The Birth of A Book....Vanitize What's in a word?
byStefan Lonce

How do you write a book about a pop culture phenomenon that's seen but rarely noticed?  How do you convince publishing professionals that the phenomenon that you are passionate about should be a book that they should embrace?

Readers of this column know that I see vanity license plates as minimalist poetry in motion, as message platforms that empower motorists to tell stories, or promulgate phrases, in eight or fewer characters.  I have persuaded many reporters that the vanitizing phenomenon is a paradigm of the most important of our American values: freedom of expression.

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