Episode 219: The Great Automatic Grammatizator (by Roald Dahl)

The Easy Chair with Laura Hurwitz by Laura Hurwitz

Oct 14, 201900:20:59Arts

This week on The Easy Chair, I read a funny and thought-provoking short story by the late Roald Dahl, "The Great Automatic Grammatizator." For anyone who has ever wondered if there is a can’t fail writing formula, or if...

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