (editor of Grin and Tonic) from The Barnes and Noble Review on the language of book flaps. It’s got 16 rules for writing the copy on books flaps. Words to use: “stunning,” “deeply,” … Continue reading →

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The Non-word of the Day

Posted on October 15, 2011 by Ed Battistella

Over the summer I began thinking “What could I possibly tweet that would be interesting?” Here’s the plan. Beginning in January, Literary Ashland will tweet a non-word of the day. We’ll make up a word, and post its definition in … Continue reading →

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Our SPAM

Posted on September 29, 2011 by Ed Battistella

We here at Literary Ashland get a lot of comments, but 90% of them are SPAM. Since I moderate the comments, the spam doesn’t make it through to you. The spam is mostly incoherent jibberish with links back to the … Continue reading →

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Of THE I sing

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ed Battistella

It’s National Poetry Month, so I want to highlight some found verbal art. Southern Oregon University has a new logo and vision. We’ve got the big concentric U. The u-in-a-U replaces the old moving mountains—or tombstone—logo. The new logo says … Continue reading →

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