In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss Quicksand and The Unquiet Dead. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Things Mentioned The JCB Prize for Literature Interview with Alice Bolin, Dead Girls Video Interview with Ausma Zehanat Khan Books Mentioned The Unquiet Dead by Ausma Zehanat Khan Quicksand by Malin Persson Giolito Translated from Swedish by Rachel Willson-Broyles Further Reading Revenge by Yoko Ogawa The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley A Death in Shonagatchhi by Ritual Das CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ep. 120 | Quicksand and The Unquiet Dead

In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Alexis Daria about her novel, A Lot Like Adios, which out now from Avon. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books Mentioned A Lot Like Adios by Alexis Daria You Had Me at Hola by Alexis Daria Alexis Recommends The Wedding Crasher by Mia Sosa The Worst Best Man by Mia Sosa The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo With Fire on High by Elizabeth Acevedo Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo Author BioAward-winning, bestselling author Alexis Daria is a lifelong New Yorker who writes stories celebrating the lives and loves of Latinx characters. Her 2020 release, You Had Me At Hola, was a national bestseller, New York Times Editor's Choice Pick and featured on several “Best of” lists for the year. Website | Twitter | Instagram Buy the Book CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Alexis Daria

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya, with special guest, Abby, discuss crime fiction for October’s theme She Writes Crime. Thanks to Our Sponsor! For a limited time, our listeners can use promo code – Funjet75 – for $75 off your next Funjet vacation to RIU hotels and resorts. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Things MentionedThe 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. CBTB Blog | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 119 | She Writes Crime

In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Lauren Groff about her book, Matrix, which is out now from Riverhead Books. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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. Website | Twitter CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Lauren Groff

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Introducing True Love, Season 2

In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Paula Hawkins about her book, A Slow Fire Burning, which is out now from Riverhead Books. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! This Week's Sponsor: House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. Join New York Times #1 best-selling author George Saunders in conversation with author and professor Imani Perry for Humanities New York’s third annual History and the American Imagination benefit. The live discussion will take place online on October 5th at 7 PM EASTERN. Purchase your tickets at humanitiesny.org and use code READINGWOMEN for half off membership tickets. 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. Website | Instagram | Facebook CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Paula Hawkins

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Incarceration Nations and A Prison By Any Other Name. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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 This Week's Sponsor: Join New York Times #1 best-selling author George Saunders in conversation with author and professor Imani Perry for Humanities New York’s third annual History and the American Imagination benefit. The live discussion will take place online on October 5th at 7 PM EASTERN. Purchase your tickets at humanitiesny.org and use code READINGWOMEN for half off membership tickets. CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 118 | Incarceration Nations & Prison By Any Other Name

In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Crystal Wilkinson about her book, Perfect Black, which out now from the University of Kentucky Press. Thanks to our sponsors! House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. Sign-up now and browse more Literary Events and Workshops at literatureandpen.com! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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. Website | Instagram | Twitter CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Crystal Wilkinson

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss books around the theme of incarceration. Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month. Try MUBI for 30 Days at MUBI.com/ReadingWomen. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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 CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 117 | Incarceration

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 Thanks to our sponsors! House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. Try MUBI for 30 Days at MUBI.com/ReadingWomen Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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. Website | Twitter | Facebook CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Meron Hadero

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss World of Wonders and The Way Through the Woods. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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 Instagram This episode is brought to you by the House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 116 | World of Wonders & The Way Through the Woods

In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Zakiya Dalila Harris about her novel, The Other Black Girl, which out now from Atria Books. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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. Website | Twitter | Instagram Buy the Book This episode is brought to you by the House of CHANEL, creator of the iconic J12 sports watch. Always in motion, the J12 travels through time without ever losing its identity. CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview | Zakiya Dalila Harris

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! Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month. Try MUBI for 30 Days at MUBI.com/ReadingWomen. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Things MentionedInterview 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 CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 115 | Nature Writing

In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Pik-Shuen Fung about her book, Ghost Forest, which out now from One World. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books MentionedGhost 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 AuthorPik-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. Website | Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Interview with Pik-Shuen Fung

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss The Parisian and Against the Loveless World. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Follow along over on Instagram, join the discussion in our Goodreads group, and be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! 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 CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Ep. 114 | The Parisian & Against the Loveless World

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