The Writing Life

Article Abstract:

A writer satirically describes building a writing empire and paying other authors to write his works for him. He claims that his past employees have included a southern writer called Faukner and five of the last six Supreme Court Chief Justices.

Authorship

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Laws concerning food and drink; household principles; lamentations of the father

Article Abstract:

The Biblical form of 'lamentations' is parodied, as a father laments various duties and practices of parenting young children, such as preventing food from being eaten in the living room, and avoiding him during his wrathful tax preparation.

Fatherhood, Parenting, Child rearing

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The Positive Negative: saying no with a smile

Article Abstract:

A connoisseur of language describes his favorite American speech anomaly, a usage he calls the Positive Negative. The construction uses the phrase 'sure don't' to give a positive spin to a negative reply.

Appreciation, Americanisms

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