A Word, Please

by Carol Edgarian


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.

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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