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Eli Burnstein is a humor writer whose work has appeared in The New Yorker, McSweeney’s, Slackjaw, Points in Case, and Weekly Humorist. His debut book, Dictionary of Fine Distinctions (Union Square & Co), was a Toronto Star bestseller described by Steven Pinker as "a tribute to the genius of the human mind for conceptual precision and the beauty of the English language in capturing it."

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Average rating: 3.89 · 618 ratings · 110 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	Dictionary of Fine Distinctions: Nuances, Niceties, and Subtle Shades of Meaning 3.89 avg rating — 618 ratings — published 2024 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phrased and Confused: The World's Great Quotations and What They (Really) Mean by Eli Burnstein (Goodreads Author), Liana Finck (Goodreads Author) (Illustrator) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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