The Dictionary of Obscure Sorrows

“Creates beautiful new words that we need but do not yet have.”

                — John Green, author of The Fault in Our Stars

 

The Book - NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER!

Book cover design by John Koenig It's finally here. 12 years in the making, 300 pages, 70% new material, including longer video-like definitions, otherworldly illustrations, and some thoughts on language and the meaning of life.

Pre-order your copy here (click links on the right): https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Dictionary-of-Obscure-Sorrows/John-Koenig/9781501153648

Coming November 16, 2021 from Simon & Schuster.

 


The Author

John Koenig is a video maker, graphic designer, and voiceover artist from Minnesota, who lives in Minneapolis with his wife and daughter. His work has been acclaimed by New York Magazine, The Washington Post, The Huffington Post, and the guys from Radiolab.

Feel free to write me directly and describe an emotion you need a word for:

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The YouTube Series

Written, edited, coined and narrated by John Koenig.

 


Inquiries

Copyright © John Koenig 2009-2021. For permissions, inquiries and media requests:

    ▸   Email the author at obscuresorrows@gmail.com.

nodus tollens

n. the realization that the plot of your life doesn’t make sense to you anymore—that although you thought you were following the arc of the story, you keep finding yourself immersed in passages you don’t understand, that don’t even seem to belong in the same genre—which requires you to go back and reread the chapters you had originally skimmed to get to the good parts, only to learn that all along you were supposed to choose your own adventure.

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