Reading Women

We talk with Rebecca Traister about her latest book Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger. Rebecca Traister’s book All the Single Ladies won the 2016 Reading Women Award for nonfiction. Find the full version of the show notes for this episode on our website. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned Good and Mad: The Revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger by Rebecca TraisterRebecca Recommends Eloquent Rage: A Black feminist Discovers Her Superpower by Brittney Cooper Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger by Soraya Chemaly An American Marriage by Tayari Jones Author Bio REBECCA TRAISTER is writer at large for New York magazine and a contributing editor at Elle. A National Magazine Award finalist, she has written about women in politics, media, and entertainment from a feminist perspective for The New Republic and Salon and has also contributed to The Nation, The New York Observer, The New York Times, The Washington Post, Vogue, Glamour and Marie Claire. She is the author of All the Single Ladies and the award-winning Big Girls Don’t Cry. She lives in New York with her family. Website | Twitter | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are happy to announce the fiction and nonfiction winners of the 2018 Reading Women Award! You can find more info about the Reading Women Award here. You can find a full version of our show notes over on our website. Welcome to Our New Contributors! Jaclyn Masters | Youtube | Instagram (@sixminutesforme) Sachi Argabright | Instagram (@SachiReads) Sumaiyya Naseem | Blog | Instagram (@sumaiyya.books) A special thanks to Libro.fm for sponsoring this episode of Reading Women! Listeners of Reading Women can get a 3-month audiobook membership for the price of one month. Go to Libro.fm and enter "RW." With each listen, take pride in knowing that you’re supporting local bookstores. And be sure to check out Libro.fm’s Reading Women Award Playlist! Past Winners 2016 Shelter by Jung Yun (Interview with Jung Yun) All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister 2017 Pachinko by Min Jin Lee (Interview with Min Jin Lee) Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay Winners! Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Random House) All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva (Spiegel & Grau) Interview with Anjali Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are happy to announce our nonfiction shortlist for the 2018 Reading Women Award! The winners of both the fiction and nonfiction categories will be announced December 5th. You can find more info about the Reading Women Award here. Find the full version of the show notes for this episode over on out website. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. New RW Announcements The 2019 Reading Women Challenge! New Enamel Pins Use code AWARD2018 to receive 15% our book blind dates in the Reading Women Store. Fiction Shortlist Nonfiction Shortlist All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir by Nicole Chung (Catapult) Q&A with Nicole I Am, I Am, I Am: Seventeen Brushes with Death by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf) Interview with Maggie Heart Berries: A Memoir by Terese Marie Mailhot (Counterpoint) Educated: A Memoir by Tara Westover (Random House) Old in Art School: A Memoir of Starting Over by Nell Irvin Painter (Counterpoint) Monsoon Mansion: A Memoir by Cinelle Barnes (Little A) Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Natalia Sylvester, author of the Everyone Knows You Go, which is out now from Little A! Find the full version of this episode's show notes over on our website. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia SylvesterNatalia Recommends I’m Not Missing by Carrie Fountain The Caregiver by Samuel Park Exclusively Yours by Nadine Gonzalez Everyday People: The Color of Life—A Short Story Anthology edited by Jennifer Baker Author Bio Born in Lima, Peru, Natalia Sylvester came to the US at age four and grew up in Florida and the Rio Grande Valley in Texas. She earned her BA in creative writing from the University of Miami, is a faculty member of the low-residency MFA program at Regis University, and works as a freelance writer in Austin. Her work has appeared in Bustle, Catapult, Electric Literature, Latina magazine, and the Austin American-Statesman. Natalia’s first novel, Chasing the Sun, was named the Best Debut Book of 2014 by Latinidad. Her latest novel, Everyone Knows You Go Home, won an International Latino Book Award and has been named one of the Best Books of 2018 by Real Simple magazine. Website | Twitter | Instagram | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We are happy to announce our fiction shortlist for the 2018 Reading Women Award! The nonfiction shortlist will be announced November 21st, and the winners will be announced December 4th. You can find more info about the Reading Women Award here. Use code AWARD2018 to receive 15% our book blind dates in the Reading Women Store. You can find full version of this episode's show notes on our website. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Fiction Shortlist A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza (SJP for Hogarth) If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim (William Morrow) Interview with Crystal Everyone Knows You Go Home by Natalia Sylvester (Little A) Interview with Natalia Terra Nullius by Claire G. Coleman (Small Beer Press) Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras (Doubleday) Interview with Ingrid All the Names They Used for God by Anjali Sachdeva (Spiegel & Grau) Interview with Anjali CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We’ve teamed up with Lauren and Alicia from the Deviant Women podcast to bring you a very special Halloween episode all about the queen of horror: Shirley Jackson. Lauren and Alicia tell us a little bit about Jackson’s background, we discuss Jackson’s short story “The Lottery,” and we chat about the new The Haunting of Hill House on Netflix. Find the full show notes for this episode on our website! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned “The Lottery” by Shirley Jackson The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson We Have Always Stayed in the Castle by Shirley Jackson About We are Alicia and Lauren, the hosts of Deviant Women. Every fortnight we discuss a different ‘deviant’ woman from history, fiction, mythology and the contemporary world: those who aren’t afraid to break the rules, to subvert the system, to explore, to seek and to challenge the status quo. Website | Instagram | Twitter | Facebook | iTunes Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Leesa Cross-Smith, author of the Whiskey & Ribbons, which is out now from Hub City Press! You can find the full show notes to this episode over on our website. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned Whiskey and Ribbons by Leesa Cross-Smith Author Bio Leesa Cross-Smith is a homemaker and the author of Whiskey & Ribbons (Hub City Press, 2018), Every Kiss A War (Mojave River Press, 2014), and the forthcoming So We Can Glow (Grand Central Publishing, 2020) and This Close To Okay (Grand Central Publishing, 2021). Her debut novel Whiskey & Ribbons was longlisted for the 2018 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. Every Kiss A War was a finalist for both the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction (2012) and the Iowa Short Fiction Award (2012). Her work has appeared in Poets & Writers, Oxford American, Best Small Fictions, and many others. Find more @ LeesaCrossSmith.com. Website | Twitter | Instagram | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our month about memoirs, we discuss A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza and Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. Find the full show notes over on our website! A special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episode. We love these soft yet durable socks. Head to bombas.com/ReadingWomen and use the code READINGWOMEN to get 20% off your first order! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Jennifer P. and Stephanie W. 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! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Ingrid Rojas Contreras, author of the Fruit of the Drunken Tree, which is out now from Doubleday! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books Mentioned Fruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas Contreras Ingrid Recommends Vida and Veins of the Ocean by Patricia Engel (Check our discussion episode about Veins of the Ocean here.) The Incendiaries by R.O. Kwon A River of Stars by Vanessa Hua If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim (Check our Interview with Crystal Hana Kim here.) The Golden State by Lydia Kiesling All You Can Ever Know by Nicole Chung Author Bio Ingrid Rojas Contreras was born and raised in Bogotá, Colombia. Her essays and short stories have appeared in the Los Angeles Review of Books, Electric Literature, Guernica, and Huffington Post, among others. She has received fellowships and awards from The Missouri Review, Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, VONA, Hedgebrook, The Camargo Foundation, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, and the National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures. She is the book columnist for KQED Arts, the Bay Area's NPR affiliate.ram. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For October, we're talking about books around theme of Fractured Fairytales! A special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episode. We love these soft yet durable socks. Head to bombas.com/ReadingWomen and use the code READINGWOMEN to get 20% off your first order! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Jennifer P. and Stephanie W. 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! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk with Peng Shepherd, the author of The Book of M, which is out now from William Morrow! Books Mentioned The Book of M by Peng Shepherd Author Bio Prior to her earning her Creative Writing MFA from NYU on a full scholarship, Peng earned an MA in International Studies and Diplomacy from the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London. She worked for several years in the private security industry in both London and Washington DC, where she helped provide protective services to companies operating in hostile environments and war zones, even completing a short-term deployment to Iraq. This experience has given Peng a diverse perspective that she uses to highlight compelling, complex characters from around the globe—India, Iran, etc.—to create a dynamic cast. Website | Twitter | Instagram | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and furchild photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our month about memoirs, we discuss Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot and Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson. A special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episode. We love these soft yet durable socks. Head to bombas.com/ReadingWomen and use the code READINGWOMEN to get 20% off your first order! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Jennifer P. and Stephanie W. 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 “These Writers Are Launching A New Wave Of Native American Literature” (Buzzfeed News) Interview with Terese Marie Mailhot on The Daily Show Books Mentioned Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot There There by Tommy Orange Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal? by Jeanette Winterson Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

One of our favorite Reading Women specials is here—our most anticipated new releases! In this episode, we talk with Elizabeth Khuri Chandler, the co-founder of Goodreads, about some of the most popular upcoming fall reads. Books Mentioned August 14th Severance by Ling Ma (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) September 4th Sadie by Courtney Summers (Wednesday Books) Small Fry by Lisa Brennan-Jobs (Grove Press) September 11th The Personality Brokers: The Strange History of Myers-Briggs and the Birth of Personality Testing by Merve Emre (Doubleday) September 18th Washington Black by Esi Edugyan (Knopf) September 25th Transcription by Kate Atkinson (Little, Brown) October 9th The Witch Elm by Tana French (Viking) October 16th Unsheltered by Barbara Kingsolver (Harper) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Another month means another theme! For September, we're reading memoirs. A special thanks goes to Bombas socks for sponsoring this episode. We love these soft yet durable socks. Head to bombas.com/ReadingWomen and use the code READINGWOMEN to get 20% off your first order! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Jennifer P. and Stephanie W. 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! Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our bonus episode this month, we talk with Jean, the host of That's Ancient History, the podcast for all things classical, old and new. As a classics scholar and avid literature lover, Jean shares some of her perspective on the universality and relevance of classic Greek stories to today's literature and wider culture. Be sure to check over on That's Ancient History's podcast feed for part 2 of our collaboration! (Out September 3rd, 2018) Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Angie, E., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. 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 Jean's Guide to Classical Myth Retellings Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

You, our dear listeners, have followed along as we've interviewed authors from a wide range of backgrounds who've written different stories set all around the globe. But recently we realized we'd never talked about a book featuring our own home region—Appalachia. In this interview, we chat with Elizabeth Catte, the author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, and discuss the history of the region, Appalachia's role in contemporary U.S. politics, and the influence of J.D. Vance's Hillbilly Elegy. We hope you learn as much as did and encourage everyone to go out and get copy of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia for yourselves! We are having a special deal in our Etsy store! Use the code promo code NOBELWOMEN for 15% off a book blind date or a Reading Women tote! We're having a meet up at the AJC Decatur Book Festival! Sign up for updates about times and locations here and check out the official website for the festival here. (Note: our meet up is not an official festival event.) Books Mentioned What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte Author Bio Elizabeth Catte is a public historian and writer based in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. She is the author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia and a co-editor of the recent collection 55 Strong: Inside the West Virginia Teachers' Strike. She is the co-owner of Passel Historical Consultants and is also an editor at large for West Virginia University Press. Website | Twitter | Instagram | Buy the Book CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss The Good Earth by Pearl S. Buck and Beloved by Toni Morrison. We are having a special deal in our Etsy store! Use the code promo code NOBELWOMEN for 15% off a book blind date or a Reading Women tote! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with Crystal Hana Kim about her debut novel If You Leave Me, which is out now from William Morrow! We are having a special deal in our Etsy store! Use the code promo code NOBELWOMEN for 15% off a book blind date or a Reading Women tote! We're having a meet up at the AJC Decatur Book Festival! Sign up for updates about times and locations here and check out the official website for the festival here. (Note: our meet up is not an official festival event.) Books Mentioned If You Leave Me by Crystal Hana Kim Author Bio Crystal Hana Kim holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and an MS in Education from Hunter College. She has received numerous awards, including PEN America’s Story Prize for Emerging Writers, along with fellowships and support from the Bread Loaf’s Writers Conference and the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. She is currently a writing instructor for Leadership Enterprise for a Diverse America and a contributing editor at Apogee Journal. Born and raised in New York, she currently lives in Brooklyn. This is her first novel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

August is all about women who have won the Nobel Prize in Literature! We may have had only 14 authors to choose from (thank you, patriarchy), but we are thrilled to promote these amazing women writers. We also have another special guest on the show who recommends two of her favorite Nobel winners. Books Mentioned Dear Life by Alice MunroThe Good Earth by Pearl S. BuckBeloved by Toni MorrisonSelected Poems of Gabriela Mistral by Gabriela Mistral, Langston Hughes (Translator) Guest Picks Zinky Boys: Soviet Voices from the Afghanistan War by Svetlana Alexievich, Julia Whitby (Translator), Robin Whitby (Translator)Poems New and Collected by Wisława Szymborska, Clare Cavanagh (Translator) Currently Reading The Incendiaries by R.O. KwonFruit of the Drunken Tree by Ingrid Rojas ContrerasThe Cost of Living: A Working Autobiography by Deborah Levy About Our Guest Jennifer Helinek is a book reviewer and shower opera singer who works in New York. She also runs a BookTube channel, Insert Literary Pun Here, where she raves (and occasionally rants) about all things books. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss My Life in France by Julia Child and Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee. Visit our store! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Carley T., Deborah W., and Stephanie W. 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 My Life in France by Julia ChildFree Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with Lucy Tan about her debut novel What We Were Promised, which is out now from Little, Brown! Books Mentioned What We Were Promised by Lucy Tan Author Bio Lucy Tan grew up in New Jersey and has spent much of her adult life in New York and Shanghai. She received her B.A. from New York University and her M.F.A. from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, where she was awarded the 2016 August Derleth Prize. Her fiction has been published in journals such as Asia Literary Review and Ploughshares, where she was winner of the 2015 Emerging Writer's Contest. This is her first novel. Website | Twitter | Instagram | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

All July, we're talking about books all about food! Grab a snack, sit down, and have a listen! Things Mentioned 2018 Newbery Medal: Hello, Universe, written by Erin Entrada Kelly, published by Greenwillow Books, an imprint of HarperCollins PublishersKamila Shamsie Wins Women's Prize for Fiction for her novel Home FireGolden Man Booker AwardWomen Writers Series, Curated by Kamila Shamsie and Penelope Livley Books Mentioned Soy Sauce for Beginners by Kirstin Chen (Amazon Publishing/New Harvest)Crazy Salad and Scribble Scribble by Nora Ephron (Vintage)My Life in France by Julia Child (Knopf)Free Food for Millionaires by Min Jin Lee (Warner/Hachette) Guest Picks Eat Up: Food, Appetite and Eating What You Want by Ruby Tandoh (Serpent's Tail)Big Bones by Laura Dockrill (Hot Key Books) Currently Reading Florida by Lauren Groff (Riverhead)Visible Empire by Hannah Pittard (HMH) About Our Guest Lauren and the Books | Lauren runs a BookTube channel where she shares her favourites reads as well as making videos with a focus on cruelty free beauty, feminism and plus size fashion. She lives in Kent, in the UK, with her boyfriend David and their cat-daughter Minnie. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today we chat with Alice Bolin about her essay collection Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession. Books Mentioned Dead Girls: Essays on Surviving an American Obsession Author Bio Alice Bolin's nonfiction has appeared in many publications including ELLE, the Awl, theLA Review of Books, Salon, VICE's Broadly, The Paris Review Daily, and The New Yorker's Page-Turner blog. She is an assistant professor of creative nonfiction at the University of Memphis. For more from the author please visit www.alicebolin.com or @alicebolin on Twitter. Website| Twitter |Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We discuss Educated by Tara Westover and The Idiot by Elif Batuman. AND we reveal next month's theme! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Carley T., Deborah W., and Stephanie W. 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 Educated by Tara Westover, Narrated by Julia WhelanThe Idiot by Elif Batuman, Narrated by the Author CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We were thrilled to chat with Gail Honeyman, author of Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine. Gail shares a little about the origin of the memorable title character and what it's been like publishing her debut novel. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Carley T., Deborah W., and Stephanie W. 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 Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Author Bio Gail Honeyman is a graduate of the universities of Glasgow and Oxford. Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine won the Costa First Novel Award and was short-listed for the Lucy Cavendish College Fiction Prize. This is Honeyman’s debut novel and she lives in Glasgow, Scotland. U.S. Tour Cities Wellesley, MAMilwaukee, WIWinnetka, ILWichita, KSAustin, TXHouston, TXManhattan Beach, CASan Diego, CAOrinda, CAHealdsburg, CAPleasanton, CA Twitter | Buy the Book CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

June is audiobook month, and here at Reading Women we're celebrating by featuring some of our favorite listens. AND we're premiering a brand new segment on the podcast! Things Mentioned Olga Tokarczuk and Translator Jennifer Croft Win the Man Booker International Prize for the novel FlightsDon't forget to check out Reading Women Month! Books Mentioned Back Talkby Danielle Lazarin, Narrated by Reba BuhrThe Book of Unknown Americansby Cristina Henriquez, Narrated by VariousEducated by Tara Westover, Narrated by Julia WhelanThe Idiotby Elif Batuman, Narrated by the Author Guest Picks American Fireby Monica Hesse, Narrated by Tanya EbyA Year of Living Danishlyby Helen Russel, Narrated by Lucy Price-Lewis Currently Reading Mr. Flood’s Last Resortby Jess KiddBelly Upby Rita Bullwinkel About Our Guest Jaclyn Masters is an Australian lawyer who recently relocated to Texas. She reviews books on her blog and YouTube channel, Six Minutes for Me. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On June 1st, 2016, we published our first episode of Reading Women. Little did we know that two years later we would have reached our 70th episode, including author interviews and bonus content featuring everything from new releases to book recommendations. #ReadingWomenMonth Like last year, we're holding a month-long birthday celebration all about books by or about women! Join in by participating in our photo-a-day challenge, entering giveaways, and reading amazing women writers. AND for the first time, we're holding a Reading Women Readathon over on BookTube! To learn more about how you can celebrate with us through the month of June, check out the Reading Women Month page. Learn More Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., Deborah W., and Stephanie W. 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! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We have a chat with Meaghan O'Connell about her new memoir And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready. Meaghan discusses the romanticized expectations surrounding birth and early motherhood, the process of she coming to terms with the reality of her own birth experience, and how her feminism interacts with her new life as a mom. And Now We Have Everything is out now from Little, Brown! Buy a copy using the link below or wherever books are sold! Books Mentioned And Now We Have Everything: On Motherhood Before I Was Ready by Meaghan O'Connell Author Bio Meaghan O'Connell's writing has appeared in New YorkMagazine, Longreads, and The Billfold, where she was an editor. She lives in Portland, OR, with her husband and young son. Website| Twitter | Buy the Book CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We talk about our discussion books for May, The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser and A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle, AND we share a special announcement about next month's plans! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. 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 Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser (Catapult) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Square Fish) CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We chat with Chibundu Onuzo about her novel Welcome to Lagos, which is out now from Catapult. Books Mentioned Welcome to Lagos by Chibundu Onuzo The Spider King's Daughter by Chibundu Onuzo Everything Good Will Come by Sefi Atta The Woman Next Door by Yewande Omotoso Longthroat Memoirs: Soup, Sex, and Nigerian Taste Buds by Yemisi Aribisala Author Bio Chibundu Onuzo was born in 1991 in Lagos, Nigeria. She studied history at King's College London and is currently pursuing a Ph.D. in history at the same institution. Her short stories have been commissioned by BBC Radio, and she writes for The Guardian, with a special interest in Nigeria. Instagram | Twitter | Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In May, we're going places! All our book selections this month revolve around the theme "going places." Have a listen and check out our book recs, just in time for summer travels! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. 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 Rainbirds by Clarissa Goenawan (Soho Press) A Tale for a Time Being by Ruth Ozeki (Viking) The Hazel Wood by Melissa Albert (Flatiron Books) Last Night in Montreal by Emily St. John Mandel (Unbridled Books) The Life to Come by Michelle de Kretser (Catapult) A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (Square Fish) Currently Reading MEM by Bethany C. Morrow (Unnamed Press) Built: The Hidden Stories Behind Our Structures by Roma Agrawal (Bloomsbury) CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

When we started podcasting, everyone and her mother's brother asked if we listened to Anne Bogel's podcast What Should I Read Next? And rightly so. She has a great podcast where she talks with guests about some of their favorite books and recommends titles she thinks they'll love. We couldn't be more thrilled to chat with Anne about her blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy, her podcast, and her latest book, Reading People. And be sure to be on the look out for our episode on What Should I Read Next?, which will go live on May 1st. Books Mentioned Reading People: How Seeing the World Through the Lens of Personality Changes Everythingby Anne Bogel (Baker Books)The Storied Life of A.J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin(Algonquin)Rules of Civilityby Amor Towles(Viking) OUR SPONSOR This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders! In honor of Insiders’ first anniversary, Book Riot is running a special promotion from April 15-30. Get a two-week free trial of Insiders Novel Monthly or Annual! There’s no special code required, just sign up for Novel Monthly or Annual to start your trial. Head over to the Insiders' website for more info! About AnneSince founding her blog, Modern Mrs. Darcy, six years ago, Anne has emerged as a talented writer, a skilled community builder, and a trusted tastemaker. She has a knack for getting the right books into the hands of the right readers, which makes her opinions sought-after by authors, publishers, and media outlets. She lives in Louisville, Kentucky with her family. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We end our month featuring poetry by discussing Whereas by Layli Long Soldier and Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai. Listener Survey | We're now on Spotify! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. 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 Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Harper)Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (Graywolf Press) Our Sponsor This episode is sponsored by Book Riot Insiders! In honor of Insiders’ first anniversary, Book Riot is running a special promotion from April 15-30. Get a two-week free trial of Insiders Novel Monthly or Annual! There’s no special code required, just sign up for Novel Monthly or Annual to start your trial. Head over to the Insiders' website for more info! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected] SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here in the U.S., it's National Poetry Month! In honor of the occasion, we're featuring amazing women poets all month long. Have a listen and check out our six selections, including our two discussion book that will be featured in our next episode! News Women's Prize for Fiction Announces Its 2018 LonglistStella Prize Announces Its 2018 ShortlistCheck out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Jennifer P., Carley T., and Stephanie W. 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 Featured Inside Out and Back Again by Thanhha Lai (Harper)Native Guard by Natasha Trethewey (Mariner Books)Falling Awake by Alice Oswald (W.W. Norton)Whereas by Layli Long Soldier (Graywolf Press)Cape Verdean Blues by Shauna Barbosa (University of Pittsburgh Press)Where Clouds Are Formed by Ofelia Zepeda (University of Arizona Press) Currently Reading Children of Blood and Bone by Tomy Adeyemi (Henry Holt BYR)Though I Get Home by Y.Z. Chin (Feminist Press) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Anjali Sachdeva about her debut short story collection All the Names They Used for God. Author Bio Anjali Sachdeva is a graduate of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and has taught writing at the University of Iowa, Augustana College, Carnegie Mellon University, and the University of Pittsburgh. She also worked for six years at the Creative Nonfiction Foundation, where she was Director of Educational Programs. She has hiked through the backcountry of Canada, Iceland, Kenya, and Mexico, and spent much of her childhood reading fantasy novels and waiting to be whisked away to an alternate universe. Instead, she lives in Pittsburgh, which is pretty wonderful as far as places in this universe go. This is her first book. Website | Twitter Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This month, we're discussing Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, the first published African American poet, and Mary Wollstencraft Shelley's Frankenstein—which turns 200 this year! Listener Survey | We're now on Spotify! Books Mentioned Frankenstein by Mary Wollstencraft Shelley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Amy B., Carley T. and Stephanie W. 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! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

March is all about classic women! From ancient Greece to early 20th-century New Orleans, our book selections feature a wide range of classics written or translated by women. Listener Survey | We're now on Spotify! News PEN America Awards Angie Thomas Wins ALL the Things Women's Prize for Fiction Stella Prize to Announce Its Shortlist on International Women's Day Books Mentioned Featured The Odyssey by Homer, Translated by Emily Wilson The Awakening by Kate Chopin The Portable Nineteenth-Century African American Women Writers edited by Hollis Robbins and Henry Louis Gates, Jr. Frankenstein by Mary Wollstencraft Shelley Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte Currently Reading Circe (Little, Brown) by Madeline Miller Where the Line Bleeds (Scribner) by Jesmyn Ward Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Carley T. and Stephanie W. 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! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Mira T. Lee, the author of Everything Here is Beautiful, about her debut novel, her road publication, and the importance of discussing the complexities of mental health. Author Bio Mira T. Lee's debut novel, EVERYTHING HERE IS BEAUTIFUL, was recently named a Top 10 Debut of Winter/Spring 2018 by the American Booksellers Association. Her short fiction has appeared in journals such as the Southern Review, the Gettysburg Review, the Missouri Review, Harvard Review, and TriQuarterly, and has twice received special mention for the Pushcart Prize. Mira is a graduate of Stanford University and lives in Cambridge, MA. Website | Facebook | Twitter Buy the Book Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our February discussion episode, we're talking about Kindred by Octavie E. Butler and Homegoing by Yaa Gyasi. Books Mentioned Kindred (Beacon Press) by Octavia E. Butler Homegoing (Knopf) by Yaa Gyasi Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Carley T. and Stephanie W. 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! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Maggie O'Farrell about her first work of nonfiction, her memoir I Am, I Am, I Am. O'Farrell talks about why she wanted to write a memoir after seven novels and about her own relationship with mortality, which inspired her to share the stories her seventeen brushes with death. Author Bio Maggie O'Farrell is the author of seven novels, After You'd Gone, My Lover's Lover, The Distance Between Us, which won a Somerset Maugham Award, The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, The Hand That First Half Mine, which won the 2010 Costa Novel Award, Instruction for a Heatwave, which was shortlisted for the 2013 Costa Novel Award, This Must Be the Place and I Am, I Am, I Am. She lives in Edinburgh. Buy the Book Website | Facebook Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Carley T. and Stephanie W. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For February, we're discussing black women authors in honor of black history month. Be sure to follow along over on Instagram and join the discussion in our Goodreads group! News National Book Award Announces International Prize Jacqueline Woodson announced as National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Helen Dunmore wins Costa book of the year for INSIDE THE WAVE, a poetry collection Listener Survey Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. A special thanks to our patrons Carley T. and Stephanie W. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews! Books Mentioned The Hate U Give (Balzer and Bray) by Angie Thomas Kindred (Beacon Press) by Octavia E. Butler Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race (Bloomsbury Circus) by Reni Eddo-Lodge Queen Sugar (Pamela Dorman Books) by Natalie Baszile Homegoing (Knopf) by Yaa Gyasi Behold the Dreamers (Random House) by Imbolo Mbue CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode is part of a podcast collaboration with Friendlier, a podcast for friends who love to talk. In our episode, we chat about the social aspects of reading and how social media has changed how we find books. In their episode, Friendlier co-hosts Sarah and Abby put their own spin on the topic of the social aspects of reading. Be sure to head over to their website and/or podcast feedand listen to their episode! Things Mentioned Book Twitter Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Celeste Ng Ethel Rohan Chloe Benjamin Roxane Gay Maureen Johnson Bookstagram @wellreadblackgirl @weneeddiversebooks @what.i.read @sumaiyya.books BookTube Books and Lala squibblesreads Jen Campbell About Friendlier Friendlier is like eavesdropping on a phone call between Sarah and Abby, long time friends—and now parents—who love to talk, read, and eat. Every episode we review books, share recipes, and explore a sometimes random/sometimes serious topic. Find us on iTunes, Stitcher, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Website | Instagram Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're back, bookish friends! With our first regular episode, we chat about some of our most anticipated releases of 2018. News New theme song—thank you Isaac and Sarah Greene. The Reading Women Challenge has started! We redesigned the Reading Women Store. The 24in48 readathon is January 27-28! Check out the details over on their website. Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Special thanks to Carley T. and Stephanie W. And be sure to subscribe to our newsletter for more new books and extra book reviews. Find a full version of this episode's show notes over on our website. Books Mentioned Feel Free by Zadie Smith (Penguin Press) Feb. 6th Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot (Counterpoint) Feb. 6th All the Names They Used for God: Stories by Anjali Sachdeva (Spiegal and Grau) Feb. 20th What Are We Doing Here? by Marilynne Robinson (FSG) Feb. 20th Awayland by Ramona Ausubel (Riverhead) March 6th The Gunners by Rebecca Kaufman (Counterpoint) March 20th Look Alive Out There by Sloane Crosley (MCD) April 3rd Legendary Ladies by Ann Shen (Chronicle Books) April 3rd Honorable Mentions The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (Little, Brown Book for Young Jan. 2nd The Immortalists by Chloe Benjamin (Putnam) Jan. 9th Winter by Ali Smith (Pantheon) Jan. 9th Fire Sermon by Jamie Quatro (Grove Press) Jan. 9th The Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata Massey (Soho Press) (Jan. 9th) Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward (Scribner) Jan. 16th Brass by Xhenet Aliu (Random House) Jan. 23rd An American Marriage by Tayari Jones (Algonquin) Feb. 6th I Am I Am I Am by Maggie O'Farrell (Knopf) Feb. 6th Force of Nature by Jane Harper (Flatiron) Feb. 6th Fresh Water by Akwaeke Emezi (Grove Press) Feb. 13th Dangerous Crossing by Ausma Zehanat Khan (Minotaur Books) Feb. 3th Happiness by Aminatta Forna (Atlantic) March 6th Girls Burn Brighter by Shobha Rao (Flantiron) March 6th Ask Me about My Uterus by Abby Norman (Nation Books) March 6th Parking Lot Attendant by Nafkote Tamirat (Henry Holt) March 13th The Female Persuasion by Meg Wolitzer (Riverhead) April 3rd Circe by Madeline Miller (Little, Brown) April 10th West by Carys Davies (Scribner) by April 24th Tin Man by Sarah Winman (Putnam) May 15th Florida by Lauren Groff (Riverhead) June 5th Sick by Porochista Khakpour (Harper Perennial) June 5th CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music “Reading Women” Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Chloe Benjamin about her latest novel, The Immortalists. They discuss the inspiration for The Immortalists, living life vs. merely surviving, and the nature of fate. Author Bio Chloe Benjamin is the author of the novel The Anatomy of Dreams, which received the Edna Ferber Fiction Book Award and was longlisted for the 2014 Center for Fiction First Novel Prize. A San Francisco native, Benjamin is a graduate of Vassar College and of the University of Wisconsin, where she received her MFA in fiction. Her fiction, poetry, and essays have been published in The Millions, PANK, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. She lives with her husband in Madison, Wisconsin and is twenty-eight years old. Buy the Book | Chloe's Website Twitter | Instagram ---------------------- Don't you just love our new theme music? Many thanks to our talented friends Isaac and Sarah Greene for composing and recording it for us. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! A special thanks to our patrons, Carley T. and Stephanie W. CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music "Reading Women" Composed and Recorded by Isaac and Sarah Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We finally announce the winners of the 2017 Reading Women Awards! News Introducing the 2018 Reading Women Challenge You can buy Reading Women Award seals in our new store! Books Mentioned Nonfiction Shortlist Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke that Changed My Life by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo Fiction Shortlist The Weight of Him (St. Martin's) by Ethel Rohan Stay with Me (Knopf) by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing) by Min Jin Lee The Strays (Twelve Books) by Emily Bitto The Lonely Hearts Hotel (Riverhead) by Heather O'Neill Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) by Jesmyn Ward Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Here's our first collab with another bookish podcast! We had a chat with Jenny Colvin from the Reading Envy podcast about some of our favorite books by or about women that we've read this year. Books Mentioned The Mothers by Brit Bennett (Riverhead) Black Wave by Michelle Tea (Feminist Press) Human Acts by Han Kang, Translated by Deborah Smith (Hogarth) Difficult Women by Roxane Gay (Grove Atlantic) Juventud by Vanessa Blakeslee (Curbside Splendor) Himself by Jess Kidd (Atria) A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin (FSG) Eve Out of Her Ruins by Ananda Devi, translated by Jeffrey Zuckerman (Deep Vellum) This Must Be the Place by Maggie O’Farrell (Knopf) About Many thanks to Jenny for collaborating with us on this episode! Jenny Colvin is the creator and host of the Reading Envy podcast, which you can find wherever you get your podcasts. Jenny is a librarian in Greenville, SC. Visit the Reading Envy website and follow Jenny on Twitter and Goodreads. CONTACT Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! Many thanks to Carley T. and Stephanie W. Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Nonfiction Shortlist! Books Mentioned Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay The Best We Could Do: An Illustrated Memoir by Thi Bui Tell Me Everything You Don't Remember: The Stroke that Changed My Life by Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Inferior: How Science Got Women Wrong—and the New Research That's Rewriting the Story by Angela Saini The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Reading with Patrick: A Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship by Michelle Kuo Interviews Interview with Christine Hyung-Oak Lee Literary Emporium Many thanks to Literary Emporium so sponsoring this episode. You can find more info about Literary Emporium's bookish clothing and accessories on their website. Be sure to use the code READINGWOMEN15 for 15% off your entire purchase. Follow Literary Emporium Twitter | Facebook | Instagram Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra chat with Jen Campbell about her short story collection The Beginning of the World in the Middle of the Night (Two Roads), her love of fairy tales, and how fact can often be stranger than fiction. Buy the Book | Jen's Website You can find the full version of the show notes on our website. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's here! In this episode, we announce the 2017 Reading Women Award Fiction Shortlist! The nonfiction shortlist will be released on November 15th and the winners will be announced December 6th. Books Mentioned The Weight of Him (St. Martin's) by Ethel Rohan Stay with Me (Knopf) by Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Pachinko (Grand Central Publishing) by Min Jin Lee The Strays (Twelve Books) by Emily Bitto The Lonely Hearts Hotel (Riverhead) by Heather O'Neill Sing, Unburied, Sing (Scribner) by Jesmyn Ward Interviews and Q&A's Ethel Rohan Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀ Min Jin Lee Emily Bitto Heather O'Neill Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! Special thanks to Carley T. and Stephanie W. CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra interview Margaret Wilkerson Sexton about her debut novel A Kind of Freedom, which was longlisted for the National Book Award. You can find Margaret on Twitter, Facebook, or on her website. Be sure to subscribe to our newsletter to be sure you don’t miss the latest news, reviews, and fur child photos. Support us on Patreon and get insider goodies! CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us [email protected]. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | YouTube | Website Music “Stickybee” by Josh Woodard Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices