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Monthly Archives: August 2009

Funny-Looking Words, part deux

When I was a kid, I sometimes used to stare at words just to see what they could do. I remember more than once staring at the word “soon” until it sprouted extra Os and the imagined sound of the word was strange and hilarious. Then there’s mere repetition, which can polish the most ordinary [...]

An Actual Reader of Me, In Situ

And I don’t even know this person.  Snapped by Susan Clark (whom I do know, and to whom I am grateful) during a trip to Gotham last month.