Seligson

Unlike some “coalition” projects where the publisher gets together a whole bunch of authors and tells them “we need X, Y and Z” I would classify English File (the original) as a version of the former, with Paul Seligson as the voice behind it.

C is for Coursebook (by Lindsay Clandfield) « An A-Z of ELT 2010

"There is a shortage of good houses, so houses tend to go quickly," said Jill Seligson Braver of Brown Harris Stevens.

Clinton Hill: College-Town Feel in Brooklyn Joseph De Avila 2011

One favourite lockstep drill activity of mine was something I picked up from Paul Seligson (of English FIle fame).

L is for Lockstep « An A-Z of ELT 2010

In the chapter, “What Women Need to Know About Cohabitation That No One Tells Them,” Seligson writes, “It’s astounding that every man in America doesn’t want his girlfriend to move in with him, since the benefits are so bountiful.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

But the research on that is inconclusive,” writes Seligson.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

Daniel, however, ultimately did have a different interpretation.” Seligson regrets she wasn’t more direct in stating her desire to marry. “Pushing for clarity is critical for couples who are a little bit married.” Women, she writes, “should be having the DTR—Define the Relationship—talk sooner rather than later.”

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

It’s now the norm, Seligson writes, to date for three, five, even 10 years with no promise of a proposal, and “in the vast majority of cases, it’s still the man who sets the marriage timeline.” There’s even a poster girl for the phenomenon: Prince William and Kate Middleton, Seligson notes, “have been dating for over six years.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

That Seligson thinks these are incentives suggests that she really doesn't understand the other half of the species very well.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

Yet many men interviewed for this book said that a little proposal push is often what they needed.” Seligson cites the example of a man who’s now engaged to his girlfriend of seven years; he says he would have continued to stall if he hadn’t been pushed. “I was comfortable with letting things be.” Women should “pop the question when it will soon be biologically challenging for you to have children,” Seligson advises.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010

The now-single Seligson describes how she was “deeply embedded” with her college boyfriend Daniel, whom she hoped to marry. “The vacations we took together, the enormous amount of time we spent with each other’s families, and the daily emotional binding and sacrifice we made for each other read—for me—as a tacit agreement we’d do this for a few years and then get married.

Isn’t it time he proposed? - Arts & Culture - Macleans.ca 2010