Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda

Ben Yagoda is a former professor of English and journalism at the University of Delaware. He is the author, coauthor, or editor of 12 books including You Need to Read This: The Death of the Imperative Mode, the Rise of American Glottal Stop, the Bizarre Popularity of 'Amongst,' and Other Cuckoo Things That Have Happened to the English Language. He has contributed to magazines such as The New York Times Magazine, Esquire, Rolling Stone, The American Scholar and Slate.com.

Stories from this author

The couch on which Freud’s patients lay became identified with psychoanalysis itself. He shipped it to London when he left Vienna.

What Drove Sigmund Freud to Write a Scandalous Biography of Woodrow Wilson?

The founder of psychoanalysis collaborated with a junior American diplomat to lambaste the former president

The von Trapp family overlooking Portland, Oregon.

The Von Trapps Are Back With a New Musical Sound

The hills are alive again with a new American generation of the singing family made famous by the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical