Tag Archives: Language

Book Review: The Anthologist by Nicholson Baker

Posted on March 30, 2017 by Tietsu

Sometimes it is hard to write reviews. When you can pin one thing down that you loved, hated, emoted over intensely, you can kind of push you way into something fast and messy. I am not a great reviewer. I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Elements of Eloquence: How to Turn the Perfect English Phrase by Mark Forsyth

Posted on November 22, 2016 by Tietsu

It’s clever, this book. It’s also a good book. It’s clever, chatty, witty, funny, succinct, and unpretentious. It sets out to give names to all the rhetoric we never learned in schools. This book is a study of expression and … Continue reading →

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