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Write On: Yagoda's 'Catch an Adjective'

Fresh Air | By Maureen Corrigan

Published February 22, 2007 at 11:00 AM EST

Ben Yagoda is a journalism professor at the University of Delaware. He writes often about literary style.

Copyright 2007 Fresh Air

Maureen Corrigan

Maureen Corrigan is a book critic for Fresh Air.

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