Patricia G. (Dyer, IN) Ode on a Grecian Yearning I thoroughly enjoyed traveling with Mary Norris through her experience of all things Greek, both ancient and modern. Norris was a finalist in the 2016 Thurber Prize for American Humor for Between You & Me. Mary Norris. Greek to Me book. [7] [8] Her second book, Greek to Me – Adventures of a Comma Queen (2019), explores her relation to foreign languages, particularly to classical Greek. Paperback: 240 pages; Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company; Reprint edition (April 14, 2020) Language: English; ISBN-10: 0393357864; ISBN-13: 978-0393357868; Product … Charlotte Higgins. . Her enthusiasm comes through in this memoir, written with love and humor. Delving into etymology, Norris makes a case for the enduring vitality of Greek by revealing its widespread roots in English.
Read 240 reviews from the world's largest community for readers. She gave a TED talk at TED2016 on the same topic. Readers of Mary Norris’s best-selling memoir (of working as a New Yorker copy editor) cum practical style guide, “Between You and Me” (2015), will be eager to get hold of the sequel, “Greek to Me.” Mary Norris is the author of Greek to Me and the New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, an account of her years in The New Yorker copy department. 1, but she now makes do with the Palomino Blackwing. Greek to Me. In Greek to Me, she delivers another wise and funny paean to the art of self-expression, this time filtered through her greatest passion: all things Greek. The following is an excerpt from Greek to Me by Mary Norris: Photo: Used with permission of the publisher, W. W. Norton & Company, Inc. Mary Norris is the author of Greek to Me and the New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, an account of her years in The New Yorker copy department. Mary Norris. Originally from Cleveland, she now lives in New York. Tweet Google iCal Email. Mary Norris's love for all things Greek is palpable and infectious. Her favourite pencil used to be the Dixon Ticonderoga No. 3.67 … and I’m half convinced to learn Greek! 5 20% (167) 4 39% (316) 3 31% (256) 2 8% (66) 1 2% (15) Book ratings by Goodreads. Mary Norris is the author of Greek to Me and the New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, an account of her years in The New Yorker copy department.
In her New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils and punctuation in The New Yorker’s celebrated copy department. Originally from Cleveland, she lives in New York. Tweet Google iCal Email. I memorized every story, every page, every drawing, and have been lost in love with all things Greek since. Mary Norris. 820 ratings. News and Events; All News; All Events; Archived Events; Monday, April 6, 2020 4:00-6:00 PM Amphitheatre - 4th floor Rackham Graduate School (Horace H.) Map. Originally from Cleveland, she lives in New York. show more. Greek to Me by Mary Norris review – 'WTF, Socrates?' Greek to Me is a charming account of Norris’s lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo. In her New York Times bestseller Between You & Me, Mary Norris delighted readers with her irreverent tales of pencils and punctuation in The New Yorker’s celebrated copy department.. Rating details. Mary Norris’s “Greek to Me” is one of the most satisfying accounts of a great passion that I have ever read. If there is one book a housebound editor should gravitate toward in the time of a pandemic, it is Mary Norris’s latest book, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen.A former copy editor and long-time query proofreader at The New Yorker, Norris earned her reputation as the “Comma Queen” with her 2015 New York Times bestseller Between You & Me: Confessions of a … The Comma Queen returns with a buoyant book about language, love, and the wine-dark sea. show more. "Greek to Me" is a charming account of Norris’s lifelong love affair with words and her solo adventures in the land of olive trees and ouzo.