In this episode Kati invites back Kay Moore to discuss The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson.

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In this episode Kati invites Kay Moore to discuss poetry and the personal parts of writing.

The March 2021 book club pick is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson.

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Kay Moore on Instagram @kay.e.moore.poet

Books:

The Bell Jar

The Collected Poems by Sylvia Plath

Red Comet

In this episode Kati talks to Emma McMullen about mental illness representation in literature and how we as readers can better critique these books.

The March 2021 book club pick is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson.

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Emma on Instagram @bookstagr.em

Books:

The Bell Jar

My Dark Vanessa

Ask Again Yes

Milk Blood Heat

The House in the Cerulean Sea

One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

A Little Life

Normal People

Queenie

In this episode Kati talks about Black and Anti-Racist educators that have influenced her.

The March 2021 book club pick is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson.

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Mentions:

Ijeoma Oluo

Rachel Cargle

The Loveland Foundation

Blair Imani

Brandon Kyle Goodman

Do the Work Podcast

Eve L. Ewing

The Stacks Pod

Books:

Such a Fun Age

So You Want To Talk About Race 

Mediocre

Make Our Way Home

Ghosts in the Schoolyard

Kati decided not to put out this episode as it centered whiteness. This is something they do not want to do ever, let alone during Black History Month.

In lieu of this episode, Kati encourages you to take a listen to The Stacks Pod by Traci Thomas. You can find their Instagram here.

In this episode Kati welcomes back Jeanell Marvin from Free As A Bird Books to talk about Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

The March 2021 book club pick is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson. You can get this book through Authentic Books Book Box! Use SHELFMADE10 for 10% off your first box before February 15, 2021. (The owner of Authentic Books will be the guest in April!)

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@jeanellnicolereads on Instagram

@freeasabirdbooks on Instagram

Free As A Bird Books Bookshop.org Storefront

In this episode Kati talks to Jeanell Marvin from Free As A Bird Books about bookselling and teaching.

The February 2021 book club pick is Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

The March 2021 book club pick is The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath.

The April 2021 book club pick is The Kindest Lie by Nancy Johnson. You can get this book through Authentic Books Book Box! Use SHELFMADE10 for 10% off your first box before February 15, 2021. (The owner of Authentic Books will be the guest in April!)

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Join the Shelf Made Women Patreon to support the podcast for as little as $2 per month. Additionally, Shelf Made Women earns a small percentage of purchases from their Bookshop.org Storefront.

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@jeanellnicolereads on Instagram

@freeasabirdbooks on Instagram

Free As A Bird Books Bookshop.org Storefront

Shelves Bookstore in Charlotte

Books

Maizon at Blue Hill by Jacqueline Woodson

Amazing Grace by Mary Hoffman

Class Act by Jerry Craft

In this episode Kati discusses and recommends books about immigration from Latin America to the United States.

The February 2021 book club pick is Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

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@betweendotsandletters

Once I Was You by Maris Hinojosa

The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Vilavicencio

Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera

Dominicana by Angie Cruz

Children of the Land by Marcello Hernandez Castillo

Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capo Crucet

My Time Among the Whites by Jennine Capo Crucet

The Affairs of the Falcons by Melissa Rivero

Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera

In this episode Kati takes a deeper look at the meaning of “Latinx” and her experience of reading multilingual stories.

The February 2021 book club pick is Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

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Mentions:

Mangos and Mistletoe by Adriana Herrera

Fiebre Tropical by Juli Delgado Lopera

NPR Article “Latinx Is A Term Many Still Can’t Embrace”

In this episode Kati and Mari Vining discuss the book club pick I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter by Erika L. Sánchez.

The February 2021 book club pick is Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid.

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Shout outs:

Free as a Bird Books on Instagram and Bookshop.org

Mentions:

@allegedlymari on Instagram

@happylettercollective on Instagram