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Chapter 1 What's Greek to Me by Mary Norris"Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen" by Mary Norris takes readers on a fascinating journey through the author's love of the Greek language and culture. Norris, known for her role as a copy editor at The New Yorker, highlights her experiences learning Greek, visiting Greece, and navigating the intricacies of language.The book is a blend of memoir, travelogue, and linguistic exploration, where Norris shares her passion for words, grammar, and the beauty of expressing oneself in different languages. She reflects on her encounters with Greek people, the significance of language in understanding culture, and the humor found in language misuse.As she recounts her adventures, Norris also delves into Greek mythology and history, weaving in anecdotes that illuminate how language shapes identity. Throughout the narrative, she humorously tackles the challenges of mastering Greek, showcasing her determination and enthusiasm in embracing the nuances of this rich language.Chapter 2 Greek to Me by Mary Norris Summary"Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen" by Mary Norris is a memoir that intertwines Norris's personal journey with her passion for the Greek language and culture. Summary: Mary Norris, known for her insightful and often humorous writing as a copy editor at The New Yorker, explores the depths of her love for the Greek language and its relevance in her life. The book is a blend of memoir, linguistic exploration, and cultural commentary. It begins with Norris recalling her childhood fascination with classical literature and the Greek language. Her experiences studying Greek in Athens reflect her desire to connect more deeply with the texts that have influenced Western thought. Throughout the pages, she shares anecdotes from her time in Greece, capturing the beauty of the landscape and the warmth of the people. Norris's narrative is rich with discussions about the nuances of Greek grammar, vocabulary, and the language's historical significance. She compares modern Greek with its ancient predecessor, delighting in the intricacies and peculiarities that often leave learners baffled. Additionally, she delves into her professional life, providing insights into the world of editing and the challenges of maintaining clarity in writing. Through her experiences, the reader gains a deeper appreciation for the intricacies of language and how it shapes communication. Overall, "Greek to Me" celebrates not just the Greek language but also the joy of learning, the thrill of adventure, and the connections forged through shared culture and words. Norris's wit and relatable storytelling make this memoir a delightful read for anyone interested in language, culture, and personal growth.Chapter 3 Greek to Me AuthorMary Norris, known for her wit and expertise in language, is the author of several acclaimed works, including the memoir "Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen," which was released on April 20, 2021. Norris has built a reputation primarily as a longtime copy editor at The New Yorker, where her insights into grammar and style have garnered a loyal following.In addition to "Greek to Me," Mary Norris has authored the book "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen," published in 2015. This book explores language, grammar, and the quirks of English in a candid and engaging manner.Her writings stand out for their humorous and approachable style, making complex grammatical concepts accessible to a broad audience. When it comes to the best editions of her books, both "Greek to Me" and "Between You & Me" have been well-received, but the latter may be noted as particularly significant due to its deeper exploration of language and its wider recognition.Overall, Mary Norris's contributions to understanding and enjoying language are reflected in the positive...

We admire the seafaring prowess of the Polynesians and hear how a cultural faux pas led to Captain James Cook's fateful encounter with 18th-century Hawaiians. Then tour guides from Athens and Thessaloniki recommend attractions to visit in northern Greece, and The New Yorker’s "Comma Queen," Mary Norris, explains what an appreciation for Greek language and mythology can add to your own Greek odyssey. For more information on Travel with Rick Steves - including episode descriptions, program archives and related details - visit www.ricksteves.com.

Impacted by Mary Norris's story, Steven visits the Good Shepherd Magdalene Laundry in Sunday's Well Cork. An unexpected accident reveals much deeper wounds about the Laundry's past. As a result Steven writes to the four Religious Orders who ran the Magdalene Laundries throughout Ireland asking if he could meet with any survivors who were left behind. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It's the summer of 2007 and Steven meets with Mary Norris, an outspoken Magdalene survivor who opens his eyes to the horror of the asylums. Could someone really end up in a Magdalene Laundry just because they went to the movies without permission? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jego mottem była „oryginalność poprzez niekompetencję. Johann Christian Bach, jego brat, miał powiedzieć, że nigdy nie spotkał kompozytora, którego muzy omijałyby tak szerokim łukiem. Żył na tym samym świecie, co Haydn i Mozart, ale w takich jego rejonach, w które żadnej z nich się nie zapuszczał, szczególnie po zmroku. Mowa oczywiście o P.D.Q. Bachu, najmłodszym i najdziwniejszym synu kantora z Lipska – fikcyjnej postaci stworzonej przez Petera Schickele, jednego z najciekawszych amerykańskich kompozytorów i satyryków, popularnością i sympatią ze strony publiczności dorównującemu Victorowi Borge czy Annie Russel. 16 stycznia Schickele zmarł. Podobnie jak wielu melomanów i ja zawdzięczam mu mnóstwo ciepłych wspomnień o chwilach, gdy śmiałem się do rozpuku z dzieł P.D.Q. Bacha. Postanowiłem więc ten odcinek poświęcić Peterowi Schickele, a także przypomnieć, że oprócz tego, co nas tak bawi, w jego dorobku jest mnóstwo muzyki na poważnie – ponad setka kompozycji, które w dużej mierze dopiero czekają na swoje odkrycie. Podcast powstał dzięki ⁠Mecenasom⁠ Szafy Melomana. Jeśli chcesz stać się jednym z nich i wspierać pierwszy polski podcast o muzyce klasycznej, odwiedź mój profil w serwisie ⁠Patronite.pl⁠. Muzyka w odcinku (fragmenty) 1. P.D.Q Bach, „The Seasonings” cz. VII i VIII., recytatyw i aria „Open Sesame Seeds”, wyk. The Royal P.D.Q. Bach Festival Orchestra, The Okay Chorale, Jorge Mester (dyr.). 2. S. Jones & City Slickers, „Serenade to a Jerk” (1945), BMG Music. 3. P.D.Q Bach, „Last Tango in Bayreuth”, wyk. Tennessee Bassoon Quartet, Telarc 1992. 4. P.D.Q. Bach „Notebook for Betty Sue Bach”, Allemande left i Corrate, wyk. Mary Norris. 5. „Peter Schickele Presents an Evening with P.D.Q. Bach” Vanguard Records 1965 (fragment początku). 6. P.D.Q. Bach, „Erotica Variations”, wariacja IV Lasso d'amore. 7. P. Schickele, I Symfonia „Songlines”, wyk. Louisville Symphony Orchestra, dy. Leonard Slatkin (1996). 8. P. Schickele, „Kwartet na klarnet, skrzypce, wiolonczelę i fortepian, cz. I, wyk. Viklarbo Chamber Ensemble (1994). Zrealizowano w ramach stypendium Ministerstwa Kultury i Dziedzictwa Narodowego. (odcinki w styczniu i lutym stanowią jeszcze realizację stypendium, w ramach którego byłem zobowiązany do nagrania 50 audycji)

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When Homer refers to the “wine-dark sea,” does he mean red, white, or rosé? He intends no color whatever, asserts the author of Greek to Me, who offers an ingenious alternative. Wine and the Greeks: in the ancient world, the modern world, the world of mythology. Presented with The Neal Rosenthal Group.  Music: Avram Pengas.

In this week's look at the highlights of the last year, Mary Norris explores Margaret Atwood's dystopian fantasies, and we hear about James Joyce from Booker long-listed novelist Audrey Magee and poet Paul Muldoon.Produced by Charlotte Pardy. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

From the archives: Mary Norris, author of "Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen."

This week, Thea Lenarduzzi and Lucy Dallas are joined by the writer and critic Mary Norris to discuss the phenomenon that is Margaret Atwood – surely her kind of success requires a method? A new collection of essays and talks sheds some light; Sujit Sivasundaram, the author of ‘Waves Across the South: A new history of revolution and empire', considers a work of non-fiction by the novelist Amitav Ghosh which paints a compelling picture of how the trade in nutmeg prefigured today's environmental crisis‘Burning Questions: Essays and occasional pieces 2004–2021' by Margaret Atwood‘The Nutmeg's Curse: Parables for a planet in crisis' by Amitav GhoshProduced by Sophia Franklin See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/language

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/communications

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/literary-studies

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/biography

Mary Norris, The New Yorker's Comma Queen and best-selling author of Between You & Me, has had a lifelong love affair with words. In Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen (Norton, 2020), she delivers a delightful paean to the art of self-expression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways in which Greek helped form English. Greek to Me is filled with Norris's memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine--and more than a few Greek men. William Domnarski is a longtime lawyer who before and during has been a literary guy, with a Ph.D. in English. He's written five books on judges, lawyers, and courts, two with Oxford, one with Illinois, one with Michigan, and one with the American Bar Association. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share some favorite words submitted by listeners; grammar expert Mary Norris recounts her early days as a copy writer at The New Yorker and her foray into all things Greek; actor and television writer Ryan O'Connell explains how keeping his cerebral palsy a secret inspired his book and Netflix series Special; and soul-rock group Dirty Revival tear down the house with “Pipe Dreams.”

Dialogue host Marcia Franklin talks with New Yorker editor Mary Norris about her book Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen. The two discuss grammar tips, some of her favorite writers to edit and what it's like to help hold up the editing standard at The New Yorker. Don’t forget to subscribe, and visit the Dialogue website for more conversations that matter. Originally Aired: 11/20/2015 The interview is part of Dialogue’s series “Conversations from the Sun Valley Writers' Conference” and was taped at the 2015 conference. Since 1995, the conference has been bringing together some of the world’s most well-known and illuminating authors to discuss literature and life.

This week, Lucy Dallas and Toby Lichtig are joined by Mary Norris, a New Yorker and editor at - what else? - the New Yorker magazine, to discuss the changing life of the city and its inhabitants; Yoojin Grace Wuertz talks us through a film garlanded with Oscar nominations, Minari, which casts a new light on the immigrant story and the American Dream; plus, the week's fiction reviewsNew Yorkers: A city and its people in our time by Craig Taylor Pretend It's A City: NetflixThe Barbizon: The New York hotel that set women free by Paulina BrenMinari: Amazon Prime, Apple TV, etcA special subscription offer for TLS podcast listeners: www.the-tls.co.uk/buy/pod19 See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ugo Cardinalecuratore del "Festival del Classico"https://circololettori.it/https://festivaldelclassico.it/Festival del Classico ReloadedL'edizione digitale della rassegna porta i classici nella rete con lezioni, dialoghi e letture e speciali incontri riservati alle scuole. È Classico Reloaded, dedicato al tema Homo sive Natu-ra: guerra, pace, malattia nella spirale della storia.Tra gli ospiti: il filologo e storico Luciano Canfora, lo scrittore Abraham Yehoshua, le filosofe Simona Forti, Michela Marzano e Giorgia Serughetti, il filosofo Massimo Cacciari, il grecista Federico Condello. Collegate dagli Stati Uniti: Mary Norris, già copy editor del New Yorker, e la politologa, docente della Princeton University Melissa Lane (programma completo dal 16 novembre su festivaldelclassico.it)Aspettando il Festival del Classico, 5 sono i percorsi: Le parole dei classici con Matteo Nucci; il gruppo di lettura via Zoom De Rerum Natura; Che cos'è un classico?, indagine sulla defini-zione di “classico” che coinvolge scrittori, intellettuali, critici letterari e il pubblico; Piccoli classici, video-incontri per i bambini; e Classici contemporanei, ciclo su quegli autori del no-stro tempo talmente potenti da diventare subito classici. I classici alla conquista della rete: per una settimana intera sul sito, sui canali social e su canale YouTube della Fondazione Circolo dei lettori si susseguiranno lezioni, dialoghi e reading per illuminare con i pensieri di ieri la riflessione di oggi. È il Festival del Classico che si presenta nel 2020 in una veste completamente rinnovata. La 3. edizione, dal 29 novembre al 4 dicembre, vivrà una seconda vita, tutta digitale: è Festival del Classico RELOADED, rassegna che si ricarica di nuova energia per arrivare ancor più lontano, coinvolgendo una community di appassionati e curiosi davvero senza confini. Il Festival del Classico, presieduto da Luciano Canfora e curato da Ugo Cardinale, è un progetto della Fondazione Circolo dei lettori ideato nel 2017 per rintracciare un paradigma interpretativo del presente, ben ancorato alla memoria del passato ma capace di orientare il futuro. Quest'anno è dedicato al tema Homo sive Natura. Guerra, pace, malattia nella spirale della storia. Un'indagine sulla storia, quindi, ricettacolo di guerre, epidemie, conflitti, ma sempre percorsa da un anelito alla pace. Perché guerra, pace e malattia sono una triade inestricabile quando si analizza l'ambivalenza della natura umana. A esplorare il tema filosofi, filologi, storici, scienziati, letterati italiani e internazionali, perché la migrazione online offre l'opportunità di raggiungere e ascoltare grandi protagonisti della cultura internazionale, lontani ma vicini, e di espandere il raggio d'azione della Fondazione ben oltre ai suoi confini territoriali. I primi ospiti di Classico Reloaded Autori dal mondo: Abraham Yehoshua, scrittore e drammaturgo israeliano, tra le voci più importanti della contemporaneità, con la lectio dal War and peace in the jewish culture, venerdì 27 novembre, ore 18.30, aspettando il Festival del Classico. Dagli Stati Uniti, invece, precisamente dalla Princeton University nel New Jersey, si collegherà Melissa Lane, Professor of Politics e direttrice dell'University Center for Human Values. Autrice di numerose opere di divulgazione, si concentra in particolare su come le idee degli antichi, da Socrate a Platone, possano influenzare positivamente il presente, specialmente riguardo al tema della sostenibilità. Il suo intervento È possibile una repubblica ecologica oggi? è fissato domenica 29 novembre, ore 11.30. Mary Norris, collegata da New York, è invece scrittrice e copy editor del periodico di culto The New Yorker, famosa per i suoi articoli sulla scrittura e punteggiatura che le hanno fatto guadagnare il soprannome di Comma Queen. Greek to me. L'universo mitologico femminile è il tema della sua esclusiva lezione al Festival del Classico, venerdì 4 dicembre, ore 21. Domenica 29 novembre, ore 10, la lezione che approfondisce il tema della 3. edizione della rassegna, protagonista il filologo e storico Luciano Canfora, presidente onorario del Festival del Classico. Una ricognizione che dalla guerra di Troia, raccontata nell'Iliade, arriva fino a oggi. Sempre domenica, ma alle ore 16, Immunitas et Communitas: la polis nella morsa del contagio è l'attualissimo dialogo tra le filosofe Simona Forti, Michela Marzano e Giorgia Serughetti, che intrecciano il tema della solidarietà, della contrapposizione tra le generazioni, fino ad arrivare al concetto di comunità in Hannah Arendt. Anche Federico Condello specchia il passato nel presente con l'intervento Una peste che non è una peste: Edipo re, la guerra, la democrazia, mercoledì 2 dicembre ore 18. Massimo Cacciari propone invece una lectio dedicata all'Iliade, ma secondo la lettura che ne ha fatto Simone Weil: secondo la filosofa “la forza trasforma chiunque da essa venga toccato”, ed è questa l'essenza del poema omerico. Per saperne di più appuntamento mercoledì 2 dicembre, ore 21. Tutti i contenuti saranno trasmessi su festivaldelclassico.it, sul canale YouTube e sulla pagina Facebook della Fondazione Circolo dei lettori. Il programma completo è disponibile da lunedì 16 novembre. Ma in quest'anno particolare, il Festival del Classico coinvolgerà ancor più direttamente studenti e studentesse delle scuole superiori offrendo un supporto alla didattica attraverso approfondimenti online di elevato livello culturale, a integrazione del programma ministeriale, pensati esclusivamente per loro. Aspettando il Festival del Classico La rassegna comincia prima del 29 novembre, anzi è già cominciata: con il ciclo di video-lezioni a cura di Matteo Nucci, Le parole dei classici; con Che cos'è un classico?, indagine sulla definizione di “classico” che coinvolge scrittori, intellettuali, critici letterari tramite video-interventi, ma anche il pubblico di lettori e lettrici attraverso i social media, il sito circololettori.it, la newsletter e una mail dedicata, classico@circololettori.it Tra gli altri, risponderanno Silvia Avallone, Marco Missiroli e Marco Belpoliti, perché classica, per definizione, è l'opera che non smette mai di dire qualcosa. Classici contemporanei è invece un confronto con i testi di Silvio D'Arzo, Francesco Biamonti, Giorgio Bassani, Giuseppe Berto; Piccoli classici è pensato per bambini e bambine, sul canale YouTube con contenuti inediti, lezioni di filosofia e consigli di lettura per i più piccoli; e ancora il gruppo di lettura via Zoom De Rerum Natura con Matteo Stefani (per iscrizioni: info@circololettori.it). Programma completo: dal 16 novembre su festivaldelclassico.it. Il Festival del Classico è presieduto da Luciano Canfora e curato da Ugo Cardinale. È un progetto della Fondazione Circolo dei lettori, realizzato con il sostegno di Regione Piemonte e Fondazione CRT. IL POSTO DELLE PAROLEascoltare fa pensarehttps://ilpostodelleparole.it/

Meet Mary Norris, author of 'Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen'. You'll discover powerful tips on how to finish writing your book. Plus, we have 3 copies of 'Across the Water' by AWC alumna Ingrid Alexandra to give away.  Read the show notes Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com

Cashapp - $mcdreamytater   Main Link   Mp3 download or immediate streaming   Listen at these places: Spotify Apple/iTunes   www.facebook.com/saltiray www.instagram.com/salti_gram/   Use this phrase daily - "Alexa, play podcast, WNC Original"   More WNC Original Music links for your archives-https://www.instagram.com/wnc_original_music/ www.facebook.com/wncoriginalmusic www.wncoriginalmusic.com https://open.spotify.com/show/3Rx8uNDtBXzcrmA6vHiph4  (Boo Spotify)   All music used with permission   Salti Ray is a South Carolina-based band founded by members and lifelong friends Mary Norris and Noelle Taylor. Norris and Taylor grew up together in Charleston, SC, where they began writing music and developing the project that would later become Salti Ray. It wasn’t until a decade later that fate led them to Spartanburg, SC, where they crossed paths with current drummer Houston Garrett and bassist Jacob Lightsey and Salti Ray was formed. Self-labeling as “Not-Your-Father’s Indie Rock Band,” Salti Ray blends a myriad of musical styles, including folk, blues, and pop, in their traditional rock-influenced roots.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *I Am the Gate* for Sunday, 3 May 2020; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen* by Mary Norris (2019); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Building the Great Cathedrals* (2010); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *The Peace of Wild Things* by Wendell Berry.

Scott Dolan started making Slight Headache comics in Iowa City in the summer of 1992 as a combination diaristic notetaking/money-making scheme. The small zines were quickly filled with images and text with the thought that any idea can be a seed for another idea, none too big, none too small. The original comics were sold at a few stores in town and traded widely through the mail with mail artists, zinesters and other collaborators and supporters. The comics were non-linear in layout, more a collection of briefly observed moments than a sequential story. Mostly, the images were light-hearted commentary on the events of the day, with special interest taken in language, customer service, alienation,  food, poetry, punk rock, loss, the ridiculous possibilities of being, and any other of the Big Ideas in art, such as may have arisen. In 2016, working with Circadian Press in Brooklyn, he released a “completely remastered” limited edition Slight Headache box set, a few sets of which are still available on his website. Alongside the comics grew a series of gouache and watercolor pictures, the "Kutch and Mancuso Drawings," which were loosely based on his own life experiences and stories heard from, and about, friends. Currently he has been working on a series of pencil portraits, gouache paintings of an unknown (to him) deceased artist’s pencils, and other tools of the trade, which were given to him by a friend of a friend. He was born in Minnesota, received his MFA from the University of Iowa and currently he lives, works and otherwise lingers in various parts of Brooklyn. He was a founding member of the legendary Speedboat Gallery in St. Paul, Minnesota. His work has been shown at Happy Lucky #1, Cellar Gallery, NYSG and Five Myles in New York City; Speedboat Gallery, CO Exhibitions and No Name Gallery in Minneapolis/St Paul; Lovey Town in Madison Wisconsin, and others. His work is in the permanent collections of the U.S. Library of Congress’s Monographs Section, the University of Iowa Special Collections, the University of Maryland, the University of Vermont, The Walker Art Center,  Carleton College, and the Franklin Furnace archives, among others.  The book mentioned in the interview is Greek to Me, by Mary Norris. Mongol 482, Gouache on Paper, 22” x 30" Woodclinched, Gouache on Paper, 22” x 30" Slight Headache Comics Special Circadian Press Limited Edition Box Set (edition of 100) Risograph printing on 60# Vellum Text 2.5” x 3” x 2.25" (book size 2.1875" x 2.8”)

Bibliocracy Radio is back after KPFK’s fund drive, celebrating community support for smart books and lively conversation with a show featuring The Comma Queen, Sunday, 5 PM on 90.7 FM. Her life and life-work, passion for others’ writing and, lately, her own celebrated writing, have indeed made Mary Norris literary royalty.  As The Comma Queen, […]

April 23, 2019 at the Boston Athenæum. In her New York Times best-selling Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils, punctuation, and punctiliousness over three decades in The New Yorker’s celebrated copy department. In Greek to Me, she delivers another wise and witty paean to the art of expressing oneself clearly and convincingly, this time filtered through her greatest passion: all things Greek. From convincing her New Yorker bosses to pay for Ancient Greek studies to traveling the sacred way in search of Persephone, Greek to Me is an unforgettable account of both her lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Along the way, Norris explains how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, and reveals the surprising ways Greek helped form English. Filled with Norris’s memorable encounters with Greek words, Greek gods, Greek wine—and more than a few Greek waiters—Greek to Me is the Comma Queen’s fresh take on Greece and the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own.

Mary Norris’ New York Times bestseller Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen gives an account of the author’s years in The New Yorker’s copy department. Now she returns with Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen, a witty romp around language, love, and the crystalline Greek coast, along which she adventured. She speaks with Adam Dudding. Supported by Platinum Bold Patrons Josephine & Ross Green.

Host Luke Burbank and announcer Elena Passarello share their favorite words, both literally and figuratively; actor and television writer Ryan O’Connell explains how keeping his cerebral palsy a secret inspired his book and Netflix series "Special;" grammar expert Mary Norris recounts her early days at The New Yorker and her foray into all things Greek; comedian Jackie Kashian isn’t buying the “empathic” abilities of her fellow comics; and soul-rock group The Get Ahead perform “Deepest Light.”

Few of us are aware of the extent to which the Greek language has influenced English. Fortunately, lauded New Yorker writer Mary Norris has a passion for all things Greek. She joined us to share excerpts from her book Greek to Me, drawing on a lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. In conversation with Town Hall’s own Curator of Lectures, Edward Wolcher, Norris explained how the alphabet originated in Greece, makes the case for Athena as a feminist icon, recounts her search for the fabled Baths of Aphrodite, and revealed the surprising ways Greek helped form English. Join Norris for a linguaphile’s fresh take on Greece—and on the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own. Mary Norris (aka the Comma Queen) is the author of Greek to Me and the New York Times bestsellerBetween You & Me, an account of her years in The New Yorker copy department, where she has been a contributor since 1978. Recorded live at Town Hall Seattle on May 1, 2019. 

Episode Seventy Five Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalongs –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are:Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERESapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa CatherThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –Where the Crawdads Sing – Delia Owens (CW)The Lost Family – Jenna Blum (EF)Gone with the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (EF) – Just Read –The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption – Monty Don, Sarah Don (CW)The World That We Knew: A Novel – Alice Hoffman (EF) (release date 9/24/19)The Museum of Modern Love – Heather Rose (CW)gods with a little g: A Novel – Tupelo Hassman (EF) (release date 8/13/19)Keep Going: 10 Ways to Stay Creative in Good Times and Bad – Austin Kleon (CW)If Beale Street Could Talk – James Baldwin (EF)A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)The Marriage of Phaedra – Willa Cather (CW) which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story Project– Biblio Adventures –Emily watched the movie If Beale Street Could TalkChris attended an event co-sponsored by Bank Square Books and the Lagrua Center where Mary Norris discussed her new book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. Check out this article about Mary’s apartment in New York City.Emily went to RJ Julia Booksellers to hear Patricia Marx and Roz Chast discuss their book Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s SuggestionsEmily visited Tennessee and North Carolina and caught up with author, Shuly Cawood. She has appeared on two episodes of the podcast:Episode 22 – where she discussed her memoir, The Going and GoodbyeEpisode 64 – the book launch of 52 Things I wish I Could Have Told Myself When I Was 17They spent a day in Jonesborough, TN visiting the Jonesborough Public Library and the International Storytelling Center (check out their festival October 4-6, 2019). They also shopped at Mr. K’s Used Books, Music, and More.Chris and Emily had a joint jaunt to hear Delia Owens discuss her book, Where the Crawdads Sing, sponsored by RJ Julia Booksellers but located at The Country School, in Madison, CT.Other Books by Delia Owens:Cry of the KalahariSecrets of the SavannaThe Eye of the ElephantSurvivor’s SongBooks recommended by Delia Owens:To Kill a Mockingbird – Harper LeeA Sand County Almanac – Aldo LeopoldWest with the Night – Beryl Markham– Upcoming Jaunts –This weekend, Laura Thoma, playwright, has a play, Meet Me in the Lobby, appearing in the Norwalk Theatre Artists Workshop festival April 26-29, 2019. Laura was on Episode 19 and Episode 66.Emily will be attending the Newburyport Literary Festival on April 26-27, 2019Booktopia 2019 at Northshire Bookstore in Manchester, VT is taking place May 3-4, 2019Chris and Emily will be attending Book Expo America May 29-31, 2019– Upcoming Reads –Lost Laysen – Margaret Mitchell (CW)Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (CW)The Givers: Wealth, Power, and Philanthropy in a New Gilded Age – David Callahan (EF)The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World – Melinda Gates (EF)– Also Mentioned –Check out Alice Hoffman’s website for her backlistGirlchild by Tupelo HassmanMel’s Bookland AdventuresThe Stella PrizeMarina Abramovic InstituteSteal Like an Artist: 10 Things Nobody Told You About Being Creative – Austin Kleon (CW)Documentary about James Baldwin: I Am Not Your Negro Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen – Mary Norris Lonesome Dove – Larry McMurtryRussell of Ink and Paper Booktube Channel

After a career of carefully editing so many accomplished writers, language and punctuation remain a joy to Marry Norris, renowned New Yorker Copy Editor. Her first book, “Between You and Me: Confessions of AComma Queen,”was nominated for a Thurber Prize for American Humor.In her follow up,“Greek To Me: Adventures of The Comma Queen,” Norris shares her love for the Greek language, culture and land.

Tim Slover of the University of Utah on lessons from a Hobbit on how to be a hero. Mary Norris, author of “Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen” on being the New Yorker's Comma Queen and her Greek obsession.

Correspondent Valerie Curtis Newton talks with Cherríe Moraga about the way physical memory goes along with generational trauma, and the way her writing connects people with family and community (4:40). Chief Correspondent Steve Scher sits down with New Yorker columnist Mary Norris for a deep dive into the Greek alphabet and her trip to the Aegean (17:10). Host Jini Palmer talks with ChrisTiana ObeySumner about what reparations could look like in the modern world, and about the importance of continued progress towards racial and social equity (26:20). Get an insider's look and stay in the know about what's going on in this moment at Town Hall. 

Correspondent Valerie Curtis Newton talks with Cherríe Moraga about the way physical memory goes along with generational trauma, and the way her writing connects people with family and community (4:40). Chief Correspondent Steve Scher sits down with New Yorker columnist Mary Norris for a deep dive into the Greek alphabet and her trip to the Aegean (17:10). Host Jini Palmer talks with ChrisTiana ObeySumner about what reparations could look like in the modern world, and about the importance of continued progress towards racial and social equity (26:20). Get an insider's look and stay in the know about what's going on in this moment at Town Hall. 

What’s Trending—The Hot topics of the day Jimmy’s Tech talk features a smart phone screen magnifier and a Gmail update Make Us Feel Good-A positive story to put you in a good mood. Matt Granite—Majic Ways To Save features vitamin deals Dr. Riley Tedrow from CWRU talks about mayflies, midges, and plants that can communicate with each other Mary Norris talks about her book “Greek To Me: An iHeart deal from The Nautica Queen

''A rollicking adventure into the origins of the apostrophe, the proliferation of profanity in American culture, and everything in between'' (San Francisco Chronicle), Mary Norris's bestselling Between You and Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen was a raucous, cheery memoir about grammar, usage, and practical life advice gleaned from her three decades in The New Yorker's venerable and notoriously fastidious copy department. Her latest book is another paean to language and expression. In Greek to Me, Norris celebrates all things Greek-words, gods, wine, and waiters-as she offers a hot take on the distant but oddly familiar language that helped beget our own. (recorded 4/15/2019)

Episode Seventy Four Show Notes CW = Chris WolakEF = Emily FinePurchase Book Cougars Swag on Zazzle! AND at Bookclub Bookstore & More.If you’d like to help financially support the Book Cougars, please consider becoming a Patreon member. You can DONATE HERE. If you would prefer to donate directly to us, please email bookcougars@gmail.com for instructions.Join our Goodreads Group! Please subscribe to our email newsletter here.– Upcoming Readalong –We are hosting co-reads in June 2019 with Jenny Colvin of the Reading Envy Podcast. More details are forthcoming, but the books are:Gone with the Wind – Margaret MitchellSapphira and the Slave Girl by Willa CatherThe Goodreads discussion page can be found HERE– Currently Reading –The World That We Knew: A Novel – Alice Hoffman (EF) (release dateA Vindication of the Rights of Women – Mary Wollstonecraft (CW)Click HERE for the readalong with Great Book StudyWelcome to the Writer’s Life: How to Design Your Writing Craft, Writing Business, Writing Practice, and Reading Practice - Paulette Perhach (CW)From A Whisper to A Riot: The Gay Writers Who Crafted an American Literary Tradition – Adam W. Burgess (CW)The Jewel Garden: A Story of Despair and Redemption – Monty Don (CW)– Just Read –Fascism: A Warning – Madeline Albright (CW) (audio)The Shortest Way Home – Miriam Parker (EF)Chris dnf’d Transcription – Kate Atkinson (CW)Tell Me How it Ends: An Essay in Forty Questions – Valeria Luiselli (EF)The Marriage of Phaedra – Willa Cather which is part of the Willa Cather Short Story ProjectHeavy: An American Memoir – Kiese Laymon (EF) (audio)– Biblio Adventures –Chris and Emily went to the 92nd St Y to see Barbara Kingsolver and Richard Powers discuss their books Unsheltered and The OverstoryChris watched A Discovery of Witches based on the All Souls Trilogy by Deborah HarknessEmily took a trip to Philadelphia and visited the University of Pennsylvania Bookstore and Penn BookCenter and also took a picture of the Curtis Publishing Company building. She also had dinner at Zahav and flipped through a copy of Michael Solomonov’s new cookbook, Zahav: A World of Israeli Cooking. Click HERE to read the article about Solomonov in the NY Times.– Upcoming Jaunts –4/18/2019 – The Willa Cather Bookclub will discuss A Lost Lady at 2pm at Bookclub Bookstore & More.4/18/2019 – Bank Square Books and the Lagrua Center are co-hosting Mary Norris to discuss her book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen.4/23/2019 – Patricia Marx and Roz Chast will be visiting RJ Julia Booksellers to discuss their book Why Don’t You Write My Eulogy Now So I Can Correct It?: A Mother’s Suggestions. Click HERE to read the article about them in the NY Times.4/24/2019 – Delia Owens will be visiting RJ Julia Booksellers to discuss her book Where the Crawdads Sing. Note: The event is sold out.4/24/2019 – Dr. Carla Hayden in conversation with Tracy K Smith at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture.Tracy K. Smith is the poet Laureate of the United States and has a wonderful podcast, The Slowdown, where she reads a poem each day.5/30-6/1/2019 – 64th Annual Willa Cather Spring Conference6/17-6/21/2019 – The 17th Annual Willa Cather Seminar– Upcoming Reads –A Lost Lady – Willa Cather (CW)Gone With the Wind – Margaret Mitchell (CW)Sapphira and the Slave Girl– Willa Cather (CW)If Beale Street Could Talk – James Baldwin (EF)Lights All Night Long – Lydia Fitzpatrick (EF)– Also Mentioned –Faithful – Alice HoffmanRiff Raff Bookstore in Providence, RILost Children Archive – Valeria LuiselliThe Poisonwood Bible – Barbara KingsolverWhite Dog CafeThe Impossible Fortress – Jason RekulakTo find the poetry videos from the Book Cougars April 2018 National Poetry Month Celebration head to our YouTube page.Check out Ryan Ludman on Instagram

New Yorker magazine writer and proofreader Mary Norris shares stories of her common grammar enthusiasm and national heritage with Eric in, “Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen.”See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader . Today our guest is Mary Norris, author of this her second book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen, published April 2 by Norton. Her first of course was Between You And Me: Confessions Of A Comma Queen back in 2015, the first time she and I spoke together. Mary began working at the New Yorker in 1978 (although we learn a lot about her life prior to that) and was a query proofreader at the magazine for 24 years. She is best known for her pieces on pencils and punctuation and also introduced me to Blackwing 602s. Oh—I almost forgot—Mary will be speaking and reading at the Free Library downtown on April 15th at 7:30. For more information on this you can go to our website WSB or freelibrary.org. Greek To Me is a book that takes the form of an interior and exterior journey. Mary tells us about her childhood, her parents, her initial love of language and primarily, as it should be, Greek. As her passion and fascination with the language and the land grows, we find ourselves drawn in, not only to the travelogue aspect of this book, but to the history of a language, its vagaries and its hidden presence in our everyday lives. Plus there is a lot of ouzo in this book and who could argue with that?

Good afternoon everyone and welcome to another edition of the Avid Reader . Today our guest is Mary Norris, author of this her second book Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen, published April 2 by Norton. Her first of course was Between You And Me: Confessions Of A Comma Queen back in 2015, the first time she and I spoke together. Mary began working at the New Yorker in 1978 (although we learn a lot about her life prior to that) and was a query proofreader at the magazine for 24 years. She is best known for her pieces on pencils and punctuation and also introduced me to Blackwing 602s. Oh—I almost forgot—Mary will be speaking and reading at the Free Library downtown on April 15th at 7:30. For more information on this you can go to our website WSB or freelibrary.org. Greek To Me is a book that takes the form of an interior and exterior journey. Mary tells us about her childhood, her parents, her initial love of language and primarily, as it should be, Greek. As her passion and fascination with the language and the land grows, we find ourselves drawn in, not only to the travelogue aspect of this book, but to the history of a language, its vagaries and its hidden presence in our everyday lives. Plus there is a lot of ouzo in this book and who could argue with that?

This week, Jeff and Rebecca talk about more book bans in prisons, Scribd getting into original content, listener feedback, and more. This episode is sponsored by: Book Riot Insiders The Great Courses Plus The Girl He Used to Know by Tracey Garvis Graves Book Riot's TBR Links discussed in this episode: KidLit These Days mention Washington State DOC bans prisoners from receiving used books Kelly’s piece Scribd kicks off original content Mary Norris and Swati Teerthala on Recommended

In this episode, Swati Teerdhala recommends Alanna: The First Adventure and Mary Norris recommends The War That Killed Achilles. This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders. You can subscribe to Recommended in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or in your podcast player of choice. The show can also be found on Stitcher here. A transcript of this episode is available here.   Books Discussed: The Tiger at Midnight by Swati Teerdhala Alanna: The First Adventure by Tamora Pierce Greek to Me by Mary Norris The War That Killed Achilles by Caroline Alexander

Student minister Denise Cawley, Bradford UU founding-member Kay Wikel, UU historian and storyteller Mary Norris and Rev. Erik David Carlson offer reflections on the 150th anniversary of Unitarian worship space in Kenosha.

We don’t ever think Ancient Greece can help us. But what if those epic novels and thousand-page philosophy reads were distilled into a more digestible read? What if you could boil down the robust history and narrative into a more simpler story of personal interest? The takeaways are eerily potent despite the thousands of years separating us from these tales.

Ann Handley, an amazing writer and marketer, joins me today. She knows exactly what it takes to attract, engage, and keep an audience in today’s market.Quality content is more important than ever in the world of marketing. You shouldn’t just be focused on churning out content in an attempt to reach more customers. That’s a surefire way for your content to get lost in the ever-widening sea of information. Instead, you need to specifically identify your audience and create content that addresses their needs.  Ann talks to me about all that and more, so listen in and start making great content today! Find Out More About Ann Here: Ann Handley @MarketingProfs on Twitter @annhandley on Twitter MarketingProfs Ann Handley on LinkedIn Ann Handley on Facebook In This Episode: [01:23] - Ann and Stephan start off the conversation by talking about their recent random run-in with each other. [03:48] - What are some of Ann’s favorite nuggets of wisdom and insight from her book Everybody Writes? [08:04] - Ann shares some of the basic rules of creating content that matters. She discusses viewing communication with your audience as a privilege, and thinking of things from an audience-centric point of view. [09:23] - When Ann thinks about who she’s creating a piece of content for, she thinks about one person who she wants to help. She then explains that she spends a lot of time on Twitter getting to know her audience. [11:51] - Ann talks about how deep her profile of her audience persona goes. [14:21] - We hear Ann’s thoughts on tools that are important for writers, including The Elements of Style. [18:05] - Does Ann recommend that companies or marketing departments come up with style guides to make sure everybody is on the same page? [21:16] - Stephan brings up some wisdom from a previous episode of Marketing Speak. [23:20] - Ann talks about how she handles situations with ghostwriters, in terms of how she gets the best outcome for the company. She emphasizes the importance of having an editor, not just a writer. [27:04] - Every company with writers should have an editor, Ann explains. She then discusses how to figure out whether content is high-quality. [28:56] - Ann shares her thoughts on using video rather than writing as the best way to reach your audience. [31:17] - What does Ann think about repurposing content? [33:10] - Ann talks about her recommendations for what people should do in terms of creating video-based content. [35:22] - Stephan’s membership site is running Memberium, and he’s moving to using LearnDash, he explains. [36:44] - We hear Ann’s thoughts on the ways to use a video transcript. She prefers reading a transcript to watching the video, she explains. [39:29] - Ann points out that quite a few people start their content by dictating, rather than writing, the content. [42:58] - Where would Ann recommend people go to find ghostwriters? [45:45] - Ann thinks there’s an enormous upside to training yourself to think about things from an audience-centric point of view. [46:57] - What would Ann say to someone who is using writers as cogs in a wheel and just churning out content? [48:31] - Stephan talks about the importance of intentionality and approaching everything from this perspective. [52:08] - Ann digs deeper into places to find writers and freelancers. [54:10] - Ann shares her thoughts on focus groups. [55:04] - We learn what Ann means when she talks about telling bolder stories. She gives an example of a company that does an excellent job of telling bold stories. Stephan then shares an example of his own. [58:42] - Being bold doesn’t mean you have to be crazy or wacky, Ann clarifies. Instead, it’s about fully expressing your brand. [61:51] - Ann offers a book recommendation: Between You & Me by Mary Norris. Links and Resources: Ann Handley @MarketingProfs on Twitter @annhandley on Twitter MarketingProfs Ann Handley on LinkedIn Ann Handley on Facebook Everybody Writes: Your Go-To Guide to Creating Ridiculously Good Content by Ann Handley Content Rules: How to Create Killer Blogs, Podcasts, Videos, Ebooks, Webinars (and More) That Engage Customers and Ignite Your Business by Ann Handley and C. C. Chapman World Domination Summit The Elements of Style by William Strunk Jr. and E. B. White Hemingway App Grammarly Searchmetrics Content Experience Uberflip Style Guide MailChimp Style Guide Ephraim Olschewski on Marketing Speak Blue Bottle Coffee From Plant to Cup: Brew an Amazing Cup of Coffee on Skillshare (by Blue Bottle Coffee) Skillshare LearnDash Wistia Vimeo Thinkific Rev.com SpeakWrite Speechpad The One Minute Millionaire by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen Cash in a Flash by Mark Victor Hansen and Robert Allen WriterAccess ClearVoice Textbroker Amazon Mechanical Turk Ephraim Olschewski on the Optimized Geek Meetup ProBlogger Craigslist Don’t Make Me Think by Steve Krug Freaker USA Zappos Greatist Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott Between You & Me by Mary Norris Nick Westergaard Chris Rugh on the Optimized Geek  

On this episode: Mary Norris, the comma queen, calls in to talk beer and pencils with the DDD gang. She also introduces us to the seedy Twitter underbelly of double spacers and answers a listener question about ellipses… Links: Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen

The Drunk Word Nerds took a break from recording last week because everyone was too sad to laugh about grammar (sorry). But here's a classic episode from our vaults. We discuss all things comma, including Linda's love of the serial comma — perfectly timed to get you pumped for next week's all-new episode when the Comma Queen, Mary Norris, joins the gang for a chat.

Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to Shakespeare and Company.

Remember back when people would stay at a company long enough to get a gold watch, a time before entitled millennials decided they didn't feel like working at the same boring job for their entire career? Those were the good old days, right? Wrong. This week, Francesca and Rebecca challenge the conventional wisdom that America's favorite generation doesn't have its life on track. The demise of the traditional career path might have more to do with student debt and the changing corporate priorities than a personality trait of an entire generation of workers. Plus, older folks have also taken circuitous routes to career success. This week's guest, Mary Norris, has the resume of a hipster: Milk truck driver, costume shop clerk, cheese factory worker and web series hostess with a cult following. But she's no millennial. Since 1978, Norris has been with the New Yorker magazine, where she's a respected copy editor and host of the web series Comma Queen. While she eventually settled down, she took her own sweet, not always logical time getting to where she is today.

Ever try to write a well-known passage in limerick form? It's harder than you think. How about this one:  "There once was a lady who's sure / All that glitters is golden and pure/ There's a stairway that heads up to heaven, it's said / And the cost of the thing she'll incur." Plus, the diacritical mark that readers of The New Yorker magazine find most annoying. And how do you really pronounce the name of that big city in Southern California--the one also known as the "City of Angels"? Also, clopening, Z vs. Zed, seeding a tournament, the wee man and Old Scratch, and a word game based on the novels of Charles Dickens. FULL DETAILS What do readers of The New Yorker complain about most when they write letters to the editor? Those two dots above vowels in words like cooperate and reelect. The diaeresis, as those marks are known, has remained in use at the magazine ever since the copy editor who planned on nixing it died in 1978, and the whole saga is chronicled in fellow New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris's new memoir, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen. March Madness is over, but the confusion lingers as to why teams are seeded in tournament brackets. The best theory is that brackets resemble sideways trees, and the teams are spread out evenly so the best can prosper—just like a in a garden. A Southernism we love: You might as well go out and let the moon shine down your throat. It means you're taking medicine that won't be effective or eating something flavorless. Not to be confused with pouring moonshine down your throat, which would be both flavorful and effective. Americans pronounce the letter Z like "zee," while those in other English-speaking countries say "zed." That's because Noah Webster proposed lots of Americanized pronunciations and this is one of the few that stuck. David Sacks' book Letter Perfect is a great resource for more on our alphabet. Baristas and retail workers are all too familiar with the dreaded clopen shift. You're assigned to close the shop one night, then turn around and work the opening shift early the next morning. Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game about Dirkens novels—that is, Dickens novels with one letter in the title changed. For example, what's the Dirkens novel about a domicile where tired orphans can take some time off work, or a shorter Dirkens novel that's just a listing of garnishes in cocktails? A longstanding injunction against mentioning the devil by name is the reason why terms like Old Ned, Old Billy, and Old Scratch have come to be euphemisms for his unholiness. Bonspiel is a word for a curling match, and derives from the Dutch term spiel, meaning "game." Saying I feel, instead of saying I think or I suppose, is both prevalent and controversial, particularly among women. A Stanford study found that prefacing a sentence with I feel, instead of I think, is more likely to get others to really listen. A favorite quotation from highly quotable Terry Pratchett: Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong. If you're looking for an alternative version of Hamlet's soliloquies, a member of our Facebook group has been turning famous passages from literature into limerick form with entertaining results. Los Angeles, though founded by Spanish speakers, was very, very Anglo by the early 20th century. The "original" pronunciation of Los Angeles has been muddied for a long time. Our lord of the literary limerick on our Facebook group doesn't stop with plays and novels. He also remixed song lyrics, like in this rendition of Stairway to Heaven. When Scots use the term wee man, they're referring to the devil. The Dictionary of the Scots Language is a fantastic and free resource for all terms Scottish, including blethering skite or bladderskate, which is a great thing to call a chatty rascal. The German idiom, Ich bin fast im Dreieck gesprungen! is a way of indicating that you're outraged. Literally, though, it means "I almost jumped in triangles." One listener's term, tee-ella-berta, is among hundreds of euphemisms for the derriere, including tee-hiney, tee-hineyboo, and tee-hinder. This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett. -- A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donate Get your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time: Email: words@waywordradio.org Phone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673 London +44 20 7193 2113 Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771 Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donate Site: http://waywordradio.org/ Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/ Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/ Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/ Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2016, Wayword LLC.

The most irreverent and helpful book on language since the #1 New York Times bestseller Eats, Shoots & Leaves. Mary Norris has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Now she brings her vast experience, good cheer, and finely sharpened pencils to help the rest of us in a boisterous language book as full of life as it is of practical advice. - Amazon The Avid Reader Show is sponsored and produced by Wellington Square Bookshop in Chester County, PA. The Show airs on Mondays at 5PM on WCHE AM 1520. Visit our website at www.wellingtonsquarebooks.com

“You're too tall, you're too short, you're too pretty, you're too ugly, you're too young, you're too old, your hair is too blonde, your hair isn't blonde enough, your eyes are too blue, your eyes need to be brown, you have too much experience, you're not experienced enough.” No matter who you are, you will face rejection in life so it's time to embrace it and move forward. Asya Gonzalex hosts the program beginning with chapter, The Gift of Rejection” by Cynthia Brian from the book Be the Star You Are!® for Teens followed by a lively conversation with The New Yorker copy editor, Mary Norris. Norris expertly guides readers through the most common and confusing grammatical issues in her book, Between You and Me, Confessions of a Comma Queen. She reveals her rejections throughout her career and why it's important to keep on keeping on. An informative and fun interaction with two women who love words and repel rejection.

“You're too tall, you're too short, you're too pretty, you're too ugly, you're too young, you're too old, your hair is too blonde, your hair isn't blonde enough, your eyes are too blue, your eyes need to be brown, you have too much experience, you're not experienced enough.” No matter who you are, you will face rejection in life so it's time to embrace it and move forward. Asya Gonzalex hosts the program beginning with chapter, The Gift of Rejection” by Cynthia Brian from the book Be the Star You Are!® for Teens followed by a lively conversation with The New Yorker copy editor, Mary Norris. Norris expertly guides readers through the most common and confusing grammatical issues in her book, Between You and Me, Confessions of a Comma Queen. She reveals her rejections throughout her career and why it's important to keep on keeping on. An informative and fun interaction with two women who love words and repel rejection.

Mary Norris tells me she prefers to be called a Prose Goddess.  But Comma Queen has stuck.  Norris, a copy editor at The New Yorker for more than 30 years, is author of Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen – just out in paperback.  Mary Norris -- with her wonderful sense of humor – helps make us feel more secure in our use of language.  She demystifies fine points of grammar and punctuation.  She liberates us to break rules that were never really rules to begin with.  Her journey -- from a teenager hired to check swimmers for foot-fungus at a public pool in Cleveland -- to published author -- is worth sharing.  So is her experience, recounted 23:30 into our conversation, of learning that her brother was becoming her sister (a singer/songwriter known by many New Yorkers) – which leads us back to grammar and the debate over the correct pronoun for transgendered individuals.  

Mary Norris tells me she prefers to be called a Prose Goddess.  But Comma Queen has stuck.  Norris, a copy editor at The New Yorker for more than 30 years, is author of Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen – just out in paperback.  Mary Norris -- with her wonderful sense of humor – helps make us feel more secure in our use of language.  She demystifies fine points of grammar and punctuation.  She liberates us to break rules that were never really rules to begin with.  Her journey -- from a teenager hired to check swimmers for foot-fungus at a public pool in Cleveland -- to published author -- is worth sharing.  So is her experience, recounted 23:30 into our conversation, of learning that her brother was becoming her sister (a singer/songwriter known by many New Yorkers) – which leads us back to grammar and the debate over the correct pronoun for transgendered individuals.  

"Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a Major League Baseball team -- every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.

“뉴요커의 카피 에디터는 메이저리그 야구의 유격수와 같은 역할을 합니다. 조금만 움직여도 비평가들이 가만두지 않죠.” 30년 이상 뉴요커 지(The New Yorker) 의 카피 에디터 일을 해 온 메리 노리스의 이야기 입니다. 이 기간 동안 쉼표에 미쳤다는 소리를 들을 정도로 엄격하다는 평판을 얻었지만, 메리는 근거 없는 이야기라고 합니다. 무엇보다도 메리의 일이 중점을 두는 것은 하나입니다. 글쓴이들을 돋보이게 하는 것이죠. 뉴요커의 독특한 스타일을 가장 잘 아는 사람과 함께 이 매력적인 이야기를 탐험 해 볼까요.

"Ser revisora da 'The New Yorker' é como ser goleira de um time de futebol de primeira divisão — todos os seus movimentos são atentamente observados pelos críticos de plantão”, diz Mary Norris, que “joga” na posição há mais de 30 anos. Ao longo desse tempo, ela ganhou a reputação de ser rígida e "maníaca por vírgulas”, mas, de acordo com ela, essa é uma fama infundada. Acima de tudo, seu trabalho tem um único objetivo: dar, aos leitores, uma boa impressão sobre os autores. Saiba mais, nesta encantadora palestra, sobre o estilo inconfundível da "The New Yorker" com a pessoa que o domina melhor do que ninguém.

« Relire pour le New Yorker, c'est comme être arrêt-court dans une équipe de baseball de premier plan : le moindre mouvement est relevé par la critique », déclare Mary Norris, qui occupe cette position depuis plus de 30 ans. Durant sa carrière, elle s'est fait une réputation d'inflexibilité de « maniaque de la virgule » ; une réputation bien peu méritée, estime-t-elle. Son travail a un but avant tout : faire bien voir les auteurs. Dans cette délicieuse conférence, explorez le style particulier du New Yorker auprès de celle qui le connaît le mieux.

"Für den 'New Yorker' zu korrigieren, ist wie Shortstop für ein Baseballteam der Major League zu spielen: Jede kleine Bewegung wird von den Kritikern zerpflückt", sagt Mary Norris, die seit über 30 Jahren auf dieser Position "spielt". In dieser Zeit hat sie einen Ruf für Strenge erhalten und gilt als "komma-verrückt", aber das ist unbegründet, sagt sie. Das Ziel ihrer Arbeit ist es, den Autor gut aussehen zu lassen. Erkunden Sie in diesem bestechenden Vortrag den unverwechselbaren Stil des "New Yorker" mit der Person, die ihn am besten kennt.

"Corregir estilo en The New Yorker es como ser el jugador estrella en un equipo de béisbol de las grandes ligas: el más ínfimo movimiento es captado por los críticos", dice Mary Norris, quien ha desempeñado el cargo durante las últimas tres décadas. En todo ese tiempo se ha granjeado una reputación de ser severa y "maniática de la coma", pero esto es infundado, dice ella. Por encima de todo, su trabajo está dirigido a una cosa: hacer que los autores se luzcan. Explora el estilo distintivo de The New Yorker con la persona que lo conoce mejor en esta encantadora charla.

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Bar Scott, John Elder Robison, Mary Norris and Ginger Strand.

To plot or not to plot, self-publishing and the difference between mentors and coaches. Advice for blogging authors including how to blog about your book without giving too much away and why blogging is important. Plus, the book "Between You & Me, Confessions of a Comma Queen" by Mary Norris. We chat with Graeme Simsion on his success since writing “The Rosie Project”. Also: the Ulysses writing app for iPhone and more! Read the show notes.  Connect with Valerie, Allison and listeners in the podcast community on Facebook Visit WritersCentre.com.au | AllisonTait.com | ValerieKhoo.com

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Dan Clendenin. Essay by Dan Clendenin: *Called By a New Name* for Sunday, 17 January 2016; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Between You and Me; Confessions of a Comma Queen* by Mary Norris (2015); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Timbuktu* (2014, Mauritania); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Dreams* by Langston Hughes.

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Our guest on Tuesday's AU is Mary Norris, who has spent more than three decades in The New Yorker's copy department. She's out with a new book "Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen" in which she addresses some of the most common and vexing problems in spelling, punctuation, and usage―comma faults, danglers, "who" vs. "whom," "that" vs. "which," compound words, gender-neutral language―and explains how to handle them.

Ever try to write a well-known passage in limerick form? It's harder than you think. How about this one:  "There once was a lady who's sure / All that glitters is golden and pure/ There's a stairway that heads up to heaven, it's said / And the cost of the thing she'll incur." Plus, the diacritical mark that readers of The New Yorker magazine find most annoying. And how do you really pronounce the name of that big city in Southern California--the one also known as the "City of Angels"? Also, clopening, Z vs. Zed, seeding a tournament, the wee man and Old Scratch, and a word game based on the novels of Charles Dickens.FULL DETAILSWhat do readers of The New Yorker complain about most when they write letters to the editor? Those two dots above vowels in words like cooperate and reelect. The diaeresis, as those marks are known, has remained in use at the magazine ever since the copy editor who planned on nixing it died in 1978, and the whole saga is chronicled in fellow New Yorker copy editor Mary Norris's new memoir, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen.March Madness is over, but the confusion lingers as to why teams are seeded in tournament brackets. The best theory is that brackets resemble sideways trees, and the teams are spread out evenly so the best can prosper—just like a in a garden.A Southernism we love: You might as well go out and let the moon shine down your throat. It means you're taking medicine that won't be effective or eating something flavorless. Not to be confused with pouring moonshine down your throat, which would be both flavorful and 4Americans pronounce the letter Z like "zee," while those in other English-speaking countries say "zed." That's because Noah Webster proposed lots of Americanized pronunciations and this is one of the few that stuck. David Sacks' book Letter Perfect is a great resource for more on our alphabet.Baristas and retail workers are all too familiar with the dreaded clopen shift. You're assigned to close the shop one night, then turn around and work the opening shift early the next morning.Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a game about Dirkens novels—that is, Dickens novels with one letter in the title changed. For example, what's the Dirkens novel about a domicile where tired orphans can take some time off work, or a shorter Dirkens novel that's just a listing of garnishes in cocktails?A longstanding injunction against mentioning the devil by name is the reason why terms like Old Ned, Old Billy, and Old Scratch have come to be euphemisms for his unholiness.Bonspiel is a word for a curling match, and derives from the Dutch term spiel, meaning "game."Saying I feel, instead of saying I think or I suppose, is both prevalent and controversial, particularly among women. A Stanford study found that prefacing a sentence with I feel, instead of I think, is more likely to get others to really listen.A favorite quotation from highly quotable Terry Pratchett: Fantasy is an exercise bicycle for the mind. It might not take you anywhere, but it tones up the muscles that can. Of course, I could be wrong.If you're looking for an alternative version of Hamlet's soliloquies, a member of our Facebook group has been turning famous passages from literature into limerick form with entertaining results.Los Angeles, though founded by Spanish speakers, was very, very Anglo by the early 20th century. The "original" pronunciation of Los Angeles has been muddied for a long time.Our lord of the literary limerick on our Facebook group doesn't stop with plays and novels. He also remixed song lyrics, like in this rendition of Stairway to Heaven.When Scots use the term wee man, they're referring to the devil. The Dictionary of the Scots Language is a fantastic and free resource for all terms Scottish, including blethering skite or bladderskate, which is a great thing to call a chatty rascal.The German idiom, Ich bin fast im Dreieck gesprungen! is a way of indicating that you're outraged. Literally, though, it means "I almost jumped in triangles." One listener's term, tee-ella-berta, is among hundreds of euphemisms for the derriere, including tee-hiney, tee-hineyboo, and tee-hinder.This episode was hosted by Martha Barnette and Grant Barrett.--A Way with Words is funded by its listeners: http://waywordradio.org/donateGet your language question answered on the air! Call or write with your questions at any time:Email: words@waywordradio.orgPhone: United States and Canada toll-free (877) WAY-WORD/(877) 929-9673London +44 20 7193 2113Mexico City +52 55 8421 9771Donate: http://waywordradio.org/donateSite: http://waywordradio.org/Podcast: http://waywordradio.org/podcast/Forums: http://waywordradio.org/discussion/Newsletter: http://waywordradio.org/newsletter/Twitter: http://twitter.com/wayword/Skype: skype://waywordradio Copyright 2015, Wayword LLC.

Martha Frankel’s guests this week are Mary Norris, Jillian Lauren, Sarah Tomlinson and Jamie Brickhouse.  

Mary Norris has been a copy editor for the New Yorker since 1978. In her new book, Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen, she offers clear and understandable grammar lessons for some of the most common conundrums faced by English speakers. Along the way, she also lifts the veil on the editorial process for the famed magazine, and describes the meandering career path that led her to the New Yorker. In this episode of the Modern Law Library, Norris and the ABA Journal's Lee Rawles discuss lawyers' affinity for language, and the behind-the-scenes challenges involved in magazine editing.

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