Autumn and Kendra talk with Kalisha Buckhanon about her new novel Speaking of Summer, which is out now from Counterpoint.
Read moreEp. 75 | Cross-Cultural Dualities
For October’s theme, Kendra, Sumaiyya, and new Reading Women contributor Bezi discuss books that features characters experiencing cultural dualities.
Read moreInterview | Carolina De Robertis
Autumn and Kendra talk with Carolina De Robertis about her new novel Cantoris, which is out now from Knopf.
Read moreMeet the Team | RuthAnn Deveney
RuthAnn works in learning and development in the finance industry, and she’s always reading multiple books at once. She loves nonfiction, especially about science and social justice, as well as literary fiction. RuthAnn lives outside Philadelphia in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, with her husband and their Westie, Ted. She loves living in a small town, especially enjoying the great craft beer scene and volunteering at the local library.
Read moreEp. 74 | An American Sunrise and Growing Up Aboriginal in Australia
To close out our month on Indigenous women writers from around the world, Kendra and Jaclyn chat about this month’s discussion picks.
Read moreMeet the Team | Joce
Joce is a Booktuber on her channel squibblesreads (on a hiatus, but will be back soon!), and a co-blogger at The Quiet Pond. She is an advocate for diversity and representation in books. Lately, she's been hanging out with her beautiful 5 month old daughter and loving motherhood. Her hobbies include calligraphy, running, weightlifting, and makeup. If she's not at Disneyland, she's probably destroying the patriarchy or taking a nap.
Read moreInterview | Kira Jane Buxton
Autumn and Kendra talk with Kira Jane Buxton about her debut novel Hollow Kingdom, which is out now from Grand Central Publishing.
Read moreEp. 73 | Indigenous Women Writers from Around the World
For September’s theme, Kendra, Jaclyn, and special guest Mallory Whiteduck discuss books by Indigenous women from around the world.
Read moreMeet the Team | Bezi Yohannes
Bezi is a graduate student at Georgetown University, where she’s finishing her second degree in English Literature. After pursuing her love for fantasy fiction and studying medieval legends, she decided to focus on the ways that black female protagonists in mainstream fantasy intervened in Eurocentric genre tropes. When she’s not reading for her thesis, she’s watching natural hair Youtube tutorials or spending too much money at Target. She currently lives in northern Virginia outside of Washington, D.C., and she aspires to work in publishing in New York.
Read moreInterview | Tina Kover, Translator
Autumn and Kendra talk with Tina Kover, the translator of Disoriental by Négar Djavadi.
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