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Prof. Ben Yagoda to host book signing Feb. 27
5:05 p.m., Feb. 23, 2007--Ben Yagoda, UD professor of English, will read from his new book, When You Catch an Adjective, Kill It: The Parts of Speech, for Better and/or Worse, at 6 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Lieberman's Bookstore, 58 East Main St., Newark. In reviewing the book, Publishers Weekly said, “Using the parts of speech as signposts, he [Yagoda] charts an amiable path between those critics for whom any alterations to established grammar are hateful and those who believe whatever people use in speech is by default acceptable.” A member of the UD faculty since 1992, Yagoda is a graduate of Yale and has a master's degree in American civilization from the University of Pennsylvania. Books by Yagoda include The Sound on the Page: Style and Voice in Writing; About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made; Will Rogers: A Biography; and The Value of Family: A Blueprint for the 21st Century, with Ruth Westheimer (Dr. Ruth). Co-editor of The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism with Kevin Kerrane, UD professor of English, Yagoda has contributed articles, essays and reviews to more than 50 national publications, including Esquire, The New York Times Magazine and The New York Times Book Review. He teaches courses in journalism and nonfiction writing. For more information, call (302) 831-2361 or Lieberman's Bookstore at (302) 286-6623. Photo by Duane Perry |
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