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Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda (born February 22, 1954) is an American writer and educator. He is a professor of journalism and English at the University of Delaware.

Early life

Born in New York City to Louis Yagoda (1909–1990), a labor mediator and arbitrator with the New York State Mediation Board, visiting lecturer at the Cornell University School of Industrial and Labor Relations, and a former organizer for the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America, and Harriet (née Lewis),[1][2] he grew up in New Rochelle, New York. He entered Yale University to study English in 1971 and graduated in 1976 with a bachelor of arts. He later earned an M.A. in American civilization at the University of Pennsylvania, in 1991.[3]

Career

He became a freelance journalist for publications such as The New Leader, The New York Times, Newsweek, and Rolling Stone. He has published a number of books including About Town: The New Yorker and the World it Made.

Besides his work as a journalism and English professor at the University of Delaware, Yagoda also writes occasionally for a New York Times blog about the English language.[4]

He currently has a monthly podcast called The Lives They're Living with Ben Yagoda.

Personal life

Yagoda resides in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania, with his wife. They have two daughters.

Selected bibliography

Notes

  1. ^ McFadden, Robert D. (5 September 1975). "School Talks Mediator". The New York Times.
  2. ^ Fowler, Glenn (15 November 1990). "Louis Yagoda, 81, Ex-Arbitrator; Assisted in Major Labor Disputes". The New York Times.
  3. ^ "People". Department of English. University of Delaware. Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
  4. ^ Ben Yagoda blog posts at The New York Times

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