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Barbara Wallraff

Barbara Wallraff is a former columnist for The Atlantic, a syndicated newspaper columnist, and the author of Word Court and Your Own Words.

Shouldn’t There Be a Word ... ?

Shouldn’t There Be a Word ... ?

The holes in our language and the never-ending search for words to fill them

by Barbara Wallraff | Wednesday, March 01, 2006
Say What?

Say What?

How we talk American

by Barbara Wallraff | Thursday, March 01, 2012
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Back to School Required Reading

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It’s officially back-to-school season, a time of year that always makes us just a little bit wistful for the start of a new semester, despite how much we hated first period pre-calc. Fortunately, we can always return to these 14 literary campuses, with no homework required.