A Heartbreaking Blog of Staggering Genius

Though the piece was not to appear for another year, three weeks after Labor Day I received a printout of the 7,000-word story and a letter explaining that he was likely to be “a truculent editee.”

truculent (adj) 1: defiantly aggressive, 2: aggressively hostile – McSweeney’s: Memories of David Foster Wallace

Samankaltaisia merkintöjä

• Read Word Online: You might remember my praise for Word magazine. Well, now you can check out if the hype is for real:...
• Let’s learn English: They say that memorizing one new word each day is a good way to learn. So here's the deal: Every...
• Word 204: Cosset: It gave life a more vivid intensity in that people weren't cossetted so much. cosset (v) : treat with excessive indulgence...
• Embarrassing: I always misspell the word "definitely" as "definetly". Damn....
• Word 1: Hagiography: In the immediate aftermath of his death there was a bit too much hagiography and there was bound to be...