Word of Mouth

On today's show: Why We Write about Ourselves is edited by Meredith Maran and features writers like Edwidge Danticat, Ann e Lamott, Cheryl Strayed, and Nick Flynn who've dared to take the plunge with a literary memoir. Kat Kinsman is senior food and drinks editor for Extra Crispy , a commentator and public speaker on the topics of food and mental health, and author of Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves . "The Secret Power of Jury Nullification" from Life of the Law . You can listen to

Whether it's the overuse of like, saying "nuculear", or using the word "literally", figuratively, misuse of language has a way of getting under our skin. A linguist assures us that language is always changing...so loosen up. Today, why dictionaries and grammar sticklers can't stop improper language. Plus artists, researchers and cartographers re-interpret the city that never sleeps... Illustrating its distinctive culture, history and variety through maps.

On today's show: Civics 101: How a Bill Becomes a Law . You can learn more at: govtrack.us Lyndsey D'Arcangelo is a freelance writer who dug into Why Women's Basketball Fans Aren't Following Their Players To The Pros for Deadspin. Uncivil Women: He was a "delicate looking" first sergeant, yet he led other soldiers at Minnesota's Fort Snelling during the U.S. Civil War. It turns out "he" was Mary McDonald, one of many women who served undercover in war. So did Frances Clayton (pictured) who

On today's show: Civics 101: How a Bill Becomes a Law You can learn more at: govtrack.us Uncivil Women: He was a "delicate looking" first sergeant, yet he led other soldiers at Minnesota's Fort Snelling during the U.S. Civil War. It turns out "he" was Mary McDonald, one of many women who served undercover in war. So did Frances Clayton (pictured) who fought next to her husband in battle. KFAI's Britt Aamodt reports. Listen again at prx.org. K athryn Schulz wrote about the renewed interest in The

For nearly a decade, Peterborough NH has hosted * broke: The Affordable Arts Fair . It’s a refuge where frugal or budget-conscious art aficionados get connected with local artists and makers who are offering their wares for fifty dollars or less. The arts fair is part of Peterborough’s annual music festival, The Thing In The Spring , and it kicks off this year on June 10th.

On today's show: Civics 101: Budget and Appropriations "Viva La Arquitectura!" from 99% Invisible . You can listen to this story again at PRX.org . Curtis Wilkie is co-author of The Road to Camelot: Inside JFK's Five-Year Campaign along with Thomas Oliphant . "Artist Matt Patterson Goes in Search of a Turtle Muse"

On today's show: Romie Stott is a film maker and writer and she wrote about the secret language of flowers for Atlas Obscura in “How Flower Obsessed Victorians Encoded Messages in Bouquets." "Daisy Supply Chain" from Outside/In . "Atom in the Garden of Eden" from 99% Invisible . You can listen to this story again at PRX.org .

On today's show: Civics 101: Political Speechwriting "George Carlin: Class Clown" from producer Devon Strolovitch . You can listen to this story again at PRX.org . Feather is the complicated, feisty central character in a new YA novel called Wishbones , the third novel by Virginia MacGregor , who now lives in New Hampshire. You can join her for the Wishbones launch party on May 23rd at Gibson's Bookstore . "Swimmers" from producer Michelle Macklem. You can listen to this story again at PRX.org .

As head baker at King Arthur Flour, Martin Phillip makes hundreds of loaves of bread a week. But just over a decade ago, Martin was working in the frenzied world of investment banking in New York City. Virginia and producer Hannah McCarthy visited Martin to get the story behind his rise to head baker.

Feather is the complicated, feisty central character in a new YA novel called Wishbones , the third novel by Virginia MacGregor , who now lives in New Hampshire. You can join her for the Wishbones launch party on May 23rd at Gibson's Bookstore .

On today's show: Feather is the complicated, feisty central character in a new YA novel called Wishbones , the third novel by Virginia MacGregor , who now lives in New Hampshire. You can join her for the Wishbones launch party on May 23rd at Gibson's Bookstore . "The Working Tapes: Taxi Driver" is a raw recording of Studs Terkel's field interviews, conducted while researching what would become his seminal book Working . You can listen to this interview again at PRX.org . As head baker at King

On today's show: Jessamyn Stanley has documented her own yoga practice for the past several years for her three-hundred thousand Instagram followers. She's now turned her internet celebrity into a book , Every Body Yoga , a practical introduction to yoga that isn't restricted by body type or background. "Endless Winter" from producer Gregory Warner. You can listen to this story again at PRX.org . Damon Young 's book is called How To Think About Exercise and is part of the “ School Of Life ”

On today's show: Civics 101: Political Speechwriting When English teacher David McCullough, Jr. addressed 2012 graduates from the public high school in Wellesley, Massachusetts, he told them, "You are not special." He addresses that and more in his book You Are Not Special...And Other Encouragements . "George Carlin: Class Clown" from producer Devon Strolovitch . You can listen to this story again at PRX.org . A Series of Tubes with Rob Fleischman ​

NHPR and The Music Hall present Writers on a New England Stage with Diane Rehm recorded live at The Music Hall in Portsmouth. The Peabody Award-winning public radio host of The Diane Rehm Show has written four books, including one with her husband, John Rehm, about the rewards and challenges of a long marriage.

On today's show: Civics 101: Overturning a Supreme Court Ruling "Back to the Middle East" from Radio Rookie Alexis Gordon. You can listen to this story again PRX.org. Annalee Newitz is Tech Culture Editor at Ars Technica, the site where the AI-written short films Sunspring and It's No Game debuted. She wrote about them here: "Movie Written By Algorithm Turns Out to be Hilarious and Intense." Scott McCloud is the author of Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art . First published in 1993, it is