Ben Yagoda

15 books

About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made by Ben Yagoda

About Town: The New Yorker and the World It Made

Ben Yagoda

478 pages • first pub 2000 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism by Kevin Kerrane, Ben Yagoda

The Art of Fact: A Historical Anthology of Literary Journalism

Kevin Kerrane, Ben Yagoda

560 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

nonfiction history informative lighthearted slow-paced
The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song by Ben Yagoda

The B Side: The Death of Tin Pan Alley and the Rebirth of the Great American Song

Ben Yagoda

320 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction history music reflective slow-paced
How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them by Ben Yagoda

How to Not Write Bad: The Most Common Writing Problems and the Best Ways to Avoid Them

Ben Yagoda

193 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction reference informative reflective slow-paced
Memoir: A History by Ben Yagoda

Memoir: A History

Ben Yagoda

291 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history memoir informative reflective slow-paced
The Poetics of American Song Lyrics by Adam Bradley, Charlotte Pence, Robert McParland, Kevin Young, Stephen M. Deusner, Lamar Alexander, Gordon Ball, David Kirby, Pat Pattison, Wyn Cooper, Peter Guralnick, Tony Tost, Claudia Emerson, Brian Howe, Keith Flynn, David Caplan, John Paul Hampstead, Eric Reimer, David Daniel, Jesse Graves, Beth Ann Fennelly, Jeffrey Roessner, Ben Yagoda, Jill Jones

The Poetics of American Song Lyrics

Adam Bradley, Charlotte Pence, Robert McParland, Kevin Young, Stephen M. Deusner, Lamar Alexander, Gordon Ball, David Kirby, Pat Pattison, Wyn Cooper, Peter Guralnick, Tony Tost, Claudia Emerson, Brian Howe, Keith Flynn, David Caplan, John Paul Hampstead, Eric Reimer, David Daniel, Jesse Graves, Beth Ann Fennelly, Jeffrey Roessner, Ben Yagoda, Jill Jones

312 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction music poetry challenging informative reflective medium-paced
All in a Lifetime: An Autobiography by Ruth Westheimer, Ben Yagoda
All in a Lifetime: An Autobiography
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Ruth Westheimer, Ben Yagoda

All in a Lifetime: An Autobiography

Ruth Westheimer, Ben Yagoda

225 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction autobiography biography informative reflective fast-paced
Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English by Ben Yagoda

Gobsmacked!: The British Invasion of American English

Ben Yagoda

288 pages • first pub 2024 (editions)

nonfiction history
O. Henry: 101 Stories by O. Henry

O. Henry: 101 Stories

Library of America #345

O. Henry

840 pages • missing pub info (editions)

fiction short stories medium-paced
The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing by Ben Yagoda

The Sound on the Page: Great Writers Talk about Style and Voice in Writing

Ben Yagoda

304 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective slow-paced