"This collection of interconnected essays tackles words, concepts, and phrases that have become part of the cultural conversation--but deserve to be reexamined. Combining sharp criticism, lyricism, and play, this book argues for judicious and imaginative speech"--.

• Contents
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• 1 Take Away the Takeaway
• 2 Change, Our False God
• 3 The Ubiquitous Team
• 4 Is Listening Passive?
• 5 Research Has Shown—Just What, Exactly?
• 6 Social and Unsocial Justice
• 7 The Toxicity of “Toxic”
• 8 The Springs of Creativity
• 9 In Praise of Mixed Mindsets
• 10 What Do We Mean by “We”?
• 11 A Good Misfit
• Afterword
• Notes
• Select Bibliography and Recommended Reading
• Index
• About the Author