Is There a Moral Clarity to Good Writing?

As vice president, executive managing editor and copy chief, at Random House, Benjamin Dreyer pays attention to words. And people pay attention to Dreyer's words. More recently, they've been paying attention to Dreyer's English, a New York Times bestseller.

In this episode, we explore the importance of language with respect to leadership: the connection between leadership and word choice, being mindful of what we write (and say), drawing a line from clarity to morality.

We also ponder how music and the written word contribute to our understanding of language, stopping to admire Julia Child and Judith Jones along the way.

 

Full show notes are available at: https://www.timelesstimely.com/p/language

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Links

• The Language of the Mind (Off the Clock)
• I will not be edited. (Letters of Note)
• Dreyer’s English
• STET! Dreyer’s English Game
• Dreyer’s English 2022 Day-to-Day Calendar
• Benjamin Dreyer’s website
• @BCDreyer on Twitter

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