119: Benjamin Dreyer (DREYER'S ENGLISH) & Shirley Jackson's THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE

In This Episode:

It’s almost time to go back to school, so the guys invited Benjamin Dreyer to come talk about his “utterly correct guide to style and clarity,” Dreyer’s English. They talk about how everybody in publishing knows everybody else on a first-name basis, on deciding to finally write what you know, and the genius of Shirley Jackson. Plus, a deep-dive on Jackson’s The Haunting of Hill House, another pipette cocktail, emotions while reading, and more!

The Ep. 119 Bookshelf

THIS EPISODE'S BOOKS:

Dreyer’s English by Benjamin Dreyer
The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

WHAT'D YOU BUY?:

Drew: How to be an Antiracist by Ibram X. Kendi
Benjamin: The Illustrated Treasury of Children’s Literature edited by Margaret E. Martignoni
Christopher: The Other’s Gold by Elizabeth Ames // Trick Mirror by Jia Tolentino

ALSO MENTIONED:

Stamped from the Beginning by Ibram X. Kendi
MAD Spoofs Movie Classics!
The Elements of Style by Strunk & White
Miss Thistlebottom’s Hobgoblins by Theodore Menline Bernstein
Words Into Type by Marjorie E. Skillin
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay by Michael Chabon
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon
Werewolves in Their Youth: Stories by Michael Chabon
Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout
Ghost Story by Peter Straub
Dreyer’s Fiction by Benjamin Dreyer
the work of William Faulkner
the work of Muriel Spark
the work of Virginia Woolf
the work of Toni Morrison
”The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson
The Haunting (1963)
Years & Years (2019)
Let Me Tell You by Shirley Jackson
The Bird’s Nest by Shirley Jackson
Hangsaman by Shirley Jackson
Heart-Shaped Box by Joe Hill
”Elizabeth” by Shirley Jackson
Conversations with Friends by Sally Rooney
The Landscape of the Body by John Guare
Six Degrees of Separation by John Guare

RECOMMENDATIONS:

Benjamin: Olive, Again by Elizabeth Strout // Fleishman is in Trouble by Taffy Brodesser-Akner // The Grammarians by Cathleen Schine
Christopher: The Infinite Blacktop by Sara Gran
Drew: Normal People by Sally Rooney

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