Alliteration, Again and Again

About the Book

The genesis of the alliterations in this book was an email exchange in 2001 with a colleague in Albany, New York. In the emails, we traded alliterations back and forth, variously signing our emails “Phrantic in Philadelphia”, “Accommodating in Albany”, “Perplexed in Philadelphia” and finally, “Alliterative in Albany”. This email exchange was ultimately the inspiration for my first alliteration about the city of Albany. I then set myself the challenge of exploring the alliterative possibilities of each letter of the alphabet and this slim volume of alliterative verse, Alliteration, Again and Again, is the culmination of that endeavor. My earnest hope is that this work will not be dismissed as: “Alliteration, an author affliction and awful addiction, avoiding any actual artistic achievement.”!

About the Author

Larry Kricka is a professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia and lives with his wife in Devon, Pennsylvania.