petra mayer

Editor, NPR Books. Sneaking Oxford commas past the copy desk since 2012. Buster Keaton's secret girlfriend. TOS is the One True Trek, don't @ me. She/her.

[Anne Louise Avery @AnneLouiseAvery]

Wolf had called at the Doctor's after breakfast & together they walked along the lanes away from the village, from the wreaths & hymns. Up Pooksdown they went & the Doctor smoked & Wolf was silent, for some things can't be spoken of, however much time has passed. #RemembranceDay

[petra mayer @petramatic]

https://t.co/dOXc8J91Rf

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@kellysue Godfrey wants to know if he can join your game.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

This is happening in an hour!

[NPR @NPR]

Join us tomorrow at 2:30pm ET for a @TwitterSpaces talk on Doctor Who.

We’re taking a spin in the TARDIS to look back at the Thirteenth Doctor and what her last season might look like.

🎙@Deggans
🎙@petramatic
🎙@_NatalieEscobar
🎙@nightafternight https://t.co/CLwVXlmRaX

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@nightafternight @AbstractTruth @Deggans NOPE NOT MUCH.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

OH MY GOD I GET TO YELL ABOUT DOCTOR WHO WITH THESE AWESOME NERDS. ALLONS-Y!

[NPR @NPR]

Join us tomorrow at 2:30pm ET for a @TwitterSpaces talk on Doctor Who.

We’re taking a spin in the TARDIS to look back at the Thirteenth Doctor and what her last season might look like.

🎙@Deggans
🎙@petramatic
🎙@_NatalieEscobar
🎙@nightafternight https://t.co/CLwVXlmRaX

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@_GinaGagliano @quicunquevult AHHHH I LOVED THIS. Of the flood of baking-themed romances this year, it was one of my very favorites.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@TwoLemonades @joshnumbersbad @aardvarkwizard @zebrasaurous_ I think that video just spontaneously generated because there was no other choice.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

It’s the first night in ages that I haven’t had to read or watch or research for work and LOOK what just came in the mail FUCKING HUZZAH!!

[petra mayer @petramatic]

I AM A HORROR WUSS so I am very proud of myself for soldiering on and putting this list together!

[Here & Now @hereandnow]

Need a thrill? @petramatic has you covered:

💀 "Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark" - Alvin Schwartz
👻 "Through the Woods" - Emily Carroll
🖤"The Monkey’s Paw" - W.W. Jacobs
🕸️"Uzumaki" - Junji Ito
🦇 "The Ballad of Black Tom" - Victor LaValle
https://t.co/7hytlMpNHN

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@lumberjade @nonbugnary Oooh that looks DELICIOUS.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

Looking forward to this!!

[All Of It With Alison Stewart @AllOfItWNYC]

After the news, we bring you a Dune-filled hour, starting off with @npr books editor @petramatic, who joins to talk Herbert's iconic novel, and recommend some books that can fill the Dune-shaped hole in your life📚

🎙️Tune in live at 1:10 PM EST!

[petra mayer @petramatic]

This was so much fun! And I said what I said: The AppleTV+ series is actually an AU fanfic.

[PopCultureHappyHour @pchh]

Glen talks to @JoelleMonique and @petramatic about AppleTV+'s FOUNDATION, which is not so much a dutiful adaptation and more a radical re-imagining.

(Plus, pretty to look at, even if you take Lee Pace out of the mix, and really, why would you?)

https://t.co/FfClWCLF26

[petra mayer @petramatic]

Me and @emi19732006 about to lose our voices screaming along at the #Monkees farewell tour.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@sobaboosMom @joshnumbersbad You’re so welcome!! I hope you feel better soon.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

Mighta gone a li’l bit overboard getting ready for the Monkees farewell show.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@ctklimek @AndrewLapin @Bob_Mondello I feel very called out here :)

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@mr_butlertron TRUTH.

[petra mayer @petramatic]

For some reason, they let me on the main NPR insta feed to dork out about how much I love Garth Nix's Old Kingdom books. https://t.co/jHMyYC24LF

[petra mayer @petramatic]

@TashaRobinson That's a great point about Gideon! I could see her as sort of in the line of Sabriel, though, uh, snottier. (All praise to @Sabine4242, who made the tunic & shirt, BTW -- the bells were a pattern I found online, and the terrible bandolier I hacked together myself with hot glue.)