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Katie Yee's debut novel 'Maggie' combines humor and crisis

WBUR | By Here & Now Newsroom
Published July 24, 2025 at 11:40 AM EDT
The cover of "Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar" and author Katie Yee. (Courtesy of Simon and Schuster and Shirley Cai)
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The cover of "Maggie; or, A Man and a Woman Walk Into a Bar" and author Katie Yee. (Courtesy of Simon and Schuster and Shirley Cai)

Here & Now‘s Asma Khalid speaks with Katie Yee, whose debut novel “Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar” uses humor to tell a story of a disintegrating marriage and a breast cancer diagnosis.

Book excerpt: ‘Maggie; Or, A Man and a Woman Walk into a Bar’

By Katie Yee

Copyright © 2025 by Katie Yee.

This article was originally published on WBUR.org.

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