Bethany Keeley

The Book of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks is a collection of photos and one-liner captions pulled from Bethany Keeley's “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks. It’s about the mark having been appropriated beyond punctuation (to designate a title or what someone said/wrote) now to a “tchotchke” that draws emphasis or denotes sarcasm along the lines of finger “air quotes.”

It’s a nicely produced little book and the couple-hundred examples feel about the right length. The concept is fun, the content is less funny or clever than I’d anticipated, but flipping through a library copy was a pleasant way to spend an hour.… (mere)