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Mailbag Day! Or, We Lay Waste (to) The English Language | YSIW, the podcast Youre Saying It Wrong was recorded and produced at KMUW studios. Thanks to our language experts, Kathy Petras and Ross Petras. You can follow them at their website: kandrpetras.com The show was produced by Fletcher Powell, with help from Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens. Art was produced by Jordan Kirtley. KMUW engineers are Mark Statzer and Torin Andersen.  Youre Saying It Wrong the book was published by Ten Speed P...

Who Is Maud Dixon? is a tale of literary identity theft. And that’s about all I can tell you. When I spoke with Alexandra Andrews about her novel, I assured her we would avoid plot spoilers. But that didn’t stop us from talking about some of the characters, identity, her editing process, and the fact that Who Is Maud Dixon? is Hollywood bound. Heres our conversation:

A Return to Blipover Words | YSIW, the podcast Youre Saying It Wrong was recorded and produced at KMUW studios. Thanks to our language experts, Kathy Petras and Ross Petras. You can follow them at their website: kandrpetras.com The show was produced by Fletcher Powell, with help from Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens. Art was produced by Jordan Kirtley. KMUW engineers are Mark Statzer and Torin Andersen.  Youre Saying It Wrong the book was published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin R...

Improvement, which won the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction. Silber is known for her composite fiction, or novels that are linked stories. Her latest, Secrets of Happiness, is no exception. I recently spoke with Silber about her writing and the secrets of happiness. Here’s our conversation:

Taking Selfies | YSIW, the podcast Youre Saying It Wrong was recorded and produced at KMUW studios. Thanks to our language experts, Kathy Petras and Ross Petras. You can follow them at their website: kandrpetras.com The show was produced by Fletcher Powell, with help from Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens. Art was produced by Jordan Kirtley. KMUW engineers are Mark Statzer and Torin Andersen.  Youre Saying It Wrong the book was published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House,...

After Fletcher vents his rage about a word he's starting to hear being misused more and more often, and then Kathy and Ross answer a listener question

Jackie Polzin's novel, Brood , explores the endless challenges of caring for another creature.

Amanda Schlicher In a note to her reader, author Lauren Fox writes: “Children of immigrants are anthropologies of our own families. We’re participant-observers of cultures we live in, but that will never quite belong to us.” Fox’s new novel, Send for Me introduces us to four generations of women inspired by her own family. The novel explores the powerful bonds of family, of those surrounding us and those left behind. I recently spoke with Lauren Fox about her histori...

The Oxford Comma | YSIW Youre Saying It Wrong was recorded and produced at KMUW studios. Thanks to our language experts, Kathy Petras and Ross Petras. You can follow them at their website: kandrpetras.com The show was produced by Fletcher Powell, with help from Beth Golay and Lu Anne Stephens. Art was produced by Jordan Kirtley. KMUW engineers are Mark Statzer and Torin Andersen.  Youre Saying It Wrong the book was published by Ten Speed Press, an imprint of Penguin Random House, as was the...

Melanie Finn’s literary thriller, The Hare , considers a woman's inherent sense of obligation—sexual and emotional—to the male hierarchy.