Melissa Mohr
Melissa Mohr is the author of Holy Sh*t: A Brief History of Swearing (Oxford University Press, 2013; 2016), and of articles for The Guardian, The Sunday Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, Salon.com, and Time.com. She received a PhD from Stanford University in Medieval and Renaissance English Literature, but left academia to write for a wider audience. She has a weekly column in the Christian Science Monitor about language, “In a Word.”
Books by Melissa Mohr
Interviews with Melissa Mohr
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Swearing: A Social History of Foul Language, Oaths and Profanity in English
by Geoffrey Hughes -
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What the F: What Swearing Reveals about Our Language, Our Brains, and Ourselves
by Benjamin K Bergen -
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The F-Word
by Jesse Sheidlower -
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Nigger: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word
by Randall Kennedy -
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The Stuff of Thought: Language as a Window into Human Nature
by Steven Pinker
The best books on Swearing, recommended by Melissa Mohr
The best books on Swearing, recommended by Melissa Mohr
Linguistically, swear words are unique—they can shock and offend, are processed differently in the brain, and saying them may allow you to withstand pain for longer. But where do they get their distinctive power? And how has this changed over time? Melissa Mohr gives us a badmouthed tour of the best fucking books on swearing . . .
