This week, Alice and Kim talk new releases and Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley.

This episode is sponsored by the podcast Borrowed from the Brooklyn Public Library, The Limerence Imprint of Oni Press, and Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling.

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Nonfiction in the News

Bill Bryson ‘to retire from writing’ [The Telegraph]

Ava DuVernay Back In Director’s Chair For ‘Caste’; Netflix Adaptation Of Acclaimed Isabel Wilkerson’s Best Seller [Deadline] by Amanda N’Duka

Jeffrey Toobin of New Yorker Is Suspended After Zoom Incident [New York Times] by Johnny Diaz and Azi Paybarah

New Nonfiction

A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders

The Fangirl’s Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs

What Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living Boldly by Arianna Davis

Finding Latinx : In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos

Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West

Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Frankenstein

Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lila Judge

Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon

The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece by Roseanne Montillo

Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters by Anne K. Mellor

Reading Now

KIM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

ALICE: The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Anita Orrock

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