Name Ben Yagoda | Role Writer | |
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Born 22 February 1954 (age 70) ( 1954-02-22 ) Books About town, The Sound on the Page: Sty, Will Rogers, Memoir: A History, When You Catch an Adjective |
Virtual Memories #203 - Ben Yagoda
Ben Yagoda (born 22 February 1954) is an American writer and educator. He is a professor of journalism and English at the University of Delaware.
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- Virtual Memories 203 Ben Yagoda
- Theater talk ben yagoda and margot harley
- Early life
- Career
- Personal life
- References

Theater talk ben yagoda and margot harley
Early life

Born in New York City to Louis Yagoda and the former Harriet Lewis, 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.
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.
Personal life
Yagoda resides in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania with his wife. They have two daughters.