Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark by Cecelia Watson

Semicolon: The Past, Present, and Future of a Misunderstood Mark

Cecelia Watson

224 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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"Delightful." --Mary Norris, The New YorkerA page-turning, existential romp through the life and times of the world's most polarizing punctuation markThe semicolon. Stephen King, Hemingway, Vonnegut, and Orwell detest it. Herman Melville, Henry Ja...

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Moods

informative 94%
funny 38%
lighthearted 38%
reflective 35%
inspiring 10%
challenging 8%
relaxing 8%
hopeful 4%
adventurous 1%

Pace

medium 46%
fast 27%
slow 26%

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