Sometimes you just wanna chat about books with other book lovers. Renee crafted a list of 12 or so questions about books and put Natalia and Mariquita in the hot seat. Get your TBRs ready because this hilarious chaotic mess is full of great recommendations. Books mentioned in this episode: The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas […]
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It’s the beginning of the week and we have two more great author interviews to share with you! First Niba chats with the author of LOKI’S RING, Stina Leicht. Then Jordy and Rachel Koller Croft discuss her novel, STONE COLD FOX which is soon to be a TV series. Niba chats with author Stina Leicht
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This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! The Strong Black Woman™ narrative makes me really tired. Black women deserve to rest and be cared for. They deserve to be soft
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This podcast episode includes not just one, but TWO author interviews that let us peek behind the scenes of the books that we love Mariquita sits down with Rebecca Makkai for a discussion about Murder, Mystery, and Feminism! They discuss Rebecca’s recently released novel, I Have Some Questions for You, a literary feminist boarding school
This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! Women, Power, & Rape Culture: The Politics and Policy of Underrepresentation is a very academic read, but it’s perfect for the work I
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This episode includes back to back author interviews! First up, Mariquita talks with poet Maggie Smith about the pain of loss, the recovery of self, and her new memoir, You Could Make This Place Beautiful. Books mentioned by Mariquita & Maggie Smith: You Could Make This Place Beautiful by Maggie Smith Goldenrod by Maggie Smith
White Feminism: From the Suffragettes to Influencers and Who They Leave Behind by Koa Beck is a thoughtful and educational book about how, well, feminists have dropped the ball throughout history and how to move forward with a more inclusive movement. Don’t know what I’m talking about? White feminism, “is the label given to feminist
This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! In honor of National Poetry Month, FBC’s book of the month is Rose Quartz. If it leaves you inspired to keep reading, I’ve
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This post may include affiliate links, which means we make a small commission on any sales. This commission helps Feminist Book Club pay our contributors, so thanks for supporting small, independent media! When we hear the phrase, “hindsight is 20/20”, it’s usually in reference to a difficult decision or phase of your life that made
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Marisa Crane’s I Keep My Exoskeletons to Myself is a stunning book. It is staggering how many things it manages to be at once. It’s poetic and experimental, dystopian and tender, kinky and queer. It is about grief and loss but also about love and hope, community in the face of adversity and, perhaps above
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Ashley interviews Cecile Pin about her debut novel, Wandering Souls. Wandering Souls follows siblings Anh, Minh, and Thanh as they journey to Hong Kong after the last American troops leave Vietnam. The conversation includes making a girl the oldest child, creating community through food, making a home amidst assimilation, and recalling memories. Book content warning:
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Watching film and television adaptations of your favorite books can be risky. There is always the fear that the director’s vision of a character or a place won’t match the one you’ve had in your mind. That the finished product will look like something you don’t recognize or like. That it will somehow change the
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