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On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay visits with John Green about his new novel, "Hollywood, Ending." Plus Margaret Leonard, owner of Dotters Books in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, joins us with some book recommendations.

We look at the etymologies of various insults throughout history, including the origins of barbarian, brat, dunce, and fool.

On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with Emily St. John Mandel about her new novel "Exit Party," Suzanne Perez reviews "Brawler" by Lauren Groff, and we have a preview of our interview with John Green about his new novel "Hollywood, Ending."

Be careful how you say these words! It could be a matter of life and death.

On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with Jonathan Earle about his new book, "He Has the People: Abraham Lincoln and the Election of 1860."

Hydronyms, dromonyms… toponyms! (Place names. We’re talking about place names.)

This week on Marginalia, Beth Golay speaks with author Téa Obreht about her new novel Sunrise. And book critic Suzanne Perez reviews Etna, a new novel by Paul Yoon that explores war and its aftermath through a dog's eyes.

We gaze again into the ocean of difference between American English and British English.

On this episode of Marginalia, Beth Golay visits with author John Manuel Arias about his novel "Crocodilopolis." Plus Lynne Graham is here from Watermark Books & Cafe with her list of recent favorites.

Sometimes you read something that makes you throw the book against the wall, never to pick it up again.