To close out Caribbean Heritage Month, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Lucy by Jamaica Kincaid and The Confessions of Frannie Langton by Sara Collins.
Read moreInterview | Marie Mutsuki Mockett
Kendra talks to Marie Mutsuki Mockett about her book American Harvest: God, Country, and Farming in the Heartland, which is out now from Graywolf.
Read moreQ&A | Tara June Winch
Tara June Winch is the Wiradjuri author of Swallow the Air and After the Carnage, and her latest release The Yield is due to be released in the US on 2 June 2020 (following its 2019 release in Australia). It has achieved successes in prestigious literary prizes including being shortlisted for the 2020 Stella Prize, winning Book of the Year, the Christina Stead Prize for Fiction and People’s Choice Award at the 2020 New South Wales Premier’s Literary Awards, and it is currently longlisted for the 2020 Miles Franklin Literary Award.
Our co-host Jaclyn loved this book and is overjoyed that many more international readers will now be able to read this one too. The novel is told in three voices and timelines—in a dictionary being compiled by Poppy Gondiwindi, in the letters of a German Lutheran missionary, and the protagonist, August Gondiwindi, in the contemporary timeline.
Read moreEp. 89 | Caribbean Heritage Month
For June’s theme, Kendra, Jaclyn, and special guest Laura discuss books for Caribbean Heritage Month!
Read moreInterview | C Pam Zhang
Kendra talks to C Pam Zhang about her debut novel How Much of These Hills Is Gold, which is out now from Riverhead.
Read moreEp. 88 | The Woman Warrior and Minor Feelings
To close out our month on Marriage Stories, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib and Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali.
Read moreInterview | Roshani Chokshi
Kendra talks to Roshani Chokshi about her latest novel Aru Shah and the Tree of Wishes, the third book in her Pandava series, which is out now from Rick Riordan Presents.
Read moreEp. 87 | Nonfiction Books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
For May’s theme, Kendra, Sachi, and RuthAnn discuss nonfiction books for Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month!
Read moreEp. 86.5 | Rust Belt Women with Raechel Anne Jolie and Eliese Colette Goldbach
In a special edition of Reading Women, we’re featuring women from Cleveland! Kendra talks to authors Raechel Anne Jolie and Eliese Colette Goldbach about their memoir, and Sachi shares her experience growing up in the greater Cleveland area.
Read moreEp. 86 | A Pure Heart and Love from A to Z
To close out our month on Marriage Stories, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss A Pure Heart by Rajia Hassib and Love from A to Z by S.K. Ali.
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