Author: deirdremask

Finalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction | One of Time Magazines’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2020 | Longlisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards “An entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside.” –Sarah Vowell, The New York Times Book Review When most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it … think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won’t get lost.…