Word Wizard Super Bloopers, Rich Reflections, and Other Acts of Word Magic

After a multi-decade career helping readers to appreciate and laugh at the glories and oddities of our language, beloved language maven Richard Lederer has collected his very best pieces in Word Wizard, a career-capping anthology of essays to enlighten, inspire, and tickle the funny bone. From his hilarious collections of bloopers to his hymns of praise to English, these pieces are Lederers brightest gems. Word Wizard includes new essays as well as old favorites, a new introduction, and a new preface to each essay. With classics like The World According to Student Bloopers, English Is a Crazy Language, and The Case for Short Words, and new pieces such as The Way We Word, Word Wizard is sure to delight English lovers and Lederer fans everywhere.

Richard Lederer is the author of more than thirty books on the English language, including Anguished English and A Man of My Words. His syndicated column, “Looking at Language,” appears in newspapers and magazines nationwide, and he cohosts “A Way with Words” each week on public radio. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Simone van Egeren.