Professor John Williams
John D. Williams, Jr. was the Executive Director of the National Scrabble Association for twenty-five years and served as the game's national spokesman. His latest book is Word Nerd: Dispatches from the Games, Grammar, and Geek Underground .
John D. Williams, Jr. was the Executive Director of the National Scrabble Association for twenty-five years and served as the game's national spokesman. His latest book is Word Nerd: Dispatches from the Games, Grammar, and Geek Underground . See less
Professor John Williams's Featured Books
Professor John Williams book reviews
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Stoner
Stoner
In a pivotal scene in John Williams' novel, "Stoner" (1965) three young graduate students in their cups are discussing the nature and goal of university education. It is the type of discussion that ... Read More
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Stoner
Stoner: Top level literary fiction
by Mary S, Jun 14, 2012
This beautifully written novel takes its protagonist, William Stoner, from farmboy to college English professor in the period between the two world wars in the first half of the 20th century. The ... Read More
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Stoner
Little noted nor long remembered
by Whistle, Sep 24, 2008
And so, providence, or society, or fate, or whatever name you want to give it has created this hovel for us (teachers) so that we can go in out of the storm. It's for us that the University exists, ... Read More
