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The nit-picking glory of The New Yorker's Comma Queen | Mary Norris

Category: Education
Duration: 00:09:49
Publish Date: 2016-04-15 15:04:38
Description: "Copy editing for The New Yorker is like playing shortstop for a Major League Baseball team -- every little movement gets picked over by the critics," says Mary Norris, who has played the position for more than thirty years. In that time, she's gotten a reputation for sternness and for being a "comma maniac," but this is unfounded, she says. Above all, her work is aimed at one thing: making authors look good. Explore The New Yorker's distinctive style with the person who knows it best in this charming talk.
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