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Interesting and entertaining new book to add to your "writer's bookshelf."Yesterday

As recently reported in this New York Times Sunday book review, humorist and NPR personality Roy Blount Jr. has just published "Alphabet Juice: The Energies, Gists and Spirits of Letters, Words, and Combinations Thereof" by Farrar, Straus & Giroux. Described...

Garner on Language and WritingYesterday

The ABA website is promoting a new book by Bryan Garner called Garner on Language and Writing. The foreword was written by Associate U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg. The book is being published by the American Bar Association....

Evaluating On-Line Course EvaluationsNovember 29

The Chronicle of Higher Education reports on an experiment in on-line student course evaluations. Although this experiment seems to have been ill-fated, the concept does have potential. hat tips to Professors Debbie Borman and Ann Lousin at The John Marshall...

Drafting Issue StatementsNovember 29

The (New) Legal Writer Blog has posted a summary of work by Professor Judith Fischer, who analyzed 50 appellate briefs from six states. Although Professor Fischer does not conclude that one format is better than another, she comes up with...

The Library ChroniclesNovember 29

Our friends at the Law Librarian Blog have posted a trailer for "The Library Chronicles," with characters such as the Enigmatic Librarian. It's just over two minutes long if you would like to take a look at it by clicking...