June 1982 Issue [Books] The word police Download PDF Adjust Share Slugging it out with the language pundits by Hugh Kenner, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags Book reviews Charlton Grant Laird Don Ethan Miller Jeremy Bernstein Jim Quinn Lexicography Maxwell W. Nurnberg Willard R. Espy William Safire More from Hugh Kenner The Reading Public I heard about a rejection letter recently that deserves preservation in these days of big-time word-merchandising. “I cannot recall reading,” it said without irony, “a novel as learned, as intelligent,… Out my computer window Travels in the land of BIX Ear culture Adjust Share