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Linguist Deborah Tannen on How Women Can Be Heard

Tannen is the author of the bestselling, "You Just Don't Understand." She has a new book about communication between the sexes, "Talking From 9 to 5: How Women's and Men's Conversational Styles Affect Who Gets Heard, Who Gets Credit, and What Gets Done at Work."

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Other segments from the episode on November 22, 1994

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 22, 1994: Interview with Edmund White; Interview with Deborah Tannen; Review of the television show "Jim Henson's Animal Show with Stinky and Jake."

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