"Sometimes people try to make it fancier than it is and they’ll pronounce it Stray-ED. But it’s just like the word. Like a strayed cat, I tell people by way of explanation. It rhymes with laid and paid."

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Cheryl Strayed talks to Matthew Batt, as part of his “Hello. My Name Is…” feature on The Nervous Breakdown. 

Matt’s hilarious new memoir SUGARHOUSE comes out on Tuesday! 

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