On Cussing: Bad Words and Creative Cursing

by Katherine Dunn

Book Overview

F uck the Fuckity Fuckin' Fucker. Readers of Katherine Dunn won't be surprised that this was her father's favorite sentence, or that, as a young girl, she heard it as a kind of profane poem, a secret song. For many of us, the language of Geek Love carries a similar staying power, born of Dunn's agile use of language and her strange, beautiful diction. And as a true exegete of the expletive, she remained undividedly devoted to obscenity--both as...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1947793268
• ISBN13: 9781947793262
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: Tin House Books
• Length: 64 Pages
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 4.3" x 6.0"