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Mary norris, comma queen, and my fraught love for copyeditors. Norris began working at the new yorker in 1978, and has been a query proofreader at the magazine since 1993. In greek to me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of selfexpression, this time filtered through her greatest passion. Her new book, which is often funny and personal but also delves deeply into common linguistic challenges that versus which, restrictive clauses. Mary norris discusses her book, greek to me, at politics and prose. Greek to me recounts norris experiences learning greek and traveling the country while putting her new skills to the test. Her first book, the new york times bestselling between you and me. Confessions of a comma queen,part memoir, part language guide. New yorker editor makes her mark with new book chicago. Now, she has written a semiautobiographical book delineating the most important writing tools that you need to establish written credibility. Apr 02, 2015 mary norris started working at the new yorker in 1978.

In greek to me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of self. She has been referred to by some as a prose goddess, or a comma queen, and indeed, a whole chapter of this book is devoted to comma usage, and cleverly titled. The comma queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the winedark sea. She has written for the talk of the town and for, on topics. Apr 28, 2020 mary norris began working at the new yorker in 1978 and was a query proofreader at the magazine for twentyfour years. Mary norris with edward wolcher 51 town hall seattle. New yorker editor makes her mark with new book chicago tribune. A passion for punctuation meets a love for all things. Nov 24, 2019 mary norris discusses her book, greek to me, at politics and prose. Among other things, her book demystifies one of the most puzzling marks a reader is likely to encounter.

In her delightful first book, between you and me, a personable fusion of grammar guide and memoir, mary norris, longtime comma queen of the new yorkers copy editing department, parsed some of. Apr 06, 2015 but the book between you and me by new yorker copy editor mary norris subtitle. Mary norris began working at the new yorker in 1978 and was a query proofreader at the magazine for twentyfour years. Mary norris has spent more than three decades in the new yorkers copy department, maintaining its celebrated high standards. Borrowed goodreads buy on amazon this is an affiliate link you can use to purchase the book. And their obsessions, typographical and otherwise, make hilarious readingdespite the extreme grammar, this book charmed my socks offnorris is a master storyteller and serves up plenty of inside stuff. But its a fraught affair, because your partners job is to be a nag. And their obsessions, typographical and otherwise, make hilarious reading. Then we get the sand out, and the writers voice rises. Confessions of a comma queen, the memoir of new yorker copyeditor mary norris. May 25, 2015 mary norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of the new yorker. Join norris for a linguaphiles fresh take on greeceand on the exotic yet strangely familiar language that so deeply influences our own.

That book a record of her equally passionate relationship with. Mary norris has spent more than 30 years working in the copy department of the new yorker. Fiddlesticks is scarlett oharas way of saying fuck this shit. Mary norris the comma queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the winedark sea.

In greek to me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of selfexpression, this time filtered through. Confessions of a comma queen by mary norris published by w. If you buy the book using that link, i will receive a small commission from. She has spent decades working as a copy editor at the most prestigious magazine in the world, the new yorker. Mary norris is a grammar geek with a streak of mischief, and her book is obscenely fun.

As a copy editor at the new yorker, norris became a doyenne of dashes and diaereses, those double dots over adjacent vowels that we i. A passion for punctuation meets a love for all things greek. Mary norris has been making headlines in recent months, following the release of her second book greek to me, in which the retired copy editor of the new yorker shares her passion for all. Apr 02, 2019 greek to me, an ode to the joy of exercising free rein in ones life, is not as funny as between you and me, and norris is not quite as convincing about the highs of psi as she is about the allure of blackwing pencils. Here she writes about greek language, culture, and mythology with an untrammeled grace thats a delight to read and, almost incidentally, a demonstration of highlevel literary skill. Confessions of a comma queen is the first book by mary norris, who has been on the staff of the new yorker for some 35 years, and a page oker for twenty of those. Greek to me is a book to dive into a pageturning and wonderful achievement. Greek to me, an ode to the joy of exercising free rein in ones life, is not as funny as between you and me, and norris is not quite as convincing about the highs of psi as she is about the allure of blackwing pencils. As a copy editor at the new yorker, a bastion of grammar perfection, mary norris knows a thing or two about the oddities of the english language. Confessions of a comma queen, is billed as a guide to good language usage, but its also an insight into norris career and is as much memoir as it is practical text book. Between you and me, this is an entertaining book oh, dear, oh, dear, i thought as i began mary norriss between you and me. 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. Her reading was too slow, too deliberate, and there was too much pause between some sentences and paragraphs.

Mary norris puts the stamp of approval on every issue of the new yorker. Precise comma placement is a point of pride at the new yorker magazine, where norris. Thwarted by her father from learning latinwas dad against. Mary norris began working at the new yorker in 1978 and spent more than three decades as a copy editor, where she worked with celebrated writers philip roth, pauline kael, and george saunders. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Confessions of a comma queen norton, 2015, was about her day job as a copy editor at the. Apr 20, 2015 as a copy editor at the new yorker, a bastion of grammar perfection, mary norris knows a thing or two about the oddities of the english language. In greek to me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of selfexpression through accounts of her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. Mary norris, our master grammarian, proves that knowing the rules sets you free. In greek to me, she delivers a delightful paean to the art of selfexpression through accounts.

May 24, 2018 mary norris has spent more than 30 years working in the copy department of the new yorker. Norris is a jaunty companion, splendidly bookish, full of excellent little facts about, say, the history of the alphabet that you feel pleased. Originally from cleveland, she was educated at rutgers university, in new jersey, and at the university of vermont. Me features norris s laughoutloud descriptions of some of the most common.

Confessions of a comma queen is mary norriss tribute to her decades as a copy editor for the new yorker. But now i know it wouldve been too bad to have missed this charming usage guide and memoir hybrid. Mary norris started working at the new yorker in 1978. Mar 12, 2020 the comma queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the winedark sea. Apr 01, 2019 in her delightful first book, between you and me, a personable fusion of grammar guide and memoir, mary norris, longtime comma queen of the new yorkers copy editing department, parsed some of. Adventures of the comma queen inspired by an unlikely momentseeing sean connerys cameo as agamemnon in the movie time banditsand. In greek to me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of selfexpression, this time. She has been the keeper of the magazines grammar flame since 1978 and the magazines query proofreader since 1993. Her favourite pencil used to be the dixon ticonderoga no.

But the book between you and me by new yorker copy editor mary norris subtitle. She has been a proofreader for the magazine since 1993. Mary norris is a writer and editor who lives in new york city. She has been referred to by some as a prose goddess, or a comma queen, and indeed, a whole chapter of this book is devoted to comma usage, and cleverly titled comma. But what resonates in both books is the way ardent interests can enrich a life.