Emma dives into some of her favorite reads so far in 2021 (part two!). Emma has read 116 books (and counting!) this year, so she’ll be talking about some of these by genre — this week’s segment are her favorite Poetry, Memoirs and Essays, and History reads and include a few backlist titles. Part 1 […]
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Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century, edited by Alice Wong is a collection of essays from disabled authors covering a wide range of topics. Feminist Book Club selected the book for May and a portion of sales was donated to the Disability Visibility Project, founded by Alice Wong. FBC also featured the project
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Emma dives into some of her favorite reads so far in 2021 (part one!). Emma has read 115 books (and counting!) this year, so she’ll be talking about some of these by genre — this week’s segment are her top favorite Fantasy and Fiction reads, which include a few backlist titles. Books mentioned: The Poppy
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I’m not sure what I expected with Minor Feelings: An Asian American Reckoning. Maybe something that was going to be a general reflection on what it means to be Asian in America. Something cool to read for AAPI Heritage Month. What I got was so much more than that. Cathy Park Hong created art so
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I still remember the first time my daughter learned about pubes. She was a toddler and she was in the bathroom with me, watching me pee like it was a spectator sport. Which, at the time, I suppose it was. For her, anyway. I was peeing and she was watching, and then she noticed my
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Who doesn’t love books and candles? I’m definitely a lover of both, and I’ve got some book and candle combos just for you, handpicked from my little trans-owned candle company Homebody MN!
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with Renee, Rashmila, and Christine With Renee, Rashmila, and Christine The #FBCReadathon is happening this weekend! To help you prepare to make the most out of the weekend, Renee invited one of our blog contributors Rashmila to discuss one of the books in our giveaway, Mercury Boys by Chandra Prasad. Then Christine shares a few
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Michelle Ruiz Keil is a writer and tarot reader who lives in Portland, Oregon, and has “an eye for the enchanted and a way with animals.” Summer in the City of Roses is her second novel after All of Us With Wings, and is a retelling of the Greek myth of Iphigenia and the Grimm
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You Are Your Best Thing: Vulnerability, Shame Resilience, and the Black Experience edited by Tarana Burke and Brene Brown was absolutely astounding. From the moment I saw this duo editing a book together, I knew it was going to be a banger. The combination of Burke’s experience organizing around the #MeToo movement and Brown’s background
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Emma hypes up an option from June’s Feminist Book Club box, Trans-Galactic Bike Ride: Feminist Bicycle Science Fiction Stories of Transgender and Nonbinary Adventures, edited by Lydia Rogue. Then, using the Realm of Elderlings series by Robin Hobb, Niba takes an in depth look into feminism in fantasy as we watch female and non-binary characters
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Emilly Giselle Prado is a writer, community organizer, and the Director of Youth Programs at Literary Arts in Portland, Oregon with roots in the San Francisco Bay Area and Michoacán, Mexico. She is the author of youth non-fiction title, Examining Assimilation. Her debut essay collection, Funeral for Flaca, is forthcoming with Future Tense Books on
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The Ugly Cry is one of this year’s most talked-about books and for good reason. Renee chats with author Danielle Henderson about family, coming of age, trauma, comedy, and so much more. Then Phalin gives a brief overview of the heartwarming book The Gratitude Jar and discusses how practicing the nightly routine helped move her
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