Monday, November 26, 2012

e.b. white

A 1969 Paris Review interview with E.B. White on The Art Of The Essay. 
WHITE:  I’m not familiar with books on style. My role in the revival of Strunk’s book was a fluke—just something I took on because I was not doing anything else at the time. It cost me a year out of my life, so little did I know about grammar.

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