346 GG Tuxedo Verbs

346 GG Tuxedo Verbs

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Everyone has a story to tell, and why your memoir matters, with Grant Faulkner

1189. This week, we talk to Grant Faulkner, co-founder of Memoir Nation and former executive director of NaNoWriMo, about what makes writing a memoir different from writing fiction. We look at why memory is more story than recording, how trauma fragments the way people use langua ...  Show more

How ‘bee’s knees’ became high praise, and why do recipes sound so bossy?

1188. This week, we look at how “the bee's knees” went from meaning something tiny to the cheeriest slang of the 1920s — and why it outlasted the cat's pajamas and the clam's overshoes. Then, we look at why recipes boss you around with phrases like “fold in cheese” and how cookbo ...  Show more

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