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KMUW's Beth Golay visits with an author about her quest to understand friendships.

A lot of slang words only last a year or two, but others stick around. We take a look at some that have stood the test of time, and it turns out a bunch of them are older than we realize.

A horror writer contemplates the objects that haunt us.

Patricia Engel’s new short story collection is titled The Faraway World, a phrase that holds a personal and touching connection to her family history.

The old people try their hand at sussing out the meanings of Gen Z slang words, although we all remain skeptical that actual people in Gen Z use any of these words. Groovy!

It's an episode we look forward to each January, as we take a look back at the most mispronounced words of the previous year. Even the dinosaurs said one of these wrong!

Beth Golay talks with V.V. Ganeshananthan about the importance of care in militarized environments, how writing affects her teaching and vice versa, and much more.

On this episode of Marginalia, KMUW's Beth Golay talks to Sonali Dev about breaking stereotypes at every age, how Bollywood films influenced her, and how she crafted some laugh-out-loud moments.

Brendan Slocumb talks about The Violin Conspiracy, the impact of racism, his writing process, and how his rigorous musical training prepared him for publishing.

On this episode of Marginalia, playwright Julia May Jonas explains how the pandemic forced a pivot from writing for the stage to prose, resulting in her debut novel, "Vladimir."