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My new book, How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Errors and the Best Ways to Avoid Them, was published on February 5, 2013. You can order it here. The book is based largely on my twenty years experience teaching writing at the University of Delaware. I've noticed that a relatively small list of mistakes and problems accounted for the vast majority of the comments and corrections I make on my students' work. The book is an explanation of these problem spots, and a guide to getting them out of your writing. It's meant for students, teachers, and, in fact, anybody who's interested in kicking his or her writing up a notch. If you have a writing emergency right now, check out my On Writing section.

About Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda teaches English, journalism and writing at the University of Delaware, and is the author, coauthor or editor of nine books. He has written about language, writing and other topics for Slate.com, the New York Times Book Review and Magazine, The American Scholar, Rolling Stone, Esquire, and many other publications. He contributes to "Lingua Franca," a Chronicle of Higher Education blog about language and writing and "Draft,"a New York Times blog about the art of writing. His personal blog is "Not One-Off Britishisms." He lives in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

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Not One-Off Britishisms - Over the last decade or so, an alarming number of traditionally British expressions have found their way into the American vocabulary.

Chronicle of Higher Education's Lingua Franca - Language and writing in academe.

Draft, The New York Times - A series on the art and craft of writing.

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2013

The Rumpus interview Read

CBS.com interview Read

LA TIMES interview Read

Radio interview on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's WORD OF MOUTH WITH COLLEEN ROSS Listen

Radio interview on WAMC's THE BEST OF OUR KNOWLEDGE Listen

Appearance at FREE LIBRARY OF PHILADELPHIA Listen

Radio interview on MICHAEL FELDMAN'S WHAD'YA KNOW? Listen

"How I Write" interview on THE DAILY BEAST. Read

THE NEW YORKER "Page-Turner" blog. Read

HOUSTON CHRONICLE interview. Read

TIME.COM Q&A. Read

2012

Interview on Wisconsin Public Radio's VERONICA RUECKERT SHOW. Listen

Online chat with POYNTER INSTITUTE. Read

2011

Interview with MAYBORN SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM. Watch

2009

Interview with NPR TALK OF THE NATION. Listen

Interview with SMITHMAG.NET. Read

Interview with VULTURE. Read

2008

Online chat with WORDSMITH. Read

2005

Interview with POYNTER INSTITUTE. Read

Roundtable discussion with THIRD COAST INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL. Listen

2000

Interview with CHARLIE ROSE. Watch

1994

Interview with C-SPAN BOOKNOTES. Watch

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