{"product_id":"9780595885534","title":"GRAM-O-RAMA: Breaking the Rules","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf John Lennon, Gertrude Stein, Stephen Hawking, and Mother Goose had conspired to write a grammar book, \u003ci\u003eGRAM-O-RAMA\u003c\/i\u003e would be it.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDesigned for word-lovers and students in the classroom, this textbook contains dozens of unconventional exercises geared toward learning grammar. Its interactive method offers students and teachers a smart and accessible approach by encouraging writers to experiment with grammatical functions, style, rhythm, and sound.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \"Beware, GRAM-O-RAMA is a dangerous book. It takes the cautions and rules of grammar and drops them into a fun house. I experienced many of these exercises in Daphne's class and still find myself relying on their lessons today. You could make a movie of this book. Or at least a theme park ride!\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cb\u003eDave Krinsky,\u003c\/b\u003e executive producer of TV series,\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKing of the Hil\u003c\/i\u003el and screenwriter for \u003ci\u003eBlades of Glory\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Daphne Athas sets words ablaze and puts sentences in flight. Every student and every teacher, every writer and every editor, could benefit from her visionary eye and musical ear.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cb\u003eAlane Salierno Mason\u003c\/b\u003e, senior editor, W. W. Norton \u0026amp; Company,\u003cbr\u003e founding editor of www.wordswithoutborders.org\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This book is not only charming and amusing, but profound in the way it forces the reader to see our language afresh, as something alive and throbbing with possibilities. Indispensable reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cb\u003eRandall Kenan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e, associate professor of English, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, author of \u003ci\u003eA Visitation of Spirits\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Not your grandma's grammar, these irresistible exercises prod and provoke, delight and inspire. They rattle students (and teachers) out of boredom, apathy, and fear and awaken them to the power and possibilities of language.\"\u003cbr\u003e -\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Moose\u003c\/b\u003e, instructor of English,\u003cbr\u003e North Carolina School of Science and Math\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"iUniverse, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47120427909360,"sku":"9780595885534","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780595885534_p0.jpg?v=1763724391","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780595885534","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}