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Ben Yagoda

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February 22, 1954

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Ben Yagoda (born 22 February 1954 in New York City) is a professor of journalism at the University of Delaware.

Born to Louis Yagoda and the former Harriet Lewis, he grew up in New Rochelle, New York and entered Yale University to study English in 1971. He became a freelance journalist for publications such as The New Leader, The New York Times, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone, and published a number of books including About Town: The New Yorker and the World it Made. Yagoda currently lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with his wife and two daughters.

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Average rating: 3.78 · 619 ratings · 121 reviews · 14 distinct works · Similar authors

	When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better And/Or Worse 3.7 of 5 stars 3.70 avg rating — 158 ratings — published 2007 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing 3.58 of 5 stars 3.58 avg rating — 77 ratings — published 2004 — 5 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Memoir: A History 3.51 of 5 stars 3.51 avg rating — 71 ratings — published 2009 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	About Town: The New Yorker And The World It Made 3.95 of 5 stars 3.95 avg rating — 65 ratings — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Will Rogers: A Biography 4.17 of 5 stars 4.17 avg rating — 36 ratings — published 1993 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them 3.87 of 5 stars 3.87 avg rating — 23 ratings — published 2013 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Sound on the Page 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008 — 2 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Scott Arboretum of Swarthmore College: The First 75 Years 0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Writer's Digest Handbook Of Magazine Article Writing by Michelle Ruberg (Editor), Ben Yagoda (Introduction) 3.31 of 5 stars 3.31 avg rating — 70 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetics of American Song Lyrics by Charlotte Pence (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Lamar Alexander, Gordon Ball 3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2011 — 4 editions	Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Memoir today is like one big game of misery poker: The more outlandish, outrageous, or just plain out-there the recounted life, the more likely the book is to attract the attention of reviewers, talk-show bookers, and, ultimately, the public.”
― Ben Yagoda

tags: memoirs

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“One has the sense of her deciding roughly at Page 2 whether or not a book is worthy; reading the rest of it to gather evidence for her case; spending some quality time with the Thesaurus; and then taking a large blunt hammer and pounding the message home.”
― Ben Yagoda

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“‎Theorists of journalism have long noted parallels to Heisenberg's uncertainty principle in physics: by reporting on something, one subtly but irrevocably changes it.”
― Ben Yagoda, The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism

tags: journalism, writing

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