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- Interview with Emily St. John Mandel
Kendra talks to Emily St. John Mandel, the author of The Glass Hotel, which is out now from Knopf.
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35 min - Ep. 84 | These Truths and The Warmth of Other Suns
To close out our month on Women in History, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss These Truths by Jill Lepore and The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson.
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Books Mentioned
- These Truths by Jill Lepore
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- The Knowledge Solution: Australia History: What Place Does History Have in a Post-Truth World? edited by Anna Clark
- The History of White People by Nell Irvin Painter
- She Came To Slay: The Life and Times of Harriet Tubman by Erica Armstrong Dunbar
- The ReVisioning History Series
- A Queer History of the United States by Michael Bronski
- A Disability History of the United States by Kim E. Nielsen
- An African American and Latinx History of the United States by Paul Ortiz
- An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States by Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
- A Black Woman's History of the United States by Daina Ramey Berry and Kali Nicole Gross
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41 min - Interview with Abi Daré
Kendra talks to Abi Daré, the author of The Girl with the Louding Voice, which is out now from Dutton.
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Books Mentioned
- The Girl with the Louding Voice by Abi Daré
Abi Recommends
Stay with Me by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀- Our Q&A with Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀̀
- A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
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29 min - Ep. 83 | Women in History!
For March’s theme, Kendra, Jaclyn, and Bree discuss book about women in history.
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Things Mentioned- The Stella Prize Longlist
- “Romance Novels Are Feminist” TedTalk
Books Mentioned- Australianama: The South Asian Odyssey in Australia by Samia Khatun
- These Truths by Jill Lepore
- The Warmth of Other Suns by Isabel Wilkerson
- Wayward Lives, Beautiful Experiments: Intimate Histories of Social Upheaval by Saidiya Hartman
- Scandal Takes the Stage by Eva Leigh
- Temporary Wife Temptation by Jayci Lee
Currently Reading- Blueberries by Ellena Savage
- Rust: A Memoir of Steel and Grit by Eliese Colette Goldbach
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48 min - Interview with Nicole Chung
Kendra talks to Nicole Chung, the Editor in Chief of Catapult Magazine and one of the co-editors of A Map Is Only One Story, which is out now from Catapult.
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Books Mentioned
- Catapult Magazine
- A Map Is Only One Story edited by Nicole Chung and Mensah Demary
- All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung
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37 min - Ep. 82 | Afrofuturism and Parable of the Sower
To close out our month on Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism, Kendra, Sachi, and Bezi discuss Afrofuturism and Parable of the Sower.
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Things Mentioned
- Afrofuturism Discussion Page for the Reading Women Challenge
- Nnedi Okorafor’s TED Talk
Books Mentioned
- Afrofuturism by Ytasha L. Womack
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
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40 min - Interview with Kiley Reid
Kendra talks to Kiley Reid about her debut novel, Such a Fun Age, which is out now from Putnam.
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Books Mentioned
- Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
Sarah Recommends
- Long Bright River by Liz Moore
- Uneasy Street: The Anxieties of Affluence by Rachel Sherman
- The Nanny by Leila Slimani
- Jillian by Halle Butler
- The Little Friend by Donna Tartt
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29 min - Ep. 81 | Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism
For February’s theme, Kendra, Sachi, and new Reading Women contributor Bezi discuss Afrofuturism and Africanfuturism! Get 20% off of our book blind dates over in our store!
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Things Mentioned
- 'Binti' Adaptation From Michael Ellenberg in the Works at Hulu
- ‘Wild Seed’ Drama Series Based On Sci-Fi Book In Works At Amazon From Viola Davis & Julius Tennon’s JuVee Productions
- Nnedi Okorafor’s Definition of Africanfuturism
- Q&A with Bethany C. Morrow
Books Mentioned
- Binti by Nnedi Okorafor
- Dread Nation by Justina Ireland
- Afrofuturism by Ytasha L. Womack
- The Chaos by Nalo Hopkinson
- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
- How Long ‘Til Back Future Month by N.K. Jemisin
Further Reading
- Dark Matter: A Century of Speculative Fiction from the African Diaspora edited by Sheree Thomas
- MEM by Bethany C Morrow
- Temper by Nicky Drayden
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43 min - Interview with Tishani Doshi
Kendra talks to Tishani Doshi about her latest novel, Small Days and Nights, which is out now from W.W. Norton.
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Books Mentioned
- Small Days and Nights by Tishani Doshi
Sarah Recommends
- Sleeping on Jupiter by Anuradha Roy
- When I Hit You: Or, A Portrait of the Writer as a Young Wife by Meena Kandasamy
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32 min - Ep. 80 | Most Anticipated Books of 2020 Pt. 1
Kendra and Joce talk about their most anticipated books for the first half of 2020.
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Books Mentioned
The Majesties by Tiffany Tsao (Atria, Jan. 21st)The Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley Eisenberg (Hachette. Jan. 21st)Minor Feelings by Cathy Park Hong (One World, Feb. 24th)Witches of Ash and Ruin by E Latimer (Freeform, March 3rd)So We Can Glow by Leesa Cross-Smith (Grand Central Publishing, March 10th)Conjure Women by Afia Atakora (Random House, March 17th)Wow, No Thank You by Samantha Irby (Vintage, March 31st)You Exist Too Much by Zaina Arafat (Catapult, June 9th)CONTACT
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