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Kathy and Ross take major issue with various choices for words of the year for 2022. What makes for a good word of the year? Can anyone please our experts?

On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay talks with author Michelle Huneven about her novel, "Search," which follows a church search committee’s year-long quest to find a new minister.

While recording the audio versions of their books, Kathy and Ross discover there are words they've written about that they STILL say wrong, even after all these years.

After we puzzle over some words Kathy and Ross recently found in the news, we'll tackle a list of the English language's most misspelled words. Two billion tweets can't be wrong, can they? (Yes, they can, and are.)

On this episode of Marginalia, KMUW's Beth Golay visits with a teacher who wants his book to leave a lasting impact.

On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with Jennifer Egan about her newest book... companion to her Pulitzer Prize-winning novel, A Visit from the Goon Squad.

It's the spoooookiest episode we've ever had, as we dive into the roots of the scary words we hear each Halloween. Vampires! Werewolves! Witches and Warlocks! Press play... if you dare...

A listener asks why some words end in -er, while other similar words end in -or, like "seller" vs. "vendor," or "supervisor" vs. "manager." My friend, you may be sorry you asked!

On this episode of Marginalia, an author describes her new novel, which features barely-parented children in a crumbling English manor.

Beth Golay's conversation with Ainsley Hogarth about the multiple perspectives of motherhood, the efforts women make to protect their families, and why the horror genre shouldn’t be overlooked.