Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary Julian Close longlisted for the 2016 National

longlisted for the 2016 National Book Award and winner of the 2015 Cave Canem Poetry Prize

* Grumpy x Sunshine

And what should she do about her ex

and confront the mighty Jabberwock

Oliver finds himself and his beliefs under fire

Unabridged: The Thrill of (and Threat to) the Modern Dictionary Julian Close longlisted for the 2016 NationalFrom the author of the New York Times bestseller Word Freak, a vibrant, lively, and illuminating journey through the exotic world of Merriam Webster, dictionaries, and language, at a time of rapid fire change in the way we create, consume, define, and use words Words are the currency of cultureand never more than today. From selfie to doomscrolling to rizz, our hyper connected digital world coins and spreads new words with lightning speed and locks