Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda | |
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 Yagoda speaking at the Third Coast Audio Festival, 21 October 2005 | |
| Born | February 22, 1954 New York City,U.S. |
| Alma mater | Yale University; University of Pennsylvania |
| Notable credit(s) | The New Leader,The New York Times,Newsweek,Rolling Stone |
Ben Yagoda(born February 22, 1954) is an American writer and educator. He is a professor ofjournalismand English at theUniversity of Delaware.
Early life
[edit]Born inNew York Cityto Louis Yagoda (1909–1990), a labor mediator and arbitrator with the New York State Mediation Board, visiting lecturer at theCornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations,and a former organizer for theAmalgamated Clothing Workers of America,and Harriet (née Lewis),[1][2]he grew up inNew Rochelle,New York.He enteredYale Universityto study English in 1971 and graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of arts. He later earned an M.A. in American civilization at theUniversity of Pennsylvania,in 1991.[3]
Career
[edit]He became a freelance journalist for publications such asThe New Leader,The New York Times,Newsweek,andRolling Stone.He has published a number of books includingAbout Town:The New Yorkerand the World it Made.
Besides his work as ajournalismand English professor at theUniversity of Delaware,Yagoda also writes occasionally for aNew York Timesblog about the English language.[4]
He currently has a monthly podcast calledThe Lives They're Living with Ben Yagoda.
Personal life
[edit]Yagoda resides inSwarthmore,Pennsylvania,with his wife. They have two daughters.
Selected bibliography
[edit]- Will Rogers:A Biography(Alfred A. Knopf,1993,ISBN0-394-58512-7)
- The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism(Scribner,1997,ISBN0-684-83041-8), co-edited withKevin Kerrane
- About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made(Scribner, 2000,ISBN0-684-81605-9)
- The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing(HarperResource,2004,ISBN0-066-21417-3)
- When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse(Broadway Books,2007,ISBN0-767-92077-5)
- Memoir: A History(Riverhead Books,2008,ISBN1-594-48886-X)
- How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and How to Avoid Them(Riverhead Books, 2013,ISBN1-594-48848-7)
- The B-Side: The Death ofTin Pan Alleyand the Rebirth of the Great American Song(Riverhead Books, 2015,ISBN1-594-48849-5)
Notes
[edit]- ^McFadden, Robert D. (5 September 1975)."School Talks Mediator".The New York Times.
- ^Fowler, Glenn (15 November 1990)."Louis Yagoda, 81, Ex-Arbitrator; Assisted in Major Labor Disputes".The New York Times.
- ^"People".Department of English.University of Delaware. Archived fromthe originalon 6 September 2015.Retrieved19 August2015.
- ^Ben Yagoda blog postsatThe New York Times
External links
[edit]- Official website
- AppearancesonC-SPAN
- Ben YagodaonCharlie Rose
- Ben YagodaatIMDb
- Ben Yagoda papers,Special Collections, University of Delaware Library, Newark, Delaware.
- Ben Yagoda,"My Life as a Hack. It was glorious. Now it's over"atSlate,August 26, 2005, announcing retirement from freelance journalism