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For August, Kendra, Sachi, and special guest Joce discuss books about chronic illness and mental health. You can find the complete show notes and the transcript for this episode over on our website. 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 Mentioned We Are Never Meeting in Real Life by Samantha IrbyGoodbye, Vitamin by Rachel KhongAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby NormanThe Collected Schizophrenias by Esmé Weijun Wang Guest PicksEliza and Her Monsters by Francesca ZappiaDear Scarlet: The Story of My Postpartum Depression by Teresa Wong Currently ReadingSeverance by Ling MaBirdie by Tracey Lindberg CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

Autumn and Kendra talk with Sujata Massey about her new book The Satapur Moonstone, which is out now from Soho Crime. You can find the complete show notes and a transcript for this episode over on our website. Books MentionedThe Widows of Malabar Hill by Sujata MasseyThe Satapur Moonstone by Sujata MasseyThe Sleeping Dictionary by Sujata Massey Sujata RecommendsUnmarriageable by Soniah KamalA Rising Man by Abir Mukerjee Sujata Massey: Website | Instagram | 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

To close out our theme about the Partition of India, Kendra and Sumaiyya chat about this month’s discussion picks. You can find the complete show notes and the transcript for this episode over on our website. Books MentionedThe Night Diary by Veera HiranandaniThe Far Field by Madhuri Vijay CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra talk with Oyinkan Braithwaite about her new book My Sister, the Serial Killer, which is out now from Doubleday. You can find a complete set of show notes and a transcript of this episode over on our website. Books MentionedMy Sister, the Serial Killer by Oyinkan Braithwaite Oyinkan RecommendsCirce by Madeline MillerMilkman by Anna BurnsAn American Marriage by Tayari JonesEleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman Oyinkan Braithwaite: Website | 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For July, Kendra and Sumaiyya talk about about this month’s theme, the partition of India. You can find the complete show notes, including a PDF of the transcript, over on our website. A special thank you to Care/of for sponsoring this episode of Reading Women. For 25% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter READINGWOMEN. Books MentionedAn Unrestored Woman by Shobha RaoIce Candy Man (Cracking India in the US) by Bapsi SidhwaThe Night Diary by Veera HiranandaniThe Far Field by Madhuri Vijay Guest PicksChachaji's Cup by Uma Krishnaswami, Illustrated by Soumya SitaramanThe Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan by Yasmin Khan Currently ReadingTo Keep the Sun Alive by Rabeah GhaffariAsk Me About My Uterus by Abby Norman Veera Hiranandani: Website | Twitter | Educator’s Guide for The Night Diary 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?

Kendra and Autumn, with special guest Lupita of @Lupita.Reads, talk about their most anticipated reads for the second half of 2019! Books MentionedThe Book of X by Sarah Rose Etter (Two Dollar Radio, July 16th)I’m Telling the Truth, But I’m Lying by Bassey Ikpi (Harper Perennial, Aug 20th)Cantoras by Carolina De Robertis (Knopf, Sept 3rd)The Not Wives by Carley Moore (Feminist Press, Sept 10th)Heaven, My Home by Attica Locke (Mulholland Books, Sept 17th)Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson (Riverhead Books, Sept 17th)Frankissstein by Jeanette Winterson (Grove Press, Oct 1st)In the Dream House by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press, Nov 5th)The Revisioners by Margaret Wilkerson Sexton (Counterpoint, Nov 5th) Lupita: Instagram | Twitter CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra talk with Catherine Chung about her new book The Tenth Muse, which is out now from Ecco. You can find the full show notes, including a PDF of the transcript, over on our website. In honor of #ReadingWomenMonth, we're launching our first-ever merch campaign! Show your support for women's voices with this limited edition t-shirt. Grab one before they're gone! Books MentionedThe Tenth Muse by Catherine Chung Catherine RecommendsWomen Talking by Miriam ToewsTrust Exercise by Susan ChoiInland by Téa ObrehtGingerbread by Helen Oyeyemi Catherine Chung: 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For our month on working class stories, Kendra, Autumn, and Jaclyn discuss Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward and Heartland by Sarah Smarsh. You can find the full show notes and a complete transcript for this episode over on our website. In honor of #ReadingWomenMonth, we're launching our first-ever merch campaign! Show your support for women's voices with this limited edition t-shirt. Grab one before they're gone! 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 MentionedT-shirt campaign!The Women’s Prize Winner Books MentionedWhere the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn Ward Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah Smarsh CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | We

Autumn and Kendra talk with Namwali Serpell about her new book The Old Drift, which is out now from Hogarth Books. Find the show notes of this episode, including a transcript, on our website. Thank you to our sponsor HelloFresh. For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/readingwomen80 and enter readingwomen80. In honor of #ReadingWomenMonth, we're launching our first-ever merch campaign! Show your support for women's voices with this limited edition t-shirt. Grab one before they're gone! Books MentionedThe Old Drift by Namwali Serpell Namwali RecommendsWhen Rain Clouds Gather by Bessie HeadWoman at Point Zero by Nwal El-SaadawiFreshwater by Akwaeki EmeziWe Need New Names by NoViolet BulawayoNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaKintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi Namwali Serpell: 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 Questi

For June, Kendra, Autumn, and Jaclyn discuss books that feature working class stories. You can find the full version of the show notes for this episode, including a full transcript, on website. Things MentionedThe Stella PrizeReading Women Month!Jaclyn’s BookTube ChannelInterview with Elizabeth CatteWest Virginia University Press Books MentionedAppalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarrollBlack is the New White by Nakkiah Lui (AU, Allen & Unwin)Where the Line Bleeds by Jesmyn WardHeartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth by Sarah SmarshGhost Wall by Sarah MossThe Affairs of the Falcóns by Melissa Rivero Currently ReadingThe Missing of Clairdelune by Christelle Dabos (translated from French by Hildegarde Serle)Black Is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother's Time, My Mother's Time, and Mine by Emily BernardAn Unrestored Woman by Shobha Rao CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com

Autumn and Kendra announce Reading Women Month and chat with Samuel Winchester and Josh Privett about what it’s been like working on the podcast these past three years. Find the full version of the show notes for this episode over on our website. 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 MentionedReading Women Month 2019!Joce @ squibblesreads on YouTube Books MentionedSeabiscuit by Laura HillenbrandWoman Warrior by Maxine Hong KingstonSalvage the Bones by Jesmyn WardWise Blood by Flannery O’Connor CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra talk with Angie Kim about her new book Miracle Creek, which is out now from Sarah Crichton Books. Find the full show notes for this episode over on our website. A special thank you to Care/of for sponsoring this episode of Reading Women. For 30% off your first Care/of order, go to TakeCareOf.com and enter READINGWOMEN30. Books MentionedMiracle Creek by Angie Kim Angie RecommendsMystic River by Dennis LehaneA Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer EganOlive Kitteridge by Elizabeth StroutThe Sweet Hereafter by Russell BanksIn the Lake of the Woods by Tim O’BrienEverything Here Is Beautiful by Mira T. LeeThe Disappearing Earth by Julia Phillips Angie Kim: Website | Instagram | 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com.  SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Musi

For our month for Asian Pacific Islander Month, Kendra, Sachi, and special guest Fran discuss The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan and The Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven. Find the full show notes for this episode over on our website. A special thanks to our sponsor for this episode of Reading Women: Novellic. Find the app for iOS in the app store, and for more information, visit novellic.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 MentionedGina Apostol’s Goodreads Author PageBooks MentionedThe Mango Bride by Marivi Soliven The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Fran del Rosario: Instagram | Goodreads CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn

Autumn and Kendra talk with Emily Bell,  the editor of Lucia Berlin’s A Manual for Cleaning Women, which is out now from Farrar, Straus and Giroux. Books Mentioned A Manual for Cleaning Women by Lucia Berlin Evening in Paradise by Lucia Berlin Welcome Home by Lucia Berlin Emily RecommendsThe Mars Room by Rachel Kushner Florida by Lauren Groff 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For May, Sachi, Kendra, and special guest Fran, discuss books for Asian pacific Islander Heritage Month! Check out our Patreon page to learn more about our book club and other Patreon-exclusive goodies. Things MentionedThe Stella PrizeThe Pulitzer PrizeJaclyn’s BookTube Channel Books Mentioned Somewhere Only We Know by Maurene GooGirl in Translation by Jean KwokInsurrecto by Gina ApostolThe Mango Bride by Marivi SolivenI Was Their American Dream by Malaka GharibThe Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan Currently ReadingDo Not Say We Have Nothing by Madeleine ThienInterpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa LahiriAppalachian Reckoning: A Region Responds to Hillbilly Elegy edited by Anthony Harkins and Meredith McCarroll Fran del Rosario: Instagram | Goodreads CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra talk with Tressie McMillan Cottom about her new book Thick: And Other Essays, which is out now from The New Press. You can find a full version of the show notes for this episode on our website. Thank you to our sponsor HelloFresh. For $80 off your first month of HelloFresh, go to HelloFresh.com/readingwomen80 and enter readingwomen80. Books MentionedThick: And Other Essays by Tressie McMillan Cottom Author Bio Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom is digital sociologist, professor, writer and columnist. She has spoken across the nation and the world on technology, higher education, race, gender, class, and social inequality. Audiences and readers connect with her ability to make complex ideas relatable. Her latest book, Thick, draws on ten years of writing for the public on many of our society’s most pressing fault lines. It joins her other books, including the acclaimed Lower Ed, in a genre-busting academic career that spans public policy to cultural critique. She lives in Richmond, Virginia where sh

For our month on Ramadan Reading, Kendra and Sumaiyya discuss The Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami and A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi. A special thanks to our sponsor for this episode of Reading Women: Novellic. Find the app for iOS in the app store, and for more information, visit novellic.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 Moor’s Account by Laila Lalami A Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh Mafi Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Autumn and Kendra talk with Anissa Gray about her debut novel The Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls, which is out now from Berkley Publishing. A special thanks to our sponsor for this week’s episode, The Great Courses Plus! For a limited time, get a free trial, plus lock into their lowest price of $10 per month when you sign up for a 3-month plan—that’s 50% off the regular price! Sign up here for your free trial and get one month of access to The Great Courses Plus. Some links are affiliate links. Find more details here. Books MentionedThe Care and Feeding of Ravenously Hungry Girls by Anissa Gray Anissa RecommendsThe Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonOn Beauty by Zadie SmithWritten on the Body by Jeanette Winterson Anissa Gray: Website | 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Re

For April, Sumaiyya and Kendra, with special guest Amena Ravat, talk about Muslim women writers for our theme Ramadan Reading! Find the full version of this episode's show notes over on our website. Use the code APRIL15 to get 15% off one of our hardback book blind dates. Things MentionedTerese Marie Mailhot Wins Whiting AwardNational Book Critics Circle Award Books MentionedIt’s Not About the Burqa edited by Mariam KhanThe Bird King by G. Willow WilsonThe Moor’s Account by Laila LalamiA Very Large Expanse of Sea by Tahereh MafiAll That I Want To Forget by Bothayna Al-EssaThe Runaways by Fatima BhuttoA Woman Is No Man by Etaf RumBlack Is the Body by Emily Bernard Our Guest: Amena Ravat | Instagram | Goodreads CONTACT Questions? Comments? Email us hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today Kendra and Autumn chat with Hollie Fraser and Rosy Kehdi, the founders of Books on the Subway and hosts of the podcast Ride. Read. Discuss. Over on their podcast, Hollie and Rosy interview Kendra and Autumn about the founding of Reading Women and how things run behind the scenes. Be sure to check it out! Many thanks to our sponsor for this week’s episode, The Great Courses Plus! For a limited time, get a free trial, plus lock into their lowest price of $10 per month when you sign up for a 3-month plan—that’s 50% off the regular price! Sign up here for your free trial and get one month of access to The Great Courses Plus. Follow Books on the Subway:  Twitter | Instagram 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading WomenTwitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Music by Isaac Greene Learn more about your