Words are harbingers, messengers of our time. They come into the world one way, and as the world turns, they evolve. It strikes me that this year of challenge and change makes for the perfect moment to renew our words. Agree? Then come aboard! Each week on A Word, Please, we’ll be turning a new word around—how it began, how we’re using it now. Some weeks I’ll invite guests, or I’ll read a passage from something I’m working on, or a poem or page that I think will inspire us.
CACOPHONY
BEWILDER
ASPIRE
MIRTH
GAME
CLICHE
ELAN
GRACE
BARDO
Tom Jenks's reading of James Baldwin's "Sonny's Blues"
GHOSTS and GHOSTING
VOTE
EMOTION
FLIRT
PROPAGANDA
Marguerite Duras and THE LOVER
RAKE and RAKISH
INTENTION
some lines from Shirley Hazzard's THE TRANSIT OF VENUS
RANDOM
JOY
STALWART
CAVEAT
SHEBANG
SCHMALTZ
FANTASY & FANCY
OSTRACIZE
ART
REALITY
AUSPICIOUS
Alice Munro's THE PROGRESS OF LOVE
TRUTH and TREE
BAY and AT BAY
GLISTER
All you word lovers: please join me! Let’s look at the world one word at a time.
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