Little House of Oxymorons: with commentaries

by Steven Carter

Eschewing old clunkers like "military intelligence" and "student-athlete," this volume features well over 200 fresh and original oxymorons with commentaries-all with a satirical twist. As a satire, Little House of Oxymorons complements Steven Carter's The New Devil's Dictionary, a two-volume "sequel" to Ambrose Bierce's notorious The Devil's Dictionary of a century ago.

Cover image: Allison O'Donnell, Resist, 2008. Acrylic and graphite painting on rag board.

92 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2010

About the author

Steven Carter received his Ph.D. in English from the University of Arizona. He, the only two-time winner of Italy's coveted Nuove Lettere International Poetry and Literature Prize, served as a Senior Fulbright Fellow at two Polish universities. He was a Professor of English at California State University, Bakersfield.