Reading Women

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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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August 04, 2021Ep. 115 | Nature Writing
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss books around this month’s theme of Nature Writing! Our guest spot will be on the next episode, so stay tuned!
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Interview with on Thresholds
Books Mentioned
Two Trees Make a Forest: Travels Among Taiwan's Mountains & Coasts in Search of My Family's Past by Jessica J. Lee
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants by Robin Wall Kimmerer
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
Currently Reading
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
One Hundred Days by Alice Pung

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July 28, 2021Interview with Pik-Shuen Fung
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Pik-Shuen Fung about her book, Ghost Forest, which out now from One World.
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Books Mentioned
Ghost Forest by Pik-Shuen Fung
Pick-Shuen Recommends
A Feather on a Breath of God by Sigrid Nunez
How to Pronounce Knife by Souvankham Thammavongsa
The Tenderness of Stones by Marion Fayolle
Burnt Sugar by Avni Doshi

About the Author
Pik-Shuen Fung is a Canadian writer and artist living in New York City. She has received fellowships and residencies from the Asian American Writers’ Workshop, Kundiman, the Millay Colony, and Storyknife. She has an MFA in Fine Art from the School of Visual Arts and a BA from Brown University. Ghost Forest is her first book.
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July 21, 2021Ep. 114 | The Parisian & Against the Loveless World
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss The Parisian and Against the Loveless World.
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Things Mentioned
Document of Resources about Palestine
Palestine Resources
Decolonize Palestine
Templates to Contact Your Elected Representative
Palestine Book Awards
On Palestine: A Comprehensive Reading List
Books Mentioned
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad

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July 14, 2021Interview with Tia Williams
In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Tia Williams about her novel, Seven Days in June, which out now from Grand Central
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Books Mentioned
Seven Days in June by Tia Williams
Tia Recommends
Beach Read by Emily Henry
One Day by David Nicholls
The Idea of You by Robinne Lee
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Author Bio
Tia Williams had a fifteen-year career as a beauty editor for magazines including Elle, Glamour, and Essence. In 2004, she pioneered the beauty blog industry with Shake Your Beauty. She wrote the bestselling novel, The Accidental Diva, and penned two YA novels: It Chicks, and Sixteen Candles. Her award-winning novel, The Perfect Find, will be adapted into a Netflix film starring Gabrielle Union. Tia is currently an Editorial Director at Estee Lauder Companies, and lives with her daughter and husband in Brooklyn.
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July 07, 2021Ep. 113 | Reading Palestine
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya, with special guest, Yara, discuss books by Palestinian women writers.
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Things Mentioned
Document of Resources about Palestine
Palestine Resources
Decolonize Palestine
Templates to Contact Your Elected Representative
Palestine Book Awards
Q&A with Hala Alyan about Salt Houses
Interview with Hala Alyan about The Arsonists’ City
Books Mentioned
We Are Not Here to be Bystanders by Linda Sarsour
Baddawi by Leila Abdelrazaq
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa
The Parisian by Isabella Hammad
The Twenty-Ninth Year by Hala Alyan
Yara Recommends
Morning in Jenin by Susan Abulhawa
On Palestine: A Comprehensive Reading List
Currently Reading
The Shape of Thunder by Jasmine Warga
Pure America by Elizabeth Catte

About Our Guest
Yara Yaghi is a computer engineer, a book reviewer and a freelance photographer. She tends to read diverse books with a focus on women's literature. Growing up as a Palestinian in the diaspora, she’s always keen on informing others about Palestine through books and literature.
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June 30, 2021Interview with Daisy Hernández
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Daisy Hernández about her book, The Kissing Bug, which out now from Tin House.
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Things Mentioned
“At the Intersection of Journalism and Memoir: A Reading List” (Lit Hub)Books Mentioned
A Cup of Water Under My Bed by Daisy Hernández
The Kissing Bug: A True Story of a Family, an Insect, and a Nation’s Neglect of a Deadly Disease by Daisy Hernández
Daisy Recommends
The Book of Delights by Ross Gay
All the Agents and Saints by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

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June 23, 2021Interview with Kristen Arnett
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Kristen Arnett about her most recent novel, With Teeth, which out now from Riverhead.
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Books Mentioned
With Teeth by Kristen Arnett
Mostly Dead Things by Kristen Arnett
Kristen Recommends
Long Live the Tribe of Fatherless Girls by T Kira Madden
Bastard Out of Carolina by Dorothy Allison

Author Bio
Kristen Arnett is the author of With Teeth: A Novel (Riverhead Books, 2021) and the NYT bestselling debut novel Mostly Dead Things (Tin House, 2019) which was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award in fiction. She is a queer fiction and essay writer. She was awarded Ninth Letter's Literary Award in Fiction, has been a columnist for Literary Hub, and was a Spring 2020 Shearing Fellow at Black Mountain Institute. Her work has appeared at The New York Times, The Cut, Oprah Magazine, North American Review, The Normal School, Gulf Coast, TriQuarterly, Guernica, Buzzfeed, Electric Literature, McSweeneys, PBS Newshour, Bennington Review, The Guardian, Salon, The Rumpus, and elsewhere. Her next book (an untitled collection of short stories) will be published by Riverhead Books (Penguin Random House). She has a Masters in Library and Information Science from Florida State University and currently lives in Miami, Florida.
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June 16, 2021Ep. 112 | Room for a Stranger & The Erratics
In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Room for a Stranger and The Erratics.
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Things Mentioned
Discussion of Food in Room for a Stranger (Sydney Review of Books)
Interview with Melanie Chang (Liminal Magazine)
Interview with Vickie Laveau-Harvie
Books Mentioned
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng
The Erratics by Vickie Laveau-Harvie

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June 09, 2021Interview with Jenny Lawson
In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Jenny Lawson about her most recent book, Broken (in the Best Possible Way), which out now from Henry Holt.
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Things Mentioned
Nowhere Bookshop
Books Mentioned
Let’s Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson
Furiously Happy by Jenny Lawson
Broken (in the Best Possible Way) by Jenny Lawson
Jenny Recommends
Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
We Ride Upon Sticks by Quan Barry
Dark Archives: A Librarian's Investigation Into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom
Sorrowland by Rivers Solomon
Witch’s Heart by Genevieve Gornichec
Deadly Education by Naomi Novik
Professional Troublemaker by Luvvie Ajayi Jones
Wow, No thank You by Samantha Irby
A Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
Shakespeare for Squirrels by Christopher Moore
Velvet Was the Night by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

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June 02, 2021Ep. 111 | Golden Girls
In this week’s episode, Kendra, Jaclyn, and the rest of the Reading Women team share books by or about older women.
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Things Mentioned
List of Reading Women’s Episodes
Interview with Vickie Laveau-Harvie
Books Mentioned
The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso
Like a Mule Bringing Ice Cream to the Sun by Sarah Ladipo Manyika
Late Migrations by Margaret Renkl
Crime & Punctuation by Kaitlynn Dunnett
Room for a Stranger by Melanie Cheng
The Erratics by Vickie Laveau-Harvie
Currently Reading
Bila Yarrudhanggalangdhuray by Anita Heiss
Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993 by Sarah Schulman

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