Words of the Day

The Leonard Lopate Show | May 10, 2010
Word maven Patricia T. (You Send Me) O’Conner navigates our zany English language. Call 212-267-WNYC. Next, we’ll talk to three finalists for the National Book Award for Fiction. Novelists Sarah Shun-lien Bynum (Madeleine is Sleeping), Lily Tuck (The News from Paraguay), and Kate Walbert (Our Kind), give us their inside perspective on this year’s round of finalists. Marcella Hazan shares her advice and wisdom on cooking great Italian food in her new cookbook, Marcella Says. Finally, a former gang member and ex-con, Richard Marinick revisits the dark underworld of South Boston in his first work of fiction, the crime novel Boyos.

WNYC is funded by sponsors and member donations

Top Stories

One Refugee’s Journey Through ICE Detention

In 2025, ICE began detaining people at immigration hearings, an unprecedented step. The staff writer Jonathan Blitzer shares the story of one detainee whose life was turned upside down.
The New Yorker Radio Hour |

Black and Latino Leaders React to DSA Wins

Jeffery Mays talks about how Black and Latino political leaders feel as members of DSA have gained power in NYC.
The Brian Lehrer Show |

Jewish elected leaders criticize Mamdani’s rhetoric after Upper West Side stabbings

Authorities charged the suspect, Raul Morales, with hate crimes on Friday.
Gothamist |

Cat Cohen's New Comedy Musical 'Broad Strokes'

All Of It with Alison Stewart |
YOU ARE ONLINE