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Ep. 66.5 | Celebrate with Reading Wo(Men)! May 29, 2019

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Autumn and Kendra announce Reading Women Month and chat with Samuel Winchester and Josh Privett about what it’s been like working on the podcast these past three years. Find the full version of the show notes for this episode over on our website.

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Things MentionedReading Women Month 2019!Joce @ squibblesreads on YouTube

Books MentionedSeabiscuit by Laura Hillenbrand Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston Salvage the Bones by Jesmyn Ward Wise Blood by Flannery O’Connor

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Interview with Angie Kim May 22, 2019

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Autumn and Kendra talk with Angie Kim about her new book Miracle Creek, which is out now from Sarah Crichton Books. Find the full show notes for this episode over on our website.

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Books MentionedMiracle Creek by Angie Kim

Angie RecommendsMystic River by Dennis Lehane A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Olive Kitteridge by Elizabeth Strout The Sweet Hereafter by Russell Banks In the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’Brien Everything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee The Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips

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Ep. 66 | The Mango Bride and The Astonishing Color of After May 15, 2019

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For our month for Asian Pacific Islander Month, Kendra, Sachi, and special guest Fran discuss The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan and The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven. Find the full show notes for this episode over on our website.

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Things MentionedGina Apostol’s Goodreads Author PageBooks MentionedThe Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven

The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

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Interview with Emily Bell, Editor of Lucia Berlin's A Manual for Cleaning Women May 08, 2019

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Autumn and Kendra talk with Emily Bell, the editor of Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women, which is out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Books Mentioned

A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin

Evening in Paradise by Lucia Berlin

Welcome Home by Lucia Berlin

Emily RecommendsThe Mars Room by Rachel Kushner

Florida by Lauren Groff

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Ep. 65 | Readings for Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month May 01, 2019

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For May, Sachi, Kendra, and special guest Fran, discuss books for Asian pacific Islander Heritage Month!

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Things MentionedThe Stella Prize The Pulitzer Prize Jaclyn’s BookTube Channel

Books Mentioned

Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene Goo Girl in Translation by Jean Kwok Insurrecto by Gina Apostol The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven I Was Their American Dream by Malaka Gharib The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan

Currently ReadingDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine Thien Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll

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Interview with Tressie McMillan Cottom Apr 24, 2019

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Autumn and Kendra talk with Tressie McMillan Cottom about her new book Thick: And Other Essays, which is out now from The New Press. You can find a full version of the show notes for this episode on our website.

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Books MentionedThick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom

Author Bio

Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom is digital sociologist, professor, writer and columnist. She has spoken across the nation and the world on technology, higher education, race, gender, class, and social inequality. Audiences and readers connect with her ability to make complex ideas relatable. Her latest book, Thick, draws on ten years of writing for the public on many of our society’s most pressing fault lines. It joins her other books, including the acclaimed Lower Ed, in a genre-busting academic career that spans public policy to cultural critique. She lives in Richmond, Virginia where she is a professor.

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Ep. 64 | The Moor's Account and A Very Large Expanse of Sea Apr 17, 2019

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For our month on Ramadan Reading, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami and A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi.

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Books Mentioned

The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami

A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi

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Interview with Anissa Gray Apr 10, 2019

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Autumn and Kendra talk with Anissa Gray about her debut novel The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, which is out now from Berkley Publishing.

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Books MentionedThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray

Anissa RecommendsThe Bluest Eye by Toni Morrison On Beauty by Zadie Smith Written on the Body by Jeanette Winterson

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Ep. 63 | Ramadan Reading! Apr 03, 2019

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For April, Sumaiyya and Kendra, with special guest Amena Ravat, talk about Muslim women writers for our theme Ramadan Reading! Find the full version of this episode's show notes over on our website.

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Things MentionedTerese Marie Mailhot Wins Whiting Award National Book Critics Circle Award

Books MentionedIt’s Not About the Burqa edited by Mariam Khan The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi All That I Want To Forget by Bothayna Al-Essa The Runaways by Fatima Bhutto A Woman Is No Man by Etaf Rum Black Is the Body by Emily Bernard

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Interview with Hollie Fraser and Rosy Kehdi of Books on the Subway Mar 27, 2019

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Today Kendra and Autumn chat with Hollie Fraser and Rosy Kehdi, the founders of Books on the Subway and hosts of the podcast Ride. Read. Discuss. Over on their podcast, Hollie and Rosy interview Kendra and Autumn about the founding of Reading Women and how things run behind the scenes. Be sure to check it out!

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