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    Reading Women

    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 interviews with women writers whose work we’ve loved.

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    Ep. 115 | Nature Writing Aug 04, 2021
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    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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    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
    • 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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    Interview with Pik-Shuen Fung Jul 28, 2021
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    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 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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    Ep. 114 | The Parisian & Against the Loveless World Jul 21, 2021
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    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


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    Interview with Tia Williams Jul 14, 2021
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    In this week’s episode, Joce talks with Tia Williams about her novel, Seven Days in June, which out now from Grand Central

    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

    • 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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    Ep. 113 | Reading Palestine Jul 07, 2021
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    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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    Interview with Daisy Hernández Jun 30, 2021
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    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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    Interview with Kristen Arnett Jun 23, 2021
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    In this week’s episode, Kendra talks with Kristen Arnett about her most recent novel, With Teeth, which out now from Riverhead.

    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!

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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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    Ep. 112 | Room for a Stranger & The Erratics Jun 16, 2021
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    In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Room for a Stranger and The Erratics.

    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!

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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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    Interview with Jenny Lawson Jun 09, 2021
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    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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    Ep. 111 | Golden Girls Jun 02, 2021
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    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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    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

    • 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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