A oneofakind celebration of the 101 twoletter words allowed in Scrabble Rolling Stone has called singersongwriter Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields 8220the Cole Porter of his generation8221 O, The Oprah Magazine has hailed cartoonist Roz Chast as 8220the wryest pen since Dorothy Parker8217s 8221 Together they have crafted a wonderfully witty book that is sure to prove useful to Scrabble players and Words With Friends addicts8213and to delight anyone in thrall to the weirder corners of the English language With the mordant wit and clever wordplay of Edward Gorey or Shel Silverstein, Stephin Merritt has written an original fourline rhyming poem for each of the 101 twoletter words included in The Official Scrabble Players Dictionary Here are poems about familiar words (such as at, go, hi, no, and up) as well as obscure ones (such as aa, ka, oe, qi, xu) And every one of the 101 poems is accompanied by a fullcolor illustration by the incomparable cartoonist Roz Chast 101 TwoLetter Words is perfect for any language lover or Scrabble player (it may even improve your score) 101 color illustrations