Craftlit - Serialized Classic Literature For Busy Book Lovers

BOOK TALK @ 4:44   Notes from Our Chats :)  - both by Octavia Butler--WITH IMPORTANT NOTE FROM LISTENER MAUREEN: "In the current climate, I think it's worth noting that Octavia Butler is probably NOT one of the few women of color writing science fiction, but rather one of the few women of color BEING PUBLISHED in science fiction. Systemic racism shows up everywhere! The most recent This American Life podcast covered Afrofuturism (and was a rebroadcast), and so I would imagine that lots of POC are writing science fiction, but the publishing world may not be publishing them. And, of course, it's hard for anyone to get published." Book and pattern recommendations below. Tuesday June 9th Book Chat notes Mary Snellings: Overwhelmed by Kathy Lipp  Kathy Lipp has a podcast - Clutter Free Academy podcast Ann Blanton: Vivian Shaw - Greta Helsing series, plus the OLD classic Varney the Vampire by Thomas Preskett Prest  Lina: The Group - Mary McCarthy Side convo - Toshi : our ten year old taught us this new word: