A Copy Editor's Love of Greece

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 29, 2019

New York Times bestselling author and New Yorker copy editor, Mary Norris, joins us to talk about her new memoir, Greek to Me: Adventures of the Comma Queen. The book traces her life-long love of Greece and her quest to learn the language, master the mythology, and her travels through the Greek Isles in search of herself. On April 2, Norris will be in conversation with Benjamin Dreyer at The Corner Bookstore.

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