Podcast appearances and mentions of Benjamin Dreyer

Regular Friday Morning Coffee host Caitlin Malcuit has the week off, so fill-in host Daniel Ford starts the show by recommending Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer if you're in need of grammar help or inspiration. Dreyer, retired managing editor and copy chief at Random House, also appeared on Daniel Paisner's As Told To podcast in Episode 80, which Ford also highly recommends. Author Marguerite Sheffer then chats with Ford about her short story collection The Man in the Banana Trees, available from University of Iowa Press. To learn more about Marguerite Sheffer, visit her official website. Writer's Bone is proudly sponsored by Libro.fm, Authors for Voices of Color Auction, The Stacks Podcast, As Told To: The Ghostwriting Podcast, and The Shit No One Tells You About Writing. 

“You'd be amazed at how far you can get in life having no idea what the subjunctive mood is,” writes Benjamin Dreyer, retired managing editor and copy chief of the Random House division of Penguin Random House. “As if it's not bad enough that English has rules, it also has moods.” Yes, it does. Happily, the mood of the room for writers in Benjamin's good hands as a copyeditor was cheerful and patient and winning… and, for the most part, grammatically correct. Over the course of his 30+ years in publishing, he helped to shepherd the work of writers such as Michael Chabon, Edmund Morris, Suzan-Lori Parks, E.L. Doctorow, Elizabeth Strout, and Shirley Jackson into print. Somewhere in there, he also found time to write a book of his own: The New York Times best-selling stylebook Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style—a “brilliant, pithy, incandescently intelligent book [that] is to contemporary writing what Geoffrey Chaucer's poetry was to medieval English,” according to Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, another Random House author who benefited from our guest's unseen hand.   Join us as Benjamin reflects on the collaborative role of the copyeditor in the publishing process, on the joys of creative footnoting, on the particularly lovely frustration of working with Isabella Rossellini, on a writer's lifetime allotment of exclamation points, and the excesses to be pruned from phrases like “assless chaps,” “slightly ajar,” and “passing fad.”   (Note the ever-popular serial comma in the previous sentence, and the expenditure of one of those allotted exclamation points in this parenthetical aside!)   Learn more about Benjamin Dreyer:  Website Blue Sky Facebook Instagram Substack Please support the sponsors who support our show: Ritani Jewelers Daniel Paisner's Balloon Dog Daniel Paisner's SHOW: The Making and Unmaking of a Network Television Pilot Unforgiving: Lessons from the Fall by Lindsey Jacobellis Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Libro.fm (ASTOLDTO) | 2 audiobooks for the price of 1 when you start your membership Film Freaks Forever! podcast, hosted by Mark Jordan Legan and Phoef Sutton Everyday Shakespeare podcast A Mighty Blaze podcast The Writer's Bone Podcast Network Misfits Market (WRITERSBONE) | $15 off your first order  Film Movement Plus (PODCAST) | 30% discount Wizard Pins (WRITERSBONE) | 20% discount

Twenty-two of this year's Virtual Memories Show guests tell us about the favorite books they read in 2024 and the books they hope to get to in 2025! Guests include Roland Allen, Shalom Auslander, Laura Beers, Sven Birkerts, Mirana Comstock, Leela Corman, Nicholas Delbanco, Benjamin Dreyer, Eric Drooker, Randy Fertel, Sammy Harkham, Frances Jetter, Ken Krimstein, Jim Moske, Robert Pranzatelli, Jess Ruliffson, Dmitry Samarov, Dash Shaw, David Small, Benjamin Swett, Maurice Vellekoop, and D.W. Young (+ me)! • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

Benjamin Dreyer joins the show to talk about the joy of good writing. We talk about his career as managing editor and copy chief of the Random House, his post-retirement perspective on that role, the authors he enjoyed working with, the success of his first book, DREYER'S ENGLISH: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style (Random House), and his plans for the followup, DREYER'S FICTION (!). We get into why he's leaving NYC and looking forward to Santa Monica (and talk about the books that he can leave behind and those he can't), the way that writing a Substack newsletter has made him a better writer, how the copy-editor's role is to enhance the writer's work, not to reshape it, whether his online persona changed after retirement, his love of digressive footnotes, how he feels about "weird" catching on this election season, whether the success of Dreyer's English surprised him, the moment he KNEW it was a hit, and what his authors had to teach him about the process of writing his first book. We also discuss the tension within the pronoun section of DE (c.2019), how he hopes to revise it, and why the mind needs to catch up with the soul sometimes. All this & a lot more, so go listen! Follow Benjamin on Bluesky, Facebook, and Instagram, and subscribe to his Substack • More info at our site • Support The Virtual Memories Show via Patreon or Paypal and via our e-newsletter

Benjamin Dreyer has strong ideas about the English language, and how to transform books into the best possible versions of themselves. But he's not a member of the grammar police

Benjamin Dreyer has strong ideas about the English language, and how to transform books into the best possible versions of themselves. But he's not a member of the grammar police

On this episode I discuss Theodora Goes Wild (Richard Boleslawski, 1936) starring Irene Dunne and Melvyn Douglas.Works Cited:James Bawden and Ron Miller, Conversations with Classic Film Stars: Interviews from Hollywood's Golden Era (Lexington: The University Press of Kentucky, 2017).Emily Carman, Independent Stardom: Freelance Women in the Hollywood Studio System (Austin: University of Texas Press, 2016).Benjamin Dreyer, "Irene Goes Wild," Criterion, December 12, 2022. Available at: https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/8013-irene-goes-wild.Hollywood and the Great Depression: American Film, Politics, and Society in the 1930s, eds. Iwan Morgan and Philip John Davies (Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh University Press, 2016). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The 12 throat-clearers we hunted and destroyed. Actually In fact Just Of course Rather Really Pretty Quite So Surely That said Very The book I mentioned was Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer. Great book, although he's wrong about the Oxford comma. It can harm a perfectly clear sentence. Get deeper into Stories Mean Business: • https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/storybusiness/ • https://storiesmeanbusiness.com/podcast

We are pleased to present Episode 6 of Thornwillow's #Bloomsyear Centennial Reading of James Joyce's ULYSSES. Featuring  Rebecca Pidgeon, Peggy O'Shea, Susan Morrison, Benjamin Dreyer, Luke Ives Pontifell, Ronan Teevan, Jami Floyd, Barrett Leddy,  Khris Lewin, Joseph Post, Kirsten Vangness, Andrea Syglowski, Michael Simon Hall, and Brian Boyd reading Episode VII AEOLUS of James Joyce's ULYSSES.Support the show

As vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, at Random House, Benjamin Dreyer pays attention to words. And people pay attention to Dreyer's words. More recently, they've been paying attention to Dreyer's English, a New York Times bestseller. In this episode, we explore the importance of language with respect to leadership: the connection between leadership and word choice, being mindful of what we write (and say), drawing a line from clarity to morality. We also ponder how music and the written word contribute to our understanding of language, stopping to admire Julia Child and Judith Jones along the way.   Full show notes are available at: https://www.timelesstimely.com/p/language Please subscribe to the Timeless & Timely newsletter.   Links The Language of the Mind (Off the Clock) I will not be edited. (Letters of Note) Dreyer's English STET! Dreyer's English Game Dreyer's English 2022 Day-to-Day Calendar Benjamin Dreyer's website @BCDreyer on Twitter This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.timelesstimely.com/subscribe

An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style.

First Draft Episode #327: Benjamin Dreyer Benjamin Dreyer, vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief of Random House, and New York Times bestselling author of Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style and Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers): Good Advice for Good Writing. Links to Topics Mentioned In This Episode: “Meet the Guardian of Grammar Who Wants to Help You Be a Better Writer,” by Sarah Lyall in The New York Times Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer's Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting and Surviving Your First Book by Courtney Maum (hear Courtney weigh in on the traditional publishing process in Track Changes: Publishing 101) #1 New York Times bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner Elizabeth Strout, author of Olive Kitteridge, Olive Again, and the recent release Oh William! Shirley Jackson, author of The Haunting of Hill House, The Lottery, and more

S6 E10: In this episode, meet Adib Khorram, Tess Sharpe, and Benjamin Dreyer. Go behind the mic to learn what it was like to record a picture book celebrating the Persian New Year, a YA thriller about a con artist's daughter, and a young readers' adaptation of a certain radical grammatical guide. There’s so much to learn and enjoy in this episode. Join us! Seven Special Somethings: A Nowruz Story by Adib Khorram: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/621983/seven-special-somethings-a-nowruz-story/ The Girls I've Been by Tess Sharpe: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/671421/the-girls-ive-been/ Dreyer's English (Adapted for Young Readers) by Benjamin Dreyer: https://www.penguinrandomhouseaudio.com/book/625381/dreyers-english-adapted-for-young-readers/

Random House copy chief Benjamin Dreyer spoke to Zibby about the bakery sign moment that was his "origin story," why younger people should even care about grammar, his love of books, how copy editing is like make-up artistry (or not) and more.

In the first of our 'talking shop' miniseries, we have a chat about two books we've found useful to develop our writing. Sarah's pick this month was Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer. And Ashley's choice was a compilation of interviews, titled Writers on Writing, and edited by James Roberts, Barry Mitchell, and Roger Zubrinich. Listen in to hear all about these useful resources, and after we discuss what books we're reading 'for fun' this month (although, it's all fun, isn't it?).

In this episode, author and editor Benjamin Dreyer joins hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols to discuss the all-time great haunted house novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Benjamin Dreyer is the author of Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, a sharp, funny guide to style and grammar, which also happens to be a New York Times bestseller. He is also the copy chief at Random House, in which capacity he worked on Let Me Tell You, a collection of previously unpublished work by Shirley Jackson. And for those who want to do extra reading, the Shirley Jackson biography mentioned in the podcast is Ruth Franklin's A Rather Haunted Life.

In this episode, author and editor Benjamin Dreyer joins hosts Sandra Newman and Catherine Nichols to discuss the all-time great haunted house novel The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson. Benjamin Dreyer is the author of Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, a sharp, funny guide to style and grammar, which also happens to be a.New York Times bestseller. He is also the copy chief at Random House, in which capacity he worked on Let Me Tell You, a collection of previously unpublished work by Shirley Jackson. And some extra links: The Shirley Jackson biography mentioned in the podcast is A Rather Haunted Life; and here is Shirley Jackson's essay about the writing of Hill House, "Garlic in Fiction."

Benjamin Dreyer is vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief of Random House US. He has overseen books by writers including Michael Chabon, Edmund Morris, Suzan-Lori Parks, Michael Pollan, Peter Straub, and Calvin Trillin. He has copyedited books by authors including EL Doctorow, David Ebershoff, Frank Rich and Elizabeth Strout. He has also recently written Dreyer's English, a brilliant and highly amusing grammar and style guide. He has also created the related card game Stet! in which players test their copyediting skills.We had great fun chatting to Benjamin as we find out how he stumbled into the publishing world, learn about the differences between a copy editor and "editor editor" (as he calls them) and hear about what happens when authors don't take kindly to copy editing suggestions! We also get a sneak preview of his next book, and, of course, find out whether he prefers real books or ebooks (hint: Tariq wasn't happy...!)Links:Buy Dreyer's English and Stet!Follow Benjamin on TwitterWatch our video panel Page One Sessions as we discuss writing with great authors: https://youtu.be/gmE6iCDYn-sThe Page One Podcast is brought to you by Write Gear, creators of Page One - the Writer's Notebook. Learn more and order yours now: https://www.writegear.co.uk/page-oneFollow us on Twitter: @write_gearFollow us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/WriteGearUK/Follow us on Instagram: write_gear_uk See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In Episode 2, we talk about a thorny issue in nonfiction: the fact check. We discuss a recent essay on the subject by Emma Copley Eisenberg in Esquire, among other things relevant and not: our fact-checking experiences, recent controversies on the subject, John D’Agata, facts vs. truth, journalistic standards vs. creative nonfiction standards, Hanif Abdurraqib’s 68to05 project, Sylvester Stallone’s oeuvre, and more. Links to some things we mention: Emma Copley Eisenberg’s essay: https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a33577796/nonfiction-book-fact-checking-should-be-an-industry-standard/ Eisenberg’s book: https://www.hachettebooks.com/titles/emma-copley-eisenberg/the-third-rainbow-girl/9780316449205/ Benjamin Dreyer’s book: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/232363/dreyers-english-by-benjamin-dreyer/ John D’Agata’s Lifespan of a Fact: https://wwnorton.com/books/The-Lifespan-of-a-Fact/ David Hayes & Sarah Weinman’s essay “The Worthy Elephant,” from Hazlitt: https://hazlitt.net/feature/worthy-elephant-truman-capotes-cold-blood Janet Malcolm’s recent essay in the New York Review of Books: https://www.nybooks.com/articles/2020/09/24/jeffrey-masson-trial-second-chance/ Hanif Abdurraqib’s 68to05 project: https://www.68to05.com/about Joe Berlinger’s Cold Blooded doc series: https://www.sundancenow.com/series/watch/cold-blooded-the-clutter-family-murders/a8eab7e25278eb00 This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

Benjamin Dreyer is vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, of Random House. He has copyedited books by authors including E. L. Doctorow, David Ebershoff, Frank Rich, and Elizabeth Strout, as well as Let Me Tell You, a volume of previously uncollected work by Shirley Jackson. A graduate of Northwestern University, and fellow New Yorker, we talk language, LGBTQ, publishing, and more.Support the show (https://www.facebook.com/ReallyLegalPodcast)

Sometimes there’s a writer who’s so transformative to your experience as a reader that you forget she even was a part of it until you remember, and then you remember every book she’s written. It’s Sandra Brown week here at Fated Mates, and we have loved so many of her romances that we just didn’t know what to read, so strap in, because both Jen and Sarah read Texas! Chase, and then two roads diverged, only to discover some real deep-rooted kinky stuff. Strap in. This one left Eric shellshocked!We love having you with us! — subscribe on your favorite podcasting platform and like/review the podcast, please!In two weeks, we’re reading a book that blooded Jen, Jenny Crusie’s Bet Me! Which you can get bundled with Welcome to Temptation (get this one — it’s $2. cheaper than getting Bet Me alone!) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Apple Books, or Kobo … and don’t forget your favorite indie, which is probably shipping books right now and definitely needs your patronage!Also, if you love the music in this or any of our episodes, check out our Spotify playlist, which includes it all!Show NotesJen's been thinking about how we're going to archive the Quarantine Times and so are historians. Steve Ammidown was kind enough to make some videos about archiving for Jen's TikTok.Turns out that tweet about the Spanish epidimologist was not true! Blessed be the fact checkers.Lori Lightfoot is Jen's mayor and her Coronavirus memes are the best.Everyone knows who Tom Brady is, but not many people seem to like him.Sandra Brown was in the first class of authors acquired by Vivian Stephens. Her Loveswept #1 was Heaven's Price, and her Harlequin American Romance #1 was Tomorrow's Promise. Steve Ammidown was also kind enough to dig into the archives and pull out some early interviews with Sandra Brown and about the founding of Loveswept.Benjamin Dreyer definitely wants you to know the difference between the em dash, en dash, and the hypen.The Rana Look cover has the author and McLean Stevenson from MASH as the cover models. Whoa.You can still join the Doubleday Book Club. Who knew!Jeff Wright has a very funny TikTok (which he crossposts to Twitter and Instagram) and a very distinctive way of saying Oh Wow.Sheikhs & Native Americans in romance are full of racist, harmful stereotypes.Jennifer Porter took the hit on Texas! Lucky for us.Oil Futures aren't looking good for the Tyler family; it's not looking great for the rodeo, either.The primordal 80s Don. Not him. That was the 70s.Sunny Chandler's job as a Mardi Gras costume designer seems pretty sweet. Here's a cool interview with Patricia Halsell-Richardson, a woman who designs Mardi Gras costumes in Mobile.A quick primer to the waves of feminism and what people thought about working women in the 80s.Sandra Brown's house was blown up for an episode of Walker, Texas Ranger. A show that is making a comeback, as it turns out.Ann Richards was pretty great, and so is her daughter Cecile.GQ has some instructions on how to be a DILF, but our current favorite is by Katee Roberts.Slow Heat in Heaven has a plot about dogfighting, but Sarah mentioned a romance where the dogs fall in love back when we talked about non-Sandra Brown category romances.The 80s Primetime Soap Operas were a force to be reckoned with.Next time, we'll be talking about Bet Me by Jenny Crusie. For some reason, it's cheaper to buy it bundled with Welcome To Temptation. /rolls eyes at eBook pricing on a 20 year old book.

In this episode, Ben and Daniel talk to two-time Tony nominee Alison Fraser about her 1996 album, A New York Romance. They also discuss Rusty Magee, James Taylor, Benjamin Dreyer, Bill Finn, In Trousers, March of the Falsettos, The Music Man, Rebecca Luker, Oliver, Eydie Gormé, My Fair Lady, Harry Nilsson, John Cameron Mitchell, Stephen Trask, Bernadette Peters, Gigi, Mary Testa, Annie Golden, Daisy Eagan, Laura Nyro, Linda Rondstadt, Michael John LaChiusa, First Daughter Suite, Elvis Costello, Aaron Mark, Rammstein, Patty Darcy, and Lena Horne. Alison has appeared in numerous Broadway shows, including The Secret Garden and Romance/Romance, both of which earned her Tony nominations. She also appeared alongside Patti LuPone in the 2008 revival of Gypsy.

We all know you can’t really buy the things we writers want: inspiration, the power to spend as much time writing our books as we do thinking about them—not to mention sales, agents and editors. But you CAN grab a few things that make the writerly journey more fun. In this episode, we talk about the joys of journals and the perfect markers, tech tools that qualify as investments and those that are a little less spendy and suggest a few gifts for your writer groups stockings—including custom socks. Episode links follow—but first, a preview of the #WritersTopFive that will be dropping into #AmWriting supporter inboxes on Monday, December 16, 2019: Top 5 Things to Do to at the Start of a New Nonfiction Project. Remember, you can GIFT a supporter subscription! Or sign up to support us yourself.On that note, there are affiliate links in this post. Most will go to support the podcast, but the things KJ “borrowed” from Catherine Newman’s gift guide are her affiliate links (and she’s donating the proceeds this year). As always, this episode (and every episode) will appear for all subscribers in your usual podcast listening places, totally free as the #AmWriting Podcast has always been. This shownotes email is free, too, so please—forward it to a friend, and if you haven’t already, join our email list and be on top of it with the shownotes and a transcript every time there’s a new episode. And now, this week’s links!LINKS FROM THE PODCASTThe Leuchtturm B5 bullet journal with monthly pages we all use.From KJ:KJ’s two sets of sticky notes: the color dots, and the color flags, from the glorious gift guide of one Catherine Newman.KJ’s new favorite notebook, from Sarina (and Paipur—here’s their direct website).Books and art supplies KJ is craving: Finding Your Creative Voice, Lisa CongdenA set of watercolor paints like this one, also snatched from Catherine’s gift guide. And hey, why not this book she liked, too? A Field Guide to Color, Lisa Solomon.The outline pens KJ keeps seeing on Instagram—or something like them— are here in plain, and here in glitter.We talked about classes from Skillshare, BluPrint and Master Class.Give the Gift of a Podcast here.From Jess: Book Nerd hat I bought at Parnassus but you can get from Out of PrintNight Scout Rechargeable LED beanie in redTät Tat “sacco” upright pouch for glasses in grey blue The Every Day Calendar from Simone Giertz (her useless robot video is here)Pre-order Benjamin Dreyer’s Stet! Grammar game, out July 7, 2020From Sarina: Snarky notepads Frixion no-bleed, erasable markers in fineliners and plumper versionsNew apple pencil Nebo app for handwriting-to-text This episode was sponsored by Author Accelerator, the book coaching program that helps you get your work DONE. Visit https://www.authoraccelerator.com/amwritingfor details, special offers and Jennie Nash’s Inside-Outline template.Find more about Jess here, Sarina here and about KJ here.If you enjoyed this episode, we suggest you check out Marginally, a podcast about writing, work and friendship.There’s no transcript for this week’s episode. Transcripts will return next week. This is a public episode. Get access to private episodes at amwriting.substack.com/subscribe

Featured on this edition of Pop-Up Submissions... "Water" - ya sci-fi from Andy Dickenson; "Like and Subscribe" - literary fiction from Oliver Logue; "love and care" - personal narrative/memoir from shaun deeney; "Pay the Premium" - historical fiction from Joanna Beresford; "The Life and Death of Harry Peace" - crime / thriller from David McKeown. Ali Gardiner's book recommendation is "Dreyer’s English" by Benjamin Dreyer. Sara Grant's book recommendation is "My Sister, the Serial Killer" by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube and join us live every Sunday at 5pm UK. Make a Pop-Up Submission here, and please subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube. The winner of each show is immortalised here: https://litopia.com/winners. Pop-Ups on YouTube

Featured on this edition of Pop-Up Submissions... "Water" - ya sci-fi from Andy Dickenson; "Like and Subscribe" - literary fiction from Oliver Logue; "love and care" - personal narrative/memoir from shaun deeney; "Pay the Premium" - historical fiction from Joanna Beresford; "The Life and Death of Harry Peace" - crime / thriller from David McKeown. Ali Gardiner's book recommendation is "Dreyer’s English" by Benjamin Dreyer. Sara Grant's book recommendation is "My Sister, the Serial Killer" by Oyinkan Braithwaite. Subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube and join us live every Sunday at 5pm UK. Make a Pop-Up Submission here, and please subscribe to Litopia's channel on YouTube. The winner of each show is immortalised here: https://litopia.com/winners. Pop-Ups on YouTube

We all love libraries, but what books do you just NEED to own? Frank coins a new genre, Gwen falls for a book about mistakes, and they both share some deep thoughts about the oxford comma.   This Week’s Books: The Grammarians by Cathleen Shine The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames Dreyer's English : An Utterly correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer

When I was a teenager and music was still on cassettes, a mixtape was an act of love. The selection and sequence of songs were a kind of message to the listener that left plenty of space for their own thoughts and feelings. Back in June Think Again hit its fourth year and its 200th show and it feels like the right time to take a step back and revisit some of the places the conversation has gone this past year. I’m intuitive rather than strategic about choosing guests for the show and books to read—when it works, it’s an art rather than a science. And as with any art, themes emerge and recur in different guises. In this episode, I’m putting together some of my favorite moments of 2019, strung together with minimal interruption from me. So kick back and enjoy this eclectic collection, and feel free to write me through my website jasongots.com and let me know your thoughts, feelings, and insights. Or send me a mixtape of your own! Featuring: Joseph Goldstein, Benjamin Dreyer, Anaïs Mitchell, Martin Hägglund, Aml Ameen, Marlon James, Terry Gilliam, Jeff Israel, Eve Ensler, Tracy Edwards, Frans De Waal, Edith Hall, Lama Rod Owens, Elif Shafak, Robert MacFarlane  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Random House Copy Chief Benjamin Dreyer stops into the Damn Library to talk to Christopher and Drew about his new utterly correct style guide, Dreyer's English, as well as working as a copy chief, the reading life of someone dedicated to books as he is, and which editorial meetings leave him floating. Also, we discuss what his next book will be! Then we get into Shirley Jackson and The Haunting of Hill House and if anyone got scared while reading it, plus, what it's like to edit an author who isn't there to correct you. One for the books! contribute! https://patreon.com/smdb for drink recipes, book lists, and more, visit: somanydamnbooks.com music: Disaster Magic (https://soundcloud.com/disaster-magic)  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's midday on the first Monday of Women's month and what better time to put up your feet and join us for Bookchoice on Fine Music Radio, coming to you from the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. I'm Cindy Moritz, and I'm delighted to bring you this month's choice of good books from our switched-on team of readers. Penny Lorimer reviews two unusual thrillers, one by a seasoned British writer and the other by a novice American writer. Joe Country by Mick Herron and Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips “Haunting, poetic and page turning”, is how Vanessa Levenstein describes the much hyped Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, set in a small town in North Carolina in the 1960s. Philip Todres chatted with Getaway Magazine editor Justin Fox about The 30-Year Safari - A celebration of Getaway Photography, published by Jacana. He called it “A very handsome coffee-table book with an impressive range of stunning photographs selected from the past decade of travel images featured in Getaway.” Beverley Roos-Muller read Cari Mora, for which she suggests a strong stomach is required. It is written by Thomas Harris, best remembered for his "Hannibal the Cannibal" books. John Hanks believes Stuarts' Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central and East African Wildlife is a must-have for every wildlife enthusiast and anyone involved with environmental education. Beryl Eichenberger reviewed The Wall by Max Annas, set in an upmarket suburb where the homeowners feel safe and secure. When someone comes in to find help he doesn't feel the same. Melvyn Minnaar indulged in two wonderful hardcover books of American origin which are miles apart content-wise: A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley and Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer. Peter Soal takes us into a tumultuous White House in Siege: Trump Under Fire by veteran journalist and media commentator Michael Wolff. It documents a White House driven by vicious infighting and a president who is described as erratic, irrational a

Fine Music Radio — It’s midday on the first Monday of Women’s month and what better time to put up your feet and join us for Bookchoice on Fine Music Radio, coming to you from the Artscape Theatre in Cape Town. I’m Cindy Moritz, and I’m delighted to bring you this month’s choice of good books from our switched-on team of readers. Penny Lorimer reviews two unusual thrillers, one by a seasoned British writer and the other by a novice American writer. Joe Country by Mick Herron and Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips “Haunting, poetic and page turning”, is how Vanessa Levenstein describes the much hyped Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens, set in a small town in North Carolina in the 1960s. Philip Todres chatted with Getaway Magazine editor Justin Fox about The 30-Year Safari - A celebration of Getaway Photography, published by Jacana. He called it “A very handsome coffee-table book with an impressive range of stunning photographs selected from the past decade of travel images featured in Getaway.” Beverley Roos-Muller read Cari Mora, for which she suggests a strong stomach is required. It is written by Thomas Harris, best remembered for his "Hannibal the Cannibal" books. John Hanks believes Stuarts’ Field Guide to the Tracks & Signs of Southern, Central and East African Wildlife is a must-have for every wildlife enthusiast and anyone involved with environmental education. Beryl Eichenberger reviewed The Wall by Max Annas, set in an upmarket suburb where the homeowners feel safe and secure. When someone comes in to find help he doesn’t feel the same. Melvyn Minnaar indulged in two wonderful hardcover books of American origin which are miles apart content-wise: A Lucky Man by Jamel Brinkley and Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer. Peter Soal takes us into a tumultuous White House in Siege: Trump Under Fire by veteran journalist and media commentator Michael Wolff. It documents a White House driven by vicious infighting and a president who is described as erratic, irrational a

Language, especially English, has a lot of rules. We tackle how and why those rules apply to English with Copy Chief at Random House Benjamin Dreyer, who reminds us that while rules are important, we have to change our minds about some rules. We hear from a few callers, including Allyson who wants to know why the classic "i before e" rule barely applies. Plus, two of this year's Scripps National Spelling Bee "Octochamps" tell us how they made it twenty rounds without one misspelling. You can listen to ad-free new episodes of Science Rules!, only on Stitcher Premium. For a free month of Stitcher Premium, go to stitcherpremium.com and use promo code ‘SCIENCE'. This episode is sponsored by Progressive Insurance (www.progressive.com), Honeybook (www.honeybook.com code: SCIENCERULES), and MagellanTV (www.magellantv.com/sciencerules).

In this week’s Spectator Books podcast Sam's guest is Benjamin Dreyer — whose name is pronounced, as Sam discovers live on air, 'Dryer' rather than 'Drayer'. That seems an apt way to be introduced to a man who, as Random House US’s Copy Chief, makes his living correcting errors. His new book Dreyer’s English is a compendium of useful tricks of the trade, sharp opinions and authoritative rulings on everything to do with language and style. They talk transatlantic language differences, angry pedants, and punctuation nitty-gritty, with special reference to Steven Pinker, the New Yorker and Guns N’ Roses.  Presented by Sam Leith.

In this week’s Spectator Books podcast Sam's guest is Benjamin Dreyer — whose name is pronounced, as Sam discovers live on air, 'Dryer' rather than 'Drayer'. That seems an apt way to be introduced to a man who, as Random House US’s Copy Chief, makes his living correcting errors. His new book Dreyer’s English is a compendium of useful tricks of the trade, sharp opinions and authoritative rulings on everything to do with language and style. They talk transatlantic language differences, angry pedants, and punctuation nitty-gritty, with special reference to Steven Pinker, the New Yorker and Guns N’ Roses. Spectator Books is a series of literary interviews and discussions on the latest releases in the world of publishing, from poetry through to physics. Presented by Sam Leith, The Spectator's Literary Editor. Hear past episodes of Spectator Books here (https://audioboom.com/dashboard/4905582) .

Pajtim Statovci on his novel Crossing and we explore the work of Gerald Murnane

On this episode of Stay Tuned, "The Laws of Language," host Preet Bharara answers your questions about: -- His concerns about casual use of the term "treason" -- Mueller's statement that indicting a sitting president is "unconstitutional" -- Election of judges -- Donald Trump Jr.'s erroneous tweet about Preet Benjamin Dreyer, copy chief of Random House and author of the New York Times best seller Dreyer’s English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style, joins Preet for a wide-ranging conversation about language, writing, and why good writing is a form of morality.   Bonus clips from the interview are available for members of the CAFE Insider community Sign up to receive free references and supplemental materials for Stay Tuned episodes, a weekly newsletter, and updates from Preet.  Tweet your questions to @PreetBharara with the hashtag #askpreet, email us at staytuned@cafe.com, or call 669-247-7338 and leave a voicemail.

Who would have thought that a book on grammar would be #5 on Amazon's best-seller list? (Should that be "whom" would have thought? Should I write out the number five? Should it be "bestseller?" Ugh. I can't remember if the exclamation goes inside or outside the quotation mark in the sentence I just asked myself.) Benjamin Dreyer says we're all writers. Or, we can channel our best writers if we choose our words more carefully, (try not writing the words very, rather, really, quite, surely, and actually for the next week) check our spelling, and quiet our sudden impulse to use two words where one will do. (Oops. I mean, quiet your impulse to use two words where one will do.) Most of all, break those rules you were taught to obey. Language is about more than grammar. It's about artistry, voice, style. Sentences ending with a preposition shouldn't be hard to put up with. And start your sentence with an "and" or "but." Embrace the fragment. Channel your passive voice. (but only if it makes your sentence stronger) I feel freer already.Support the show: http://www.wnpr.org/donateSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Synopsis: Vice president, executive managing editor, and copy chief of Penguin Random House Benjamin Dreyer talks about his new writing style guide Dreyer's English, how and when to break certain writing "rules," whether "proper" english is classist, how words become part of the language, and how the publishing industry has changed over the last 25 years. Benjamin also explains why "grey" and "gray" are two different colors. This episode of COVERED is sponsored by: Audible: Get a FREE audiobook download and 30 day free trial! Over 180,000 titles to choose from for your iPhone, Android, Kindle or mp3 player. Make sure to signup for Audible today to get your FREE audio book and 30-day trial. Please support our podcast by making a sustaining monthly donation. Please also check out our GoFundMe campaign as we're trying to raise enough money to help cover our studio build costs. Duration: 43:31:00 Present: Harry C. Marks, Benjamin Dreyer The Book Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer The Author Website Twitter Books Discussed Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders | Barnes & Noble® Follow your host and the show on Twitter @HCMarks @COVERED_fm @HologramRadio for more podcasts to listen to! Subscribe to Covered! Get Covered on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, RadioPublic, or via RSS. Please take a moment to rate our show in iTunes or Apple Podcasts, even if it’s just a one star rating. It really does make a difference in helping us reach a wider audience.  

On the April 22 2019 episode of /Film Daily, /Film editor in chief Peter Sciretta is joined by /Film managing editor Jacob Hall, senior writer Ben Pearson, and writers Hoai-Tran Bui and Chris Evangelista to talk about what they've been up to at The Water Cooler. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (here is the RSS URL if you need it). Opening Banter: Brad's out sick. At The Water Cooler: What we've been Doing:Peter bought a couple of digital cameras and went to Disneyland to try them out and attempt to be a vlogger. He also had his friend Jeff teach him how to edit using Adobe Premiere. Jacob retired his Dungeons & Dragons character after realizing he had completed his personal storyline and is creating a new one. Hoai-Tran went to the Tolkien: Maker of Middle-earth exhibit at the Morgan Library and Museum. What we've been Reading:Chris read Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style by Benjamin Dreyer, In the Blink of an Eye: A Perspective on Film Editing by Walter Murch and I Heard You Paint Houses by Charles Brandt. Jacob has opinions on the final issue of B.P.R.D. What we've been Watching:Ben and Jacob watched Game of Thrones. Peter watched the first couple episodes of Bosch season 5 on Netflix and is continuing to enjoy Dark Side of the Ring on Viceland. Jacob watched Formula 1: Drive to Survive, Wrestling With Shadows, and The Silence. Chris watched Police Story. Ben watched Homecoming: A Film by Beyonce, The Secret Garden, The Big Heat, Detour, and rewatched Avengers: Infinity War in preparation for Endgame Hoai-Tran watched the Noah Centineo gigolo movie The Perfect Date. What we've been Eating:Peter has officially lost 50 pounds, and LOVES Magic Spoon, a new low carb cereal. He also cheated and tried the Ghostpepper mac and cheese at Disney California Adventure Food and Wine festival. What we've been Playing:Peter recorded the Summer Movie Wager of the /Filmcast last night. Jacob is playing Cuphead on the Nintendo Switch.   Other Articles Mentioned: Cuphead Launch Trailer   All the other stuff you need to know: You can find more about all the stories we mentioned on today's show at slashfilm.com, and linked inside the show notes. /Film Daily is published every weekday, bringing you the most exciting news from the world of movies and television as well as deeper dives into the great features from slashfilm.com. You can subscribe to /Film Daily on iTunes, Google Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify and all the popular podcast apps (RSS). Send your feedback, questions, comments and concerns to us at peter@slashfilm.com. Please leave your name and general geographic location in case we mention the e-mail on the air. Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes, tell your friends and spread the word! Thanks to Sam Hume for our logo.

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Willa Paskin discuss Jordan Peele's new film Us, Hulu's comedy series Shrill, and the bestselling book Dreyer's English with the author, Benjamin Dreyer. This episode is brought to you by Capterra. Try it today, for free, at Capterra.com/CULTURE.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Willa Paskin discuss Jordan Peele's new film Us, Hulu's comedy series Shrill, and the bestselling book Dreyer's English with the author, Benjamin Dreyer.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Julia Turner, Dana Stevens, and Willa Paskin discuss Jordan Peele's new film Us, Hulu's comedy series Shrill, and the bestselling book Dreyer's English with the author, Benjamin Dreyer. 

Episode 14: Interview with Traci Hilton Prologue: Book Recommendation – “Dreyer’s English” by Benjamin Dreyer “Elements of Style” by Strunk and White: Grammar Girl interview with Benjamin Dreyer: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/an-interview-with-benjamin-dreyer “Dreyer’s English” by Benjamin Dreyer: Penguin Random House: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/ Main Story: Interview with Traci Hilton Traci Hilton website: https://www.tracihilton.com/ MacGregor and Luedeke Agency: http://www.macgregorandluedeke.com/about/ Jill Williamson: http://jillwilliamson.com/ Epilogue: Social Media for Authors, Part 2 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com Kyle’s author Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/kyleonkindle Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com Kyle’s twitter account: https://twitter.com/kyleonkindle Buffer.com: https://buffer.com/ HashTags for Authors: https://tinyurl.com/y62t9lvf  Music "Never Surrender" by Chasing Noise, off their album, Everything http://chasingnoise.wixsite.com/chasingnoise

Ryan, Kelso and Hillary discuss the children's books that changed their lives, and whether or not they were pranked by a famous copy editor. Gibson's Bookstore Website Instagram Facebook Twitter Libro.fm (Our Audiobook Platform) Email us at gibsonsemployees(at)gmail(dot)com  Click the link in order to purchase the book from our store, or click the link go get the Audiobook on Libro.fm. Thanks for shopping local! Current Reads: Kelso - Go Ahead in the Rain: Notes on a Tribe Called Quest by Hanif Abdurraqib   (Audiobook on Libro.fm)  The Stranger Beside Me by Ann Rule   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Mindhunter by John E. Douglas and Mark Olshaker   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Hillary- Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) The Lost Man by Jane Harper   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Dreyer's English by Benjamin Dreyer   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Ryan-  Becoming by Michelle Obama   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) The Fandom by Anna Day   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Books from the Future (Upcoming Titles):  Ryan- The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern (Out 11/5)   (Audiobook presale on Libro.fm) The Last by Hanna Jameson (Out 4/9)   (Audiobook presale on Libro.fm) Children's Books that Changed our Lives: Ryan- Matilda by Roald Dahl   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Amy's Eyes by Richard Kennedy (Out of print) Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone   (Audiobook narrated by Jim Dale on Libro.fm) Kelso- Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) The Paper Bag Princess by Robert Munsch The Runaway Bunny by Margaret Wise Brown Hillary- Winnie the Pooh by A.A. Mline   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Mary Poppins by P.L. Travers   (Audiobook on Libro.fm) Other Books Mentioned: Dry by Neal & Jarrod Shusterman Destiny of the Republic by Candice Millard Melting Pot or Civil War by Reiham Salam Extra Links: Read Across America! Diane Les Becquets Book Launch! Dan Zane's House Party! Gibson's Book Club Reads Destiny of the Republic Open Discussion Book Club Reads Melting Pot or Civil War

Benjamin Dreyer is Copy Chief at Random House and author of the new bestselling book, Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style. If you have a question about grammar, he's your guy. On the podcast, he drops his knowledge about the words and sentences you should avoid, the classic grammar rules you should ignore, the proper use of pronouns, adverbs, which, that, as well as, and more! He also recommends avoiding the exclamation point. Oh, well.

New York Times bestselling author Benjamin Dreyer talks about his pet peeves, how he found his voice, why his book largely ignores AP style, and more. FOLLOW GRAMMAR GIRL YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/grammargirl Twitter: http://twitter.com/grammargirl Facebook: http://facebook.com/grammargirl Pinterest: http://pinterest.com/realgrammargirl Instagram: http://instagram.com/thegrammargirl LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/grammar-girl SPONSORS AND LINKS Capterra: http://capterra.com/grammar Native: http://nativedeodorant.com code GRAMMAR AP Style Webinar: http://ow.ly/1Z7030nuTU0 Grammar Girl Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/grammargirlsurvey GRAMMAR POP iOS GAME Optimized for iPad: http://bit.ly/GrammarPopiPad For iPad and iPhone: http://bit.ly/GrammarPop GRAMMAR GIRL BOOKS http://www.quickanddirtytips.com/grammar-girl-book-page GRAMMAR GIRL IS PART OF THE QUICK AND DIRTY TIPS PODCAST NETWORK. VOICEMAIL: 833-214-GIRL

Benjamin Dreyer discusses his best-selling book about writing, and Thomas Mallon discusses “Landfall,” his new novel about the presidential administration of George W. Bush.

In this week’s show, we discuss everyone’s favorite topic: grammar. How do certain conventions in grammar, syntax, and punctuation end up as class signifiers or tools for enforcing other systems of power? We talk style guides, copy editing, the new book on grammar by Benjamin Dreyer, and plenty else. Also: the horrors of magazine submission fees, and a new letter to the Loon.

There are two kinds of people in this world: Those who don’t give a damn about grammar, style, or  syntax, and those who write aggrieved letters to publishing houses about split infinitives. My guest today, Benjamin Dreyer, is neither. As the Copy Chief of Random House, it is his unenviable task to steer the middle way between linguistic pedantry and letting these writers get away with bloody murder. Scratch “bloody”—redundancy. Before reading his hilarious and practical new book DREYER’S ENGLISH,  I think I would have imagined the Copy Chief of Random House as something like the Arbiter Eligantiae of Ancient Rome—a terrifying, absolute authority on questions of grammatical law and taste. The kind of person who walks around waving a scepter at things to be preserved or destroyed. As the book makes plain, however, there’s no absolute authority when it comes to either taste or correctness in the English language. Still, please avoid “impactful”, “utilize”, and 'very unique.”  And use the Oxford comma. And you can do away with just, really, and actually while you’re at it.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On this episode we're joined by Benjamin Dreyer, the copy chief for Random House on the occasion of his new book Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style.  If your memories of 8th grade English class have left you with nightmares about diagramming sentences and getting your book reports marked up with gallons of red pen, the witty, the approachable and entertaining voice with which Dreyer writes about English is just what you need to start recovery from that experience.   Dreyer guides us through the thickets of easily confused words, myths about grammar and the controversies over how and when to use – or not use – one more comma.  And as anyone who follows him on Twitter knows, there's no more humane mentor for a journey through the sometimes labyrinthine twists and turns of our language.  When Dreyer sat down with us in the studio, we asked him first to talk about what made him decide to change seats from editor to writer.

Benjamin Dreyer, Copy Chief for Random House, joins Literate Gamer to discuss the value and importance of copy editing in writing. His style guide is currently slotted for a January 2019 release. This interview was originally slated for release in November, but technical and health related concerns delayed the release until now. You can find Benjamin Dreyer on Twitter at @BCDreyer where you should follow him for amazing #CopyEditingProTip Please note: A copy editor was not consulted in the writing of these show notes. We apologize for any undue existential angst.