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In this week’s episode, Kendra, Sumaiyya, and special guest Afoma Umesi share books around April’s theme, Middle Grade Magic.Thanks to Our Sponsors!Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month.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 MentionedSalaam Reads / Simon & SchusterBooks Mentioned A Place at the Table by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan Ghost Squad by Claribel A. Ortega Once Upon an Eid edited by SK Ali and Aisha Saeed The Girl and the Ghost by Hanna Alkaf Afoma Recommends Red, White, and Whole by Rajani LaRocca A Place to Hang the Moon by Kate Albus Currently Reading Boy, Everywhere by A.M. Dassu Amina’s Song by Hena Khan About Our GuestAfoma Umesi is a writer, editor, and the founder of the kidlit website Reading Middle Grade where she blogs about children's literature.Twitter | WebsiteCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra talks with Hala Alyan the author of The Arsonists’ City, which is out now from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.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!Thanks so our sponsor!FSAstore.comThings MentionedQ&A with Hala Alyan about Salt HousesBooks Mentioned Salt Houses by Hala Alyan The Arsonists’ City by Hala Alyan Hala RecommendsThe Vanishing Half by Brit BennettAuthor BioHala Alyan is the author of the novel Salt Houses, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Arab American Book Award and a finalist for the Chautauqua Prize, as well as the forthcoming novel The Arsonists’ City, and four award-winning collections of poetry, most recently The Twenty-Ninth Year. Her work has been published by the New Yorker, the Academy of American Poets, Lit Hub, The New York Times Book Review, and Guernica. She lives in Brooklyn with her husband, where she works as a clinical psychologist.Website | Twitter | Instagram Buy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Jaclyn discuss Fairest and Detranstion, Baby.Thanks to Our Sponsors!FSAstore.comCheck 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!Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here.Things Mentioned Debutiful, Interview with Torrey Peters Books Are Magic Event with Torrey Peters Roxane Gay’s Audacity Newsletter Books Mentioned Fairest by Meredith Talusan Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra and Joce chat with Talia Hibbert, the author of Act Your Age, Eve Brown, which is out now from Avon.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!Many thanks to our sponsor, FSAstore.com!Books Mentioned Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert Patricia Recommends After Hours Attraction by Kianna Alexander The Jasmine Thrown by Tasha Suri Swordheart by T. Kingfisher Author BioUSA Today bestselling author Talia Hibbert is a Black British author who lives in a bedroom full of books. Supposedly, there is a world beyond that room, but she has yet to drum up enough interest to investigate. She writes sexy, diverse romance because she believes that people of marginalized identities need honest and positive representation. Her interests include beauty, junk food, and unnecessary sarcasm.Website | Twitter | InstagramBuy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra, Jaclyn, and our special guest Rosemary Ketchum talk about books written by trans women and femmes.Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to Acorn.tv and use the code ReadingWomen to get your first thirty days free! Go to audible.com/readingwomen for a 30-day trial 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 The Stella Prize Jaclyn’s Predictions Video Article on Shondaland Reach Out (Australian support services) Books Mentioned Fairest by Meredith Talusan Detransition, Baby by Torrey Peters Disintegrate/Dissociate by Ariel Twist Fierce Femmes and Notorious Liars by Kai Cheng Thom Rosemary RecommendsA Safe Girl to Love by Casey PlettCurrently Reading All the Birds in the Sky by Charlie Jane Anders The Subtweet by Vivek Shraya About Our GuestRosemary Ketchum is a member of the City Council of Wheeling, West Virginia representing Ward 3. Ketchum serves as the Chief Operations Officer of the holistic youth wellness coalition, Edible Mountain. She is also on the board of several organizations including the West Virginia Center on Budget and Policy. Ketchum has been a returning guest on MSNBC and has been profiled by several outlets including The Today Show, Time Magazine, CBS, and CNN for her work in community organizing and politics.Twitter | Instagram | WebsiteCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra chats with Patricia Engel, the author of Infinite Country, which is out now from Avid Reader Press.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!Thanks so our sponsors! Go to prose.com/readingwomen to get 15% off your first order! Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month. Books MentionedInfinite Country by Patricia EngelPatricia Recommends What’s Mine Is Yours by Naima Coster The President and the Frog by Carolina De Robertis Fiebre Tropical by Juliana Delgado Lopera Patricia Engel is the author of The Veins of the Ocean, winner of the Dayton Literary Peace Prize; It’s Not Love, It’s Just Paris, winner of the International Latino Book Award; and Vida, a finalist for the Pen/Hemingway and Young Lions Fiction Awards, New York Times Notable Book, and winner of Colombia’s national book award, the Premio Biblioteca de Narrativa Colombiana. She is a recipient of fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Her stories appear in The Best American Short Stories, The Best American Mystery Stories, The O. Henry Prize Stories, and elsewhere. Born to Colombian parents, Patricia teaches creative writing at the University of Miami.Website | Twitter Buy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra chats with Jenny Offill, the author of Weather, which is out now in paperback from Vintage.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 MentionedWeather by Jenny OffillJenny Recommends Picnic Grounds by Oz Shelach The Last Wolf by László Krasznahorkai Bluets by Maggie Nelson Jenny Offill is the author of the novels Last Things (a New York Times Notable Book of the Year and a finalist for the L.A. Times First Book Award); Dept. of Speculation, which was shortlisted for the Folio Prize, the Pen Faulkner Award and the International Dublin Award; and most recently Weather, an instant New York Times Bestseller. She lives in upstate New York and teaches at Syracuse University and in the low residency program at Queens University.Website Buy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Sachi discuss our two discussion books You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson and Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert. And our special guests Evelyn Bradley and Mérinda Dutton share books around the theme Black Joy.Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to Acorn.tv and use the code ReadingWomen to get your first thirty days free! Go to Literati.com/ReadingWomen to get 25% off of your first two orders! 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!Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here.Books Mentioned You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Evelyn RecommendsThere are More Beautiful Things Than Beyoncé by Morgan ParkerMérinda RecommendsHomeland Calling: Words from a New Generation of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voices. Homeland Calling edited by Ellen van NeervenAbout Our GuestsEvelyn Bradley lives in PEI, Canada with her wife, Vanessa. She is a diversity and inclusion consultant through her firm 'Bradley Consulting'. When not consulting, she spends a good amount of time plotting around her Queer cottagecore lifestyle; thinking up what bow tie to craft next; and cooking up well-plated meals with Vanessa. She is a spoken word poet and avid book lover. Follow her and her wife @gayfromAway on Instagram.MERINDA DUTTON is a proud Gumbaynggirr and Barkindji woman from the rural community of Grafton, NSW. Merinda developed a strong passion for law and social justice during her early teenage years. During her first year at UNSW, studying for a Bachelor of Jurisprudence/Bachelor of Laws double degree, Merinda was awarded the Landon-Smith Family Scholarship. The following year, she became a recipient of the Paul Doneley Memorial Scholarship, set up to support First Nations Australians undertaking law studies at the University. She undertook student internships at Allens, the Office of the Registrar of the Aboriginal Land Rights Act, and the Native Title Service Provider for Aboriginal Traditional Owners (NTSCORP) to supplement her scholarship income. Merinda graduated in 2013 and is an Acting Senior Solicitor at the Civil Law Service for Aboriginal Communities at Legal Aid NSW. Based in Lismore, she joined the organisation in 2014 and delivers advice and casework assistance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in remote and regional communities throughout NSW, as well as to First Nations women in custody. Merinda was named the Attorney-General Department’s 2019 National Indigenous Legal Professional of the Year at the National Indigenous Legal Conference in Darwin. She co-founded Blackfulla Book Club with Teela Reid in April 2020.Twitter | Instagram | Blackfulla Book ClubCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Kendra chats with Emma Copley Eisenberg, the author of The Third Rainbow Girl, which is out now from Hachette.Things Mentioned Black in Appalachia “Fact Checking Is the Core of Nonfiction Writing. Why Do So Many Publishers Refuse to Do It?” (Esquire) “The Tale of Queer Appalachia: A popular Instagram account raises funds for LGBTQ people in Appalachia. But does the money really go where it’s supposed to?” (Washington Post Magazine) “I was an AmeriCorps Member in West Virginia: The Benefits and Limitations of National Service” (TIME) Amanda Nelson's Review Books MentionedThe Third Rainbow Girl by Emma Copley EisenbergEmma Recommends Savage Appetites by Rachel Monroe The Tree and the Vine by Dola de Jong A Burning by Megha Majumdar Author BioEmma Copley Eisenberg’s fiction and nonfiction has appeared in McSweeney’s, The New York Times, Granta, The Virginia Quarterly Review, Tin House, Guernica, The New Republic, The Washington Post Magazine, Esquire and others. She is the author of The Third Rainbow Girl: The Long Life of a Double Murder in Appalachia, a New York Times Notable Book of 2020 and a novel and story collection forthcoming from Hogarth/Penguin Random House. She lives in Philadelphia, where she directs Blue Stoop, a hub for the literary arts.Website | Twitter | InstagramBuy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra, Sachi, and our special guest Cindy talk about books around the theme Black Joy.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!Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to Betterhelp/com/readingwomen to get 10% off your first month. Go to prose.com/readingwomen to get 15% off your first order! Go to http://talkspace.com and use the code READINGWOMEN for $100 off your first month. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here.Things Mentioned Well-Read Black Girl Roxane Gay’s Audacity Newsletter Decentered Lit Cafe con Libros Raven Reads Rebel Women Lit Blackfulla Book Club Black Magic Woman Storygraph Africa Access Dreaming in the Dark Pod Books Mentioned You Should See Me in a Crown by Leah Johnson Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert Grandma’s List by Portia Dery, Illustrated by Toby Newsom Sulwe by Lupita Nyong’o, Illustrated Vashti Harrison Cindy Recommends A Million Aunties by Alecia McKenzie Love in Color: Mythical Tales from Around the World, Retold by Bolu Babalola About Our GuestCindy Allman is a Caribbean Girl Reading the World. A Jamaican living in Trinidad & Tobago, she is a top Goodreads reviewer and hopes to use her platform to encourage you to Read, Read More, Read Widely and Read Caribbean. Follow her at www.bookofcinz.com or @bookofcinz on Twitter and Instagram.Twitter | Instagram | WebsiteCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra and Joce talk about their most anticipated books for the first half of 2021.Read the TranscriptCheck 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!A Special Thanks to Our Sponsors! Go to Acorn.tv and use the code ReadingWomen to get your first thirty days free! Go to audible.com/readingwomen for a 30-day trial Go to Betterhelp/com/readingwomen to get 10% off your first month. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here.Books Mentioned Bride of the Sea by Eman Quotah (Tin House, Jan. 21st) Kink: Stories edited by R.O. Kwon and Garth Greenwell (Simon & Schuster, Feb. 9th) The Memory Theater by Karin Tidbeck (Pantheon, Feb. 16th) Act Your Age, Eve Brown by Talia Hibbert (Avon, March 9th) I’m Waiting for You and Other Stories by Bo-Young Kim, Translated by Sophie Bowman (HarperVoyager, April 6th) Touring the Land of the Dead by Maki Kashimada, Translated by Harydn Trowell (Europa, April 6th) White Magic by Elissa Washuta (Tin House, April 27th) Ace of Spades by Faridah Àbíké-Íyímídé (Feiwel and Friends, June 1st) CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To kick off our 2021 season, Kendra chats with R.F. Kuang, the author of The Poppy War, The Dragon Republic, and The Burning God, which are all out now from HarperVoyager.Read the TranscriptThank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com.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!Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here.Books Mentioned The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang The Burning God by R.F. Kuang Rebecca Recommends Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clarke The Idiot by Elif Batuman Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIATwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Miki Saito with Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra and Joce chat with Lyssa Kay Adams, the author of Crazy Stupid Bromance, which is the most recent book in The Bromance Book Club series.Thanks so our sponsor!Acorn TV - Use code readingwomen at https://acorn.tv to receive your first 30 days free!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! Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store!Ideal Bookshelf by Jane MountCheck out the Reading Women Award 5th Anniversary Print from Ideal Bookshelf Mug 11oz and 15oz 10 Reading Women postcards Prints Lutz Get Down to BusinessWe 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.Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Other PlatformsInstagram | TwitterBooks Mentioned Crazy Stupid Bromance Undercover Bromance The Bromance Book Club Author BioLyssa Kay Adams read her first romance novel in eighth grade after swiping one from her grandmother’s book shelf and was hooked forever. After a nearly 20-year career as a journalist, her dreams of writing and publishing her own HEAs came true in 2015 with the release of her first novel, Seventh Inning Heat, followed by the RITA-nominated novella, Wild in Rio. Today, she writes full-time from her home in Michigan with a pesky, fluffy K9 assistant named Domino who spends most of his day snoring on her desk (that is, when he’s not burying things around the house).Website | Twitter | Instagram Buy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the winners of the 2020 Reading Women Award!Learn More about the 2021 Reading Women Challenge!Ideal Bookshelf by Jane Mount Mug 11oz and 15oz 10 Reading Women postcards Prints 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! Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store! Thank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com. Things Mentioned Find out more about the Reading Women Award! Nonfiction Shortlist Episode Fiction Shortlist Episode 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) CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this week’s episode, Kendra chats Meredith McCarroll, the author of Appalachian Reckoning, which is out now from West Virginia University Press. Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store! Thank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com. 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 Elizabeth Catte Interview with Leah Hampton Interview with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Black in Appalachia Appodlachia @ReadAppalachia on Instagram Books Mentioned Unwhite: Appalachia, Race, and Film by Meredith McCarroll Appalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll Meredith Recommends F*ckface and other Stories by Leah Hampton Even As We Breathe by Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle When These Mountains Burn by David Joy What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia by Elizabeth Catte CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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. Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store! Thank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com. 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!Lutz Get Down to BusinessWe 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.Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Other PlatformsInstagram | TwitterBooks Mentioned Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo Six of Crows by Leigh Bardugo Lives of Saints by Leigh Bardugo Author BioLeigh 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.Website | TwitterBuy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the 2020 Reading Women Award Fiction Shortlist!Thank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com.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 Reading Women Award Info Page Interview with Annette Saunooke Clapsaddle Interview with C Pam Zhang Q&A with Tara June Winch Books Mentioned 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) CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kendra, Sachi, Jaclyn, and Sumaiyya announce the 2020 Reading Women Award Nonfiction Shortlist!Thank you to The House of Chanel for sponsoring this episode. Find out more at inside.Chanel.com.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 Reading Women Award Info Page Interview with Wayétu Moore Sachi and Kendra’s Discussion of Minor Feelings Lupita’s Review of The Undocumented Americans 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) CONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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!Grab one of our totes for 20% off by heading over to our Etsy Store!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 MentionedLuster by Raven LeilaniAngela Recommends These Ghosts Are Family by Maisy Card Lakewood by Megan Giddings Bestiary by K-ming Chang Bunny by Mona Awad Author BioRaven 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 @RavenLeilaniWebsite | Twitter Buy the BookCONTACTQuestions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIAReading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | WebsiteMusic by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices