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Ep. 101 | 2020 Reading Women Award Winners! Dec 09, 2020

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Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the winners of the 2020 Reading Women Award!

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Nonfiction Shortlist

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press)
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad (Catapult)
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women by Wayétu Moore (Graywolf Press)
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami (Pantheon)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (One World)
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (One World)

Fiction Shortlist

The Yield by Tara June Winch (Harper Via)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang (Riverhead)
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (University of Kentucky Press)
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (Grove Press)
Against the Loveless World by Susan Abulhawa (Atria Books)

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Interview with Meredith McCarroll Dec 06, 2020

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In this week’s episode, Kendra chats Meredith McCarroll, the author of Appalachian Reckoning, which is out now from West Virginia University Press.

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Introducing Little Stories Everywhere Dec 05, 2020

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While you wait for our next episode, we wanted to share Wondery’s newest podcast, Little Stories Everywhere, with you. Little Stories Everywhere is the perfect immersive experience to share by the fireplace with loved ones this holiday season.

Each week, hosts Virginia Madsen and Robbie Daymond will read a different children’s classic - some of the most magical stories ever told, now reimagined with enchanting sound design that is sure to captivate the whole family.

Listen now to a preview of "A Merry Christmas" by Louisa May Alcott from Little Stories Everywhere. While you’re listening, subscribe to Little Stories Everywhere on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen ad-free in the Wondery app, by going to http://wondery.fm/readingwomen_LSE.

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Interview with Leigh Bardugo Dec 02, 2020

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In this week’s episode, Kendra and Joce talk to Leigh Bardugo, the author of Ninth House, which is out now in paperback from Flatiron, and The Lives of Saints, which is out from Imprint.

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Lutz Get Down to Business

We are two cousins from opposite ends of the globe who have way too many opinions about figure skating! So we decided to record ourselves talking about anything and everything that has recently gone down in the skating world.

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Leigh Bardugo is the New York Times bestselling author of Ninth House and the creator of the Grishaverse (coming soon to Netflix) which spans the Shadow and Bone Trilogy, the Six of Crows Duology, The Language of Thorns, and the King of Scars duology. Her short stories can be found in multiple anthologies, including Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy. Leigh grew up in Southern California and graduated from Yale University. These days she lives and writes in Los Angeles.

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Ep. 100 | Reading Women Award | Fiction Shortlist Nov 25, 2020

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Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the 2020 Reading Women Award Fiction Shortlist!

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The Yield by Tara June Winch (Harper Via)
The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett (Riverhead)
How Much of These Hills Is Gold by C Pam Zhang (Riverhead)
Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle (University of Kentucky Press)
Girl, Woman, Other by Bernardine Evaristo (Grove Press)
Against the Lovelace World by Susan Abulhawa (Atria Books)

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Ep. 99 | Reading Women Award | Nonfiction Shortlist Nov 18, 2020

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Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the 2020 Reading Women Award Nonfiction Shortlist!

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Books Mentioned

In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf)
White Tears/Brown Scars: How White Feminism Betrays Women of Color by Ruby Hamad (Catapult)
The Dragons, the Giant, the Women by Wayétu Moore (Graywolf Press)
Conditional Citizens: On Belonging in America by Laila Lalami (Pantheon)
Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning by Cathy Park Hong (One World)
The Undocumented Americans by Karla Cornejo Villavicencio (One World)

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Interview with Raven Leilani Nov 15, 2020

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In the final episode of our series of interviews in partnership with the Miami Book Fair, Kendra talks to Raven Leilani, the author of Luster, which is out now from FSG. Sign up for the Miami Book Fair!

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Luster by Raven Leilani

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Author Bio

Raven Leilani's debut novel, Luster, is forthcoming from FSG August 2020. Her work has been published in Granta, McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Yale Review, Conjunctions, The Cut, and New England Review, among other publications. She completed her MFA at NYU. Represented by Ellen Levine @ Trident. You can reach her at @RavenLeilani

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Interview with Naima Coster Nov 11, 2020

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In the second installment of our series of interviews in partnership with the Miami Book Fair, Kendra talks to Naima Coster, the author of Halsey Street, which is out now from Little A. Sign up for the Miami Book Fair!

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Naima Coster is the author of two novels. Her debut, Halsey Street, was a finalist for the 2018 Kirkus Prize for Fiction and longlisted for the VCU Cabell First Novelist Award. It was recommended as a must-read by People, Essence, BitchMedia, Well-Read Black Girl, The Skimm, and the Brooklyn Public Library among others. Her forthcoming novel, What’s Mine and Yours, will be published in March 2021.

Naima’s stories and essays have appeared in the New York Times, the Rumpus, Aster(ix), Kweli, The Paris Review Daily, The Cut, The Sunday Times, and elsewhere. She is a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 Honoree for 2020.

Naima tweets as @zafatista and writes the newsletter, Bloom How You Must. She lives in Brooklyn with her family.

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Interview with K-Ming Chang Nov 04, 2020

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To kick off a series of interviews in partnership with the Miami Book Fair, Kendra talks to K-Ming Chang, the author of Bestiary, which is out now from One World. Sign up for the Miami Book Fair!

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Bestiary by K-Ming Chang

K-Ming Recommends

Ghost Forrest by Pik-Shuen Fung
The Black Cathedral by Marcial Gala, Translated by Anna Kiushner
Revenge of the Mooncake Vixen byMarilyn Chin
The White Book by Han King

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K-Ming Chang /張欣明 is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. She is the author of the debut novel BESTIARY (One World/Random House, 2020), which was longlisted for the Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Her micro-chapbook BONE HOUSE, a queer retelling of Wuthering Heights, is forthcoming from Bull City Press’ INCH series in 2021, and she is currently working on a collection of short stories.

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Interview with Angela Chen Oct 28, 2020

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Kendra talks to Angela Chen, the author of Ace: What Asexuality Reveals About Desire, Society, and the Meaning of Sex, which is out now from Beacon Press.

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