Daniel Menaker è passato da una lunga esperienza come redattore presso The New Yorker a una carriera di scrittore. Come ex redattore di libri, la sua scrittura si addentra spesso nelle sfumature del mondo editoriale e nelle complessità dell'interazione umana. Il lavoro di Menaker è caratterizzato dal suo acuto spirito e dal suo acuto umorismo d'osservazione, offrendo prospettive satiriche e ironiche sulla vita contemporanea. La sua prosa si distingue per la sua elegante costruzione e il suo commento perspicace.
In January, Daniel Menaker-former New Yorker fiction editor, Random House editor-in-chief, and author of The Treatment, among many other books-received a terminal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer, and the twenty-four poems collected in TERMINALIA were written over the course of Menaker's diagnosis and treatment. The collection chronicles his "long contention with the truth": that "The illness you're fighting / And to which you will lose was Written, like this. / But uneditable, inevitable."
Inspired by his tenure at The New Yorker, this collection of comical, revelatory errors foraged from the wilds of everyday English comes with commentary by the author, illustrations by Roz Chast, and a foreword from Billy Collins. During his time at The New Yorker, Daniel Menaker happened across a superb spelling mistake: “The zebras were grazing on the African svelte." Fascinated by the idea of unintentionally meaningful spelling errors, he began to see that these gaffes—neither typos nor auto-corrects—are sometimes more interesting than their straight-laced counterparts. Through examples he has collected over the course of his decades-long career as an editor and writer, he brings us to a new understanding of language--how it's used, what it means, and what fun it can be. Illustrated by the inimitable Roz Chast, with a foreword from former poet laureate Billy Collins, The African Svelte offers thoughtful and intelligent exit Jesus. Menaker glances at familiar fumbles like "for all intensive purposes" and "doggy-dog world," but readers delighted by language will find themselves turning the pages with baited breath to discover fresh howlers that have them laughing off their dairy airs.
Focusing on the intricacies of conversation, this book delves into the art and science of dialogue, exploring its role as a uniquely human activity. It provides insightful analysis and practical guidance, helping readers understand the nuances of effective communication. Through examining various conversational styles and techniques, it aims to enhance interpersonal skills and foster deeper connections in everyday interactions.
Jake Singer is heading for a life of emotional paralysis and professional mediocrity, so he turns to psychoanalysis and Dr Ernesto Morales, whose tactics are worthy of the Spanish Inquisition. But when Jake beds a beautiful socialite, it seems that everything is just what the doctor ordered.
