101 Two-Letter Words

101 Two-Letter Words

<p><strong>A one-of-a-kind celebration of the 101 two-letter words allowed in Scrabble.</strong></p><em>Rolling Stone</em> has called singer-songwriter Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields “the Cole Porter of his generation”; <em>O, The Oprah Magazine</em> has hailed cartoonist Roz Chast as “the wryest pen since Dorothy Parker’s.” Together they have crafted a wonderfully witty book that is sure to prove useful to Scrabble players and Words With Friends addicts―and to delight anyone in thrall to the weirder corners of the English language. <p>With the mordant wit and clever wordplay of Edward Gorey or Shel Silverstein, Stephin Merritt has written an original four-line rhyming poem for each of the 101 two-letter words included in <em>The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary</em>. Here are poems about familiar words (such as <em>at</em>, <em>go</em>, <em>hi</em>, <em>no</em>, and <em>up</em>) as well as obscure ones (such as <em>aa</em>, <em>ka</em>, <em>oe</em>, <em>qi</em>, <em>xu</em>). And every one of the 101 poems is accompanied by a full-color illustration by the incomparable cartoonist Roz Chast.</p><p><em>101 Two-Letter Words</em> is perfect for any language lover or Scrabble player (it may even improve your score!).</p> 101 color illustrations