"Two of the better usage books to come down the road." —Zay Smith, Chicago Sun-Times, on The Dimwit's Dictionary and its companion book, The Dictionary of Concise Writing
This compilation of thousands of overused words and phrases, and alternatives to them, is the ultimate tool for the writer who seeks to weed out common, tired, language and replace it with crisp, concise writing. Humorous examples of bad language make for great browsing, while readers can also look up specific clichés and find fresh options.
Robert Hartwell Fiske is the editor and publisher of The Vocabula Review, a journal about the English language, and the author of The Dictionary of Concise Writing. He lives in Rockport, Massachusetts. Joseph Epstein is the author of Friendship: An Expose and Snobbery: The American Version, and is the former editor of The American Scholar. His work has appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, Harper's Magazine, and The New Yorker. He lives in Evanston, Illinois.
Writing, Reference
440 pages, Trade Paper, 6 x 9
Distribution Rights: WOR
$19.95 (CAN $26.95)
9781933338118 (1933338113) Pub Date: September 2006
Marion Street Press