July 17, 2012 / 4:28PM 44 notes

newyorker: The first time Bryan A. Garner, a lawyer and writer, met Antonin Scalia—over breakfast at the Washington, D.C., Four Seasons, in 2006—the Justice spent the early part of their conversation praising a magazine essay he had recently read on English grammar and usage. Garner, who has now written two books with Scalia, felt that it would be bad form to interrupt, but when the Justice had trouble remembering the essay’s author, he suggested a name. Scalia assented. “Sir,” Garner replied, politely, “that essay is a review of my book.” Writing with Antonin Scalia, Grammar Nerd: http://nyr.kr/M3P7Fb that’s Caroline’s dad!  Hello Mr. Garner.  

newyorker:

The first time Bryan A. Garner, a lawyer and writer, met Antonin Scalia—over breakfast at the Washington, D.C., Four Seasons, in 2006—the Justice spent the early part of their conversation praising a magazine essay he had recently read on English grammar and usage. Garner, who has now written two books with Scalia, felt that it would be bad form to interrupt, but when the Justice had trouble remembering the essay’s author, he suggested a name. Scalia assented. “Sir,” Garner replied, politely, “that essay is a review of my book.”

Writing with Antonin Scalia, Grammar Nerd: http://nyr.kr/M3P7Fb

that’s Caroline’s dad!  Hello Mr. Garner.  

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  3. mollybierman reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    that’s Caroline’s dad! Hello Mr. Garner.
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    Signs the Justice is getting the BIG A? Was not quite sure how to take that paragraph.
  8. allthewaydown reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    Apparently, there’s something upon which Justice Scalia and I agree, and that thing is a David Foster Wallace essay.
  9. mosbitches reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    Pretty sure David Foster Wallace wrote an essay on Garner
  10. badbatz reblogged this from newyorker and added:
    Um. Shouldn’t this article have been titled: “Writing with Antonin Scalia, a Dude Who Reads David Foster Wallace...
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