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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? Com

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 si

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? Em

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 (Unive

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MED

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. 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

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website   Music “Reading Women” Comp

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. 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? Co

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   CONTAC

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 lis

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 (Counterpoi

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,

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 b

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

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

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. 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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. SOCIAL MEDIA Reading Women Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | Website Autumn Twitter | Instagram | Website Kendra Twitter | Instagram | Yo

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 hello@readingwomenpodcast.com. 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