The Way We Talk Now: Commentaries on Language and Culture from Npr's Fresh Air

Most occasional pieces lose their freshness in hard covers, but Geoffrey Nunberg's commentaries on language...are a happy exception. Boston Globe

Nunberg offers homages and brickbats to the popular culture, especially as it is spoken and written. Kirkus Reviews

Never fails to reveal...history embedded in language...his acuity and fixation on funny pop-phenomena keep the book fresh. Publishers Weekly

Humorous commentaries about language in the United States. Library Journal

Nunberg . . . discusses usage and its abuses in brief, delightful essays. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

[A] lighthearted but pithy analysis of the changing ways Americans talk and write. Columbus Dispatch

Contains [Nunberg's] ruminations on the strange twists and turns of English as spoken in America. Columbus Dispatch