Ben Yagoda is a professor of journalism at the University of Delaware and the author of many books, including an e-book titled You Need to Read This: The Death of the Imperative Mode, the Rise of the American Glottal Stop, the Bizarre Populatiry of ‘Amongst,’ and Other Cuckoo Things That Have Happened to the English Language. Visit him at benyagoda.com.
Ben Yagoda
Seven Things Writers Can Learn from Stand-up Comedians
by Ben Yagoda | Monday, July 14, 2014
Trial and Eros
When Lady Chatterley's Lover ran afoul of Britain's 1959 obscenity law, the resulting case had a cast worthy of P.G. Wodehouse