MEDIA The New Yorker: Is the Dictionary Done For? (review/essay) New York Times: Wut? It’s in the Dictionary. A New Book Explains How. (review) Washington Post: Can the dictionary stay relevant in the digital age? (review) Wall Street Journal: In Defense of the Dictionary (review) WYPR: "Midday" with Tom Hall (interview) Christian Science Monitor: A delightful look behind the making of a dictionary (review) WBUR: On Point with Meghna Chakrabarti (interview) MPRNews: Big Books & Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller (interview) CBC Radio: The Sunday Magazine with Piya Chattopadhyay (interview) KJZZ: The Show with Sam Dingman (interview) KUER: RadioWest with Doug Fabrizio (interview) NPR Weekend Edition Sunday (interview) WNYC: All of It with Alison Stewart (interview) NPR: Code Switch (podcast) Slate: Hang Up and Listen (podcast) Slate: Culture Gabfest (podcast) Defector: The Distraction with Drew Magary and David Roth (podcast) Nobody Listens to Paula Poundstone (podcast) WBEZ: Say More (interview) New Zealand Radio: Why dictionaries are thrilling (interview) Politics and Prose: Book talk with Josh Levin (livestream) Defector: How A Campy 1970s Game Show Became Part of Canada's National Lexicon (story) Defector: The Annotated History of a Slur (excerpt) LitHub: Choosing the Word of the Year is No Easy Feat (essay) Boston Globe: Merriam-Webster publishes a new dictionary. It’s a jab to AI and a reminder of actual intelligence. (essay) The Atlantic: Is This the End of the Dictionary? (excerpt) Smithsonian: The Ten Best History Books of 2025 (review) Washingtonian: The Search for Meaning (profile) Psychology Today: Why the Words We Use Matter (Q&A) Cultured: What One Author Learned About How We Talk to Each Other, From Spending Three Years Cosplaying as a Worker at Merriam-Webster (interview) Publishers Weekly (starred review) Fritinancy: The very definition of a word nerd's delight (review) The Book Reporter (review) The New York Times: 27 Books Coming in October Shelf Awareness (review) Lit Life (Q&A) Kirkus Reviews That Word Chat (podcast) Grammar Girl (podcast) Grammar Girl (YouTube) Tomayto Tomahto (podcast) Tomayto Tomahto (YouTube) Minnesota Star Tribune (review)
