Benjamin Dreyer
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
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author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
It had a really great Brentano's; I spent a lot of my allowance there.
November 11, 2025 at 6:05 AM
It had a really great Brentano's; I spent a lot of my allowance there.
The Miracle Mile is in Manhasset, L.I.
Or at least it was, once upon a time.
Or at least it was, once upon a time.
November 11, 2025 at 6:01 AM
The Miracle Mile is in Manhasset, L.I.
Or at least it was, once upon a time.
Or at least it was, once upon a time.
I think I tend to write a.k.a., because it best conveys the sound and doesn’t come off like a Hawaiian word or an agency.
And I only ever dog-ear pages in bound galleys!
And I only ever dog-ear pages in bound galleys!
November 11, 2025 at 4:17 AM
I think I tend to write a.k.a., because it best conveys the sound and doesn’t come off like a Hawaiian word or an agency.
And I only ever dog-ear pages in bound galleys!
And I only ever dog-ear pages in bound galleys!
I will never forgive The Washington Post for making me not want to contribute anymore to The Washington Post.
November 11, 2025 at 1:40 AM
I will never forgive The Washington Post for making me not want to contribute anymore to The Washington Post.
Marvelous movie, dazzlingly good Claude.
For some reason or other I read the novel on which it's based when I was, like, twelve or something.
(I remember that it was pretty great.)
For some reason or other I read the novel on which it's based when I was, like, twelve or something.
(I remember that it was pretty great.)
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Marvelous movie, dazzlingly good Claude.
For some reason or other I read the novel on which it's based when I was, like, twelve or something.
(I remember that it was pretty great.)
For some reason or other I read the novel on which it's based when I was, like, twelve or something.
(I remember that it was pretty great.)
And here they are again, though the usually highly dependable William Auerbach-Levy hasn't quite, I think, captured Joan.
November 11, 2025 at 1:04 AM
And here they are again, though the usually highly dependable William Auerbach-Levy hasn't quite, I think, captured Joan.
👇🏻
Writers Bloc Presents An Evening of Shirley Jackson Readings
Dec 15, 2025
www.ebellofla.org
November 11, 2025 at 12:51 AM
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May I submit a slightly more plausible candidate for Unknown and Underrated (though perhaps not in this crowd).
November 11, 2025 at 12:48 AM
May I submit a slightly more plausible candidate for Unknown and Underrated (though perhaps not in this crowd).
It's fascinating to see her, at about 1:01, pause to mull over an idea before speaking. One's so used to her being brazenly definitive.
Also: I don't think she ever had a better costar.
Also: I don't think she ever had a better costar.
November 11, 2025 at 12:23 AM
It's fascinating to see her, at about 1:01, pause to mull over an idea before speaking. One's so used to her being brazenly definitive.
Also: I don't think she ever had a better costar.
Also: I don't think she ever had a better costar.
(There are better and more persuasive ways to plump for your favorites than by suggesting that you're the only one who likes them.)
November 11, 2025 at 12:20 AM
(There are better and more persuasive ways to plump for your favorites than by suggesting that you're the only one who likes them.)
I don't know what it says about either of us that I know exactly what that post implies.
November 11, 2025 at 12:02 AM
I don't know what it says about either of us that I know exactly what that post implies.
LET'S go up to Westchester!
Let's go UP to Westchester!
Let's go UP to Westchester!
November 10, 2025 at 11:56 PM
LET'S go up to Westchester!
Let's go UP to Westchester!
Let's go UP to Westchester!
Thank you for that, you unusual suspect.
November 10, 2025 at 11:25 PM
Thank you for that, you unusual suspect.
Like, one of them means "I'm going to Paris (just as you are, Brenda)," and one of them means "I'm going to Paris as well as to London and Rome."
But WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
But WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
November 10, 2025 at 11:23 PM
Like, one of them means "I'm going to Paris (just as you are, Brenda)," and one of them means "I'm going to Paris as well as to London and Rome."
But WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
But WHICH ONE IS WHICH?
There's one sequence where you get to see...
Well, I won't spoil it, but it'll knock the breath out of you.
Well, I won't spoil it, but it'll knock the breath out of you.
November 10, 2025 at 11:22 PM
There's one sequence where you get to see...
Well, I won't spoil it, but it'll knock the breath out of you.
Well, I won't spoil it, but it'll knock the breath out of you.
One is told that “I’m going to Paris, too” and “I’m going to Paris too” mean two different things. But you can’t prove it by me.
November 10, 2025 at 11:08 PM
One is told that “I’m going to Paris, too” and “I’m going to Paris too” mean two different things. But you can’t prove it by me.