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He read the entire Oxford English Dictionary
His name is Ammon Shea. He read the entire OED. Then, he wrote a book about the experience. The book is READING THE OED - One Man, One Year, 21,730 Pages. Quite a feat!
I interviewed Shea recently. Our conversation will air tomorrow (Sunday, August 24) at 10:30am on WYSO Public Radio in Yellow Springs at 91.3fm.
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By victor mickunas
August 27, 2008 10:47 AM | Link to this
The interview is archived as an audiofile on the WYSO website under the program listing for WYSO Weekend at www.wyso.org if you wish to listen to it.By prose
August 26, 2008 12:01 AM | Link to this
Thanks to WYSO and the DDN for making this interview available to us. Mr. Shea and you provided me with a wonderfully entertaining sojourn through the magical landscape of words. You two have so much in common it was like you co-authored the book. Real “library people”.