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.
URBANE
TEMPORAL
STEREOTYPE
SANGUINE
RIVER
QUIXOTIC
PENTIMENTO
POIGNANT
OBFUSCATE
NIHILISM
MATTER
LOVE
Marilynne Robinson's HOUSEKEEPING
KISMET
JAZZ
INTEGRITY
HARBINGER
GAR OO CHUGAR
GRIEF
GIORNATA
FERVENT
EMPATHY
A few lines from Tolstoy's ANNA KARENINA
DARE
CACOPHONY
BEWILDER
ASPIRE
MIRTH
GAME
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
All you word lovers: please join me! Let’s look at the world one word at a time.
Follow Carol for weekly updates of A Word, Please.