Reading Women

Interview with Emma Copley Eisenberg

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In this episode, Kendra chats with Emma Copley Eisenberg, the author of The Third Rainbow Girl, which is out now from Hachette.

Things Mentioned

  • Black in Appalachia
  • “Fact Checking Is the Core of Nonfiction Writing. Why Do So Many Publishers Refuse to Do It?” (Esquire)
  • “The Tale of Queer Appalachia: A popular Instagram account raises funds for LGBTQ people in Appalachia. But does the money really go where it’s supposed to?” (Washington Post Magazine)
  • “I was an AmeriCorps Member in West Virginia: The Benefits and Limitations of National Service” (TIME)
  • Amanda Nelson's Review

    • Books Mentioned

    • The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg

    Emma Recommends

    • Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe
    • The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong
    • A Burning by Megha Majumdar


      • Author Bio

      Emma Copley Eisenberg’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Granta, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Tin House, Guernica, The New Republic, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire and others. She is the author of The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and a novel and story collection forthcoming from Hogarth/Penguin Random House. She lives in Philadelphia, where she directs Blue Stoop, a hub for the literary arts.

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