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New Yorker copy editor on grammar, language and the art of flawless copy

By AirTalk Staff
Published Apr 8, 2015
The New Yorker magazine's October 15 edition is diplayed in an Upper East Side newstand in New York on October 9, 2012. The New Yorker has created a cover illustration, titled “One on One,” by Barry Blitt of the first presidential debate between President Barack Obama and GOP opponent Mitt Romney that seems to be a parody of Clint Eastwood‘s speech involving an empty chair at the Republican National Convention. AFP PHOTO / TIMOTHY A. CLARY (Photo credit should read TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/Getty Images)
The New Yorker magazine's October 15 edition is diplayed in an Upper East Side newstand in New York on October 9, 2012.
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New Yorker copy editor on grammar, language and the art of flawless copy

Mary Norris has the distinction of working with some of the world’s biggest literary names as the copy editor of The New Yorker.

She has spent over three decades at the venerable publication, but that’s not her only career. How she found her calling is the subject of her new memoir, “Between You & Me.” Along the way, Norris dispenses her wisdoms on vexing spelling, punctuation, and grammatical issues we encounter every day.

Guest:

Mary Norris, copy editor at the New Yorker. Author of “Between You & Me: Confessions of a Comma Queen” (W. W. Norton & Company, 2015)