Dig This Dictionary!
Madeline Kripke was born in 1943, so she lived through the rise of teen culture and teen-directed marketing in real … Dig This Dictionary!
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It Wasn’t All Greek to Steve A. Demakapoulos
John Florio (1552–1625) was well-positioned to write an Italian–English dictionary. His father Michelangelo, an Italian Protestant (of all things), fled … It Wasn’t All Greek to Steve A. Demakapoulos
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The poet and the scholar translate Beowulf
By Edward O’Shea, Emeritus Professor of English, SUNY Oswego, Author: Seamus Heaney’s American Odyssey Many readers know Seamus Heaney (1939-2013) … The poet and the scholar translate Beowulf
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Advertising Dictionaries
Early dictionaries were books for readers. Lacking the tools of twenty-first century marketing, early dictionary publishers advertised a forthcoming dictionary … Advertising Dictionaries
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Poem or No-Em: Processing the Papers of Mary Ellen Solt
Two spools of thread in a box. A pen that looked like it had been chewed on. A plexiglass lamp. … Poem or No-Em: Processing the Papers of Mary Ellen Solt
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The All-American Spelling Bee
Madeline Kripke’s collection is famous as a collection of dictionaries and related works, so it comes as a surprise to … The All-American Spelling Bee
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Exercising Dictionaries
If a company publishes school dictionaries, it probably wants students and teachers to use their dictionaries effectively, so it comes … Exercising Dictionaries
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Studying the Past through Travelers’ Eyes: Adventures and Impressions
By Francisca Leiva Infante, PhD candidate, History Department, Binghamton University; Lilly Library Mendel Fellowship recipient, 2023. Traveling has always been … Studying the Past through Travelers’ Eyes: Adventures and Impressions
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Marketing Webster’s Third: The Big Book as a Big Box
This is yet another story of a box within a box among the thousand and more boxes comprising the unpacked … Marketing Webster’s Third: The Big Book as a Big Box
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Selections from Flora + Fauna: The Unicorn Through the Ages
By Erin Chiparo, Teaching and Research Coordinator and Co-Curator of Flora + Fauna When Isabel Planton and I began making … Selections from Flora + Fauna: The Unicorn Through the Ages