Logophile


The Cabinet of Linguistic Curiosities: A Yearbook of Forgotten Words
The Liar's Dictionary
The Elegance of the Hedgehog
Dewdroppers, Waldos, and Slackers: A Decade-by-Decade Guide to the Vanishing Vocabulary of the Twentieth Century
The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
The Word Collector
Salammbo
Ex Libris: Confessions of a Common Reader
The Etymologicon: A Circular Stroll through the Hidden Connections of the English Language
I Never Knew There Was a Word for It
Einstein's Monsters
House of Meetings
Other People
Night Train
Enormous Smallness
Jerry Holkins
I revere a kind of sanctity in language and that reverence stands in place of an aesthetic. I wouldn't even make the case that I'm a writer; it's just what I put in the field if someone asks. It's easier than saying what I actually am, which is best expressed as what I actually do, which functionally a kind of worship. I think there are configurations of words that have power. I think they can be arranged in such a way as to modify the operation of the mind. I'm not even saying I succeed at this ...more
Jerry Holkins

I am a lover of words. If your words don't play with me, nothing else in you will. ...more
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Bibliophiles & Logophiles Bibliophile (n.) a lover of books; an obsessive collector. Logophile (n.) a person who loves wo…more
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