“The things I wanted to be the so-called happy ending didn’t work out but I’m better for it.” – Beth Lauren
This episode is brought to you in collaboration with myPlan.
Today’s guest is Beth Lauren, a writer, producer, and fundraising consultant making her literary debut with the innovative memoir Reeling: Misadventures in Moviemaking, Money and Love. Written partially as a screenplay and partially as a traditional memoir, this book spans several years, countries, and cons in a raw description of mental health, crime, and love towards the ultimate goal of healing.
Connect with Beth on her Twitter or her website bethlaurenltd.com. You can pick up a copy of her book at your local retailer or on Amazon.
Beth’s book recommendation: Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear by Elizabeth Gilbert
For Twin Cities folks, Feminist Book Club will be at these upcoming events:
FeMNist Night Market @ Parallel Cafe on March 8 from 5-10pm
Arctic Market @ Lakes and Legends Brewery on March 9 from 12-5pm
Wordplay – Minnesota’s largest celebration of readers, authors, and books on May 11-12
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Renee Powers founded Feminist Book Club in 2018 to provide a space for intersectional feminists to learn, grow, and connect. When not reading or running the biz, you can find her drinking coffee and trying unsuccessfully to teach her retired racing greyhound how to fetch.
Favorite genres: feminist thrillers, contemporary literary fiction, short stories, and anything that might be described as "irreverent"
![Happy Native American Heritage Month 📚️
Here are a few titles that we've featured before and have found a home on our shelves:
-Post Colonial Love Poem by Natalie Diaz
-Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day by Katlin B. Curtice
-White Magic by Elissa Washuta
-Becoming Kin: An Indigenous Call to Unforgetting the Past and Reimagining Our Futureby Patty Krawec
-Thunder Song: Essays by Sasha taqwéseblu LaPointe
-Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology edited by Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst
What books by indigenous authors are on your shelf right now?
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