Garvey calls this book “slightly obsessive” and no question he is the nerdiest of Strunk and White nerds. Lots of lovely little tidbits here, including the fact that White earned a D in English in his second semester at Cornell (I imagine in the same way Einstein failed high school math, they were both probably…
If you’re an aspiring author, this is all the advice you need. The original edition The Elements of Style was written as a textbook in 1918 by English professor Will Strunk, Jr. It was revised, added to and published by one of his students, E.B. White, and has yet to go out of print. White,…
I don’t read books by writers on writing. It’s too much like work. There are as always exceptions to every rule, of course, and Barbara Kingsolver’s chapters in High Tide in Tucson, on her first book tour and on being a backup singer for the Rock Bottom Remainders are brilliant, true, and hilarious. (I loved…
There is something, well, rather sweet about a children’s book written about the guy who wrote one of the greatest children’s books ever. Illustrated with photos of and drawings by E.B. White himself and mixed media by the author, with liberal use of quotes from White, there is a smile on every page of…
Stylized: A Slightly Obsessive History of Strunk & White’s The Elements of Style by Mark Garvey Garvey calls this book “slightly obsessive” and no question he is the nerdiest of Strunk and White nerds. Lots of lovely little tidbits here, including the fact that White earned a D in English in his second semester at…