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Beth Golay visits with author Lisa Taddeo about her short story collection, "Ghost Lovers," the final installment is critics call her literary trifecta,

On this episode of Marginalia, a Pulitzer Prize–winning author , Geraldine Brooks, on her latest novel, "Horse."

In honor of the National Spelling Bee, we return to our trip through the list of most commonly misspelled words in the English language. Wait... misspelled? Mispelled? Mis-spelled? These darn double letters... Also, we start out with a brief discussion that is *chef's kiss*.

In this episode of Marginalia, Emily Henry talks about the tropes that inspired her latest novel.

Jumping off from some recent Twitter confusion, we look at how much trouble there can be when we misplace our modifiers, or just let them dangle in the wind. Recording this podcast, no animals were harmed.

In this episode of Marginalia, Emma Straub explores the truths of her real life through science fiction.

Candice Millard will be in conversation with Dr. Robin Henry at the Advanced Learning Library on Tuesday, May 17 at 6:00 p.m.

We set aside our usual games and quizzes for a wide-ranging discussion about the necessity of grammar rules, when we need them and when we don't, who gets to decide what's "right" and what's "wrong," and whether we need to rethink that.

Beth Golay speaks with author Soon Wiley about his debut novel.

We continue on with our discussion of trademarks by looking at words that were once trademarked, but have become so widely used that they've actually lost that trademark. Also, Kathy sings! And Ross explains why he never sings.