Episode · Honestly with Bari Weiss · 2025-04-03
Books mentioned on Debating Pronouns with John McWhorter
John McWhorter is one of the greatest living experts on the English language—and many others, too. He’s an associate professor of linguistics at Columbia, a columnist at The New York Times, and he’s an unsung Broadway aficionado.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Pronoun Trouble
Pronoun Trouble by John McWhorter is a thought-provoking exploration of language, grammar, and social change focusing on pronouns and their evolving usage in contemporary society.
Recommended“but for now your happy book is called pronoun trouble The Story of Us in seven little words you can get it anywhere you get books”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Own book Pronoun Trouble
“and so for example in pronoun trouble I don't go there because I think it's just too early and I didn't want to write about something that creates so much anger so much confusion”
Own book Losing the Race
“I wrote a book called losing the race it was 2000 it was an angry book about race”