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Reading Women releases new episodes every Wednesday. Each month features two episodes on the same theme—one highlighting a range of titles and one discussing two titles more in depth—and two author in... more

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October 06, 2021Ep. 119 | She Writes Crime
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya, with special guest, Abby, discuss crime fiction for October’s theme She Writes Crime.
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Things Mentioned
The JCB Prize for Literature
Books Mentioned
The Khan by Saima Mir
Out by Natsuo Kirino
Translated from Japanese by Stephen Snyder
The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan
Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito
Translated from Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles
Abby Recommends
My Sweet Girl by Amanda Jayatissa
I Remember You by Yrsa Sigurdardottir
Currently Reading
Heaven by Mieko Kawakami
Translated by Sam Bett and David Boyd
Black Water Sister by Zen Cho

About Our Guest
Abby Endler is the creator of Crime by the Book, a crime fiction review website and Instagram account. By day, she is a publicist for a division of Penguin Random House.
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September 29, 2021Interview with Lauren Groff
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Lauren Groff about her book, Matrix, which is out now from Riverhead Books.
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Books Mentioned
Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff
Florida by Lauren Groff
Matrix by Lauren Groff
Lauren Recommends
Agatha of Little Neon by Claire Luchette
2666 by Roberto Bolaño, Translated by Natasha Wimmer
Amulet by Roberto Bolaño, Translated by Chris Andrews
Harrow by Joy Williams

About the Author
Lauren Groff is the author of six books of fiction, the most recent the novel MATRIX (September 2021). Her work has won The Story Prize, the ABA Indies’ Choice Award, and France’s Grand Prix de l’Héroïne, was twice a finalist for the National Book Award for Fiction and the Kirkus Prize, and was shortlisted for the National Book Critics Circle Prize, the Southern Book Prize, and the Los Angeles Times Prize. She has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, and was named one of Granta’s Best of Young American Novelists. Her work has been translated into over thirty languages. She lives in Gainesville, Florida.
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September 27, 2021 Introducing True Love, Season 2
How do you hide a love affair when you’re two big-name Hollywood stars? True love is a new scripted podcast from Wondery that brings you stories of scandal, romance, and drama. In the new season, Abby and Erik are co-stars in a new blockbuster superhero franchise. The last thing either of their careers need is an on-set romance … but they just can’t help themselves. Each season of True Love is passionate, scandalous, and inspired by a real-life love story. This is just a preview, but you can listen to the full episode at wondery.fm/TrueLoveSeason2.

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September 22, 2021Interview with Paula Hawkins
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Paula Hawkins about her book, A Slow Fire Burning, which is out now from Riverhead Books.
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Books Mentioned
The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins
Into the Water by Paula Hawkins
A Slow Fire Burning by Paula Hawkins
Paula Recommends
The Island of Missing Trees by Elif Shafak
The Turnout by Megan Abbot
Dream Girl by Laura Lippman
Notes on a Execution by Daniel Kukafka

About the Author
Paula Hawkins worked as a journalist for fifteen years before turning her hand to fiction. She is the author of two #1 New York Times bestselling novels, Into The Water and The Girl on The Train. An international #1 bestseller, The Girl on the Train has sold 23 million copies worldwide and has been adapted into a major motion picture. Into the Water was also a Sunday Times and New York Times #1 bestseller, selling 4 million copies worldwide. Her upcoming thriller, A Slow Fire Burning, is due to be published on the 31st August 2021. Hawkins was born in Zimbabwe and now splits her time between London and Edinburgh.
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September 15, 2021Ep. 118 | Incarceration Nations & Prison By Any Other Name
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Incarceration Nations and A Prison By Any Other Name.
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Books Mentioned
Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger
Further Reading
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
After Story by Larissa Behrendt
Angela Y. Davis body of work (including Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, Are Prisons Obsolete?)
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
The Pedagogy of Pathologization: Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus by Subini Ancy Annamma
Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice edited by Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, Damara Goff Paris, and Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin
Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada edited by L. Ben-Moshe, C. Chapman, and A. Carey
Further Resources
SistersInside & Debbie Kilroy (@debkilroy) #FreeHer #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
Incarceration Nation (@inc_nation_au) documentary airs 29 August 2021 on NITV
Article on Incarceration Nation
The Dhadjowa Foundation
13th (Netflix)
#RaiseTheAge
Amy McQuire
National Prison Book Program, run by the Australian Prison Foundation (https://alc.org.au)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/17/australia-is-outraged-over-george-floyd-what-about-black-lives-our-shores/
Prison by Any Other Name interview with authors
Currently Reading
Once There Were Wolves by Charlotte McConaghy
The Smell of Other People’s Houses by Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock
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September 08, 2021Interview with Crystal Wilkinson
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Crystal Wilkinson about her book, Perfect Black, which out now from the University of Kentucky Press.
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Books Mentioned
The Birds of Opulence by Crystal Wilkinson
Perfect Black by Crystal Wilkinson
Crystal Recommends
In Pursuit of Flavor by Edna Lewis
Love Child’s Hotbed of Occasional Poetry by Nikki Finney
The Secret Lives of Church Ladies by Deesha Philyaw
Horsepower by Joy Priest
Affrilachia by Frank X Walker
Spaces Between Us: Poetry, Prose and Art on HIV/AIDS by Kelly Norman Ellis
Just Lookin' Out of the Window: Life's Lessons From My Mother by Kieth Wilson
dying in the scarecrow's arms by Mitchell L. H. Douglas

About the Author
Crystal Wilkinson is the award-winning author of The Birds of Opulence (winner of the 2016 Ernest J. Gaines Prize for Literary Excellence), Water Street and Blackberries, Blackberries. Nominated for both the Orange Prize and the Hurston/Wright Legacy Award, she has received recognition from The Kentucky Foundation for Women, The Kentucky Arts Council, The Mary Anderson Center for the Arts, The Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown and is a recipient of the Chaffin Award for Appalachian Literature. She has been nominated for a Pushcart Prize and her short stories, poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies including most recently in the Oxford American and Southern Cultures. She currently teaches at the University of Kentucky where she is Associate Professor of English in the MFA in Creative Writing Program.
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September 01, 2021Ep. 117 | Incarceration
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss books around the theme of incarceration.
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Books Mentioned
Black and Blue: A Memoir of Racism and Resilience by Veronica Gorrie
From the Desk of Zoey Washington by Janae Marks
Prison By Any Other Name: The Harmful Consequences of Popular Reforms by Maya Schenwar and Victoria Law
Incarceration Nations: A Journey to Justice in Prisons Around the World by Baz Dreisinger
Further Reading
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
After Story by Larissa Behrendt
Angela Y. Davis body of work (including Freedom Is a Constant Struggle, Are Prisons Obsolete?)
The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander
The Natural Way of Things by Charlotte Wood
Blood in the Water by Heather Ann Thompson
We Do This ‘Til We Free Us by Mariame Kaba
The Pedagogy of Pathologization: Dis/abled Girls of Color in the School-prison Nexus by Subini Ancy Annamma
Deaf People in the Criminal Justice System: Selected Topics on Advocacy, Incarceration, and Social Justice edited by Debra Guthmann, Gabriel I. Lomas, Damara Goff Paris, and Gabriel A. “Tony” Martin
Disability Incarcerated: Imprisonment and Disability in the United States and Canada edited by L. Ben-Moshe, C. Chapman, and A. Carey
Further Resources
SistersInside & Debbie Kilroy (@debkilroy) #FreeHer #NothingAboutUsWithoutUs
Incarceration Nation (@inc_nation_au) documentary airs 29 August 2021 on NITV
Article on Incarceration Nation
The Dhadjowa Foundation
13th (Netflix)
#RaiseTheAge
Amy McQuire
National Prison Book Program, run by the Australian Prison Foundation (https://alc.org.au)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/06/17/australia-is-outraged-over-george-floyd-what-about-black-lives-our-shores/
Prison by Any Other Name interview with authors

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August 25, 2021Interview with Meron Hadero
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Meron Hadero about her short story, “Street Sweep”, which recently won the AKO Caine Prize for African Writing. Plus, Didi sent along questions for Meron too! #TeamWork
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Things Mentioned
AKO Caine Prize for African Writing - About the Prize
Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing
Didi’s Introduction to the AKO Caine Prize
Didi’s Q&A with Iryn Tushabe
Didi’s Q&A with Meron Hadero
Didi’s Q&A with Doreen Baingana
Books Mentioned
“Street Sweep” by Meron Hadero
A Down Home Meal for These Difficult Times: Stories
Meron Recommends
The Other Shortlisted Cain Prize Authors
What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky by Lesley Nneka Arimah
The Office of Historical Corrections: A Novella and Stories by Danielle Evans
The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste
Addis Ababa Noir (Akashic Noir) edited by Maaza Mengiste

About the Author
Meron Hadero is an Ethiopian-American who was born in Addis Ababa and came to the U.S. via Germany as a young child. She is the winner of the 2020 Restless Books Prize for New Immigrant Writing. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the 2019 Caine Prize for African Writing and published in Zyzzyva, Ploughshares, Addis Ababa Noir, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, The Iowa Review, The Missouri Review, New England Review, Best American Short Stories, among others.
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August 18, 2021Ep. 116 | World of Wonders & The Way Through the Woods
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss World of Wonders and The Way Through the Woods.

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Things Mentioned
Information on #StopLine3
Milkweed Editions
Books Mentioned
The Way Through the Woods: Of Mushrooms and Mourning by Long Litt Woon, Translated by Barbara J. Haveland
World of Wonders: In Praise of Fireflies, Whale Sharks, and Other Astonishments by Aimee Nezhukumatathil
The Hour of Land: A Personal Topography of America's National Parks by Terry Tempest Williams
Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail by Cheryl Strayed
Mountains Piled Upon Mountains: Appalachian Nature Writing in the Anthropocene edited by Jessica Cory
Oak Flat: A Fight for Sacred Land in the American West by Lauren Redniss
Shelby’s Recommendations
Migrations by Charlotte McConaghy
Finding the Mother Tree: Discovering the Wisdom of the Forest by Suzanne Simard

About Our Guest:
Tribal Affiliations: Enrolled member of the Gros Ventre & Little Shell Chippewa
Shelby Cole is from Dodson, MT and is a disabled graduate student in the Cellular, Molecular, and Microbial Biology program at the University of Montana. Her degree emphasis is in Immunology and her research focuses on developing a universal influenza vaccine. She lives in Missoula with her dog Roxy. In her free time she enjoys hiking, beading, reading, and spending time with friends and family. #Landback #stopline3
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August 11, 2021Interview | Zakiya Dalila Harris
In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Zakiya Dalila Harris about her novel, The Other Black Girl, which out now from Atria Books.
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Books Mentioned
The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris
Zakiya Recommends
Passing by Nella Larsen
All Her Little Secrets by Wanda Morris

Zakiya Dalila Harris spent nearly three years in editorial at Knopf/Doubleday before leaving to write her debut novel The Other Black Girl. Prior to working in publishing, Zakiya received her MFA in creative writing from The New School. Her essays and book reviews have appeared in Cosmopolitan, Guernica, and The Rumpus. She lives in Brooklyn.
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