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Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

Women Who Did What They Wanted: A Reading List

C.W. Gortner on Fearless Figures from History

By C.W. Gortner | May 27, 2020

Emerson Whitney on <em>Heaven</em> and Rewriting a Body

Emerson Whitney on Heaven and Rewriting a Body

In Conversation with CAConrad

By Literary Hub | May 27, 2020

C Pam Zhang: Don't Worry About My Book. Worry About Bookstores.

C Pam Zhang: Don't Worry About My Book. Worry About Bookstores.

In Conversation with Kendra Winchester on the Reading Women Podcast

By Reading Women | May 27, 2020

Kristen Millares Young on Finding a Balance Between the Migratory and the Grounded

Kristen Millares Young on Finding a Balance Between the Migratory and the Grounded

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | May 27, 2020

What Books Will Read Differently After the Pandemic?

What Books Will Read Differently After the Pandemic?

Simon Kuper in Conversation with Andrew Keen on
the Keen On Podcast

By Keen On | May 27, 2020

John Niven: What Now With Donald Trump?

John Niven: What Now With Donald Trump?

From Damian Barr's Literary Salon Podcast

By Damian Barr's Literary Salon | May 27, 2020

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LIC Reading Series: Jimmy Cajoleas, Sarah Weinman, and Cutter Wood

By LIC Reading Series | May 27, 2020

Nik Hlady on LA's Independent Nightlife Community

By The Quarantine Tapes | May 27, 2020

Behind the Mic: On If It Bleeds by Stephen King, Read by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber

By Behind the Mic | May 27, 2020

Antibody: Starring Elizabeth Kadetsky, Lisa Olstein, <br>and Sejal Shah

Antibody: Starring Elizabeth Kadetsky, Lisa Olstein,
and Sejal Shah

With Your Host Brian Gresko

By The Antibody Reading Series | May 26, 2020

Playback: Lucia LoTempio on Moving Forward After Violence

Playback: Lucia LoTempio on Moving Forward After Violence

The Author of Hot With the Bad Things on Playback,
the Self-Interview Series

By The Virtual Book Channel | May 26, 2020

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

The Letter That Changed Emily Dickinson's Life

At a Crossroads, She Sought Another Writer's Counsel

By Martha Ackmann | May 26, 2020

On the Many Mysteries of the<br> European Eel

On the Many Mysteries of the
European Eel

Patrik Svensson's Long Search for Understanding

By Patrik Svensson | May 26, 2020

History is No Longer a Circle, Nor is Progress Guaranteed

History is No Longer a Circle, Nor is Progress Guaranteed

Szczepan Twardoch on Our Need to Give Meaning to Catastrophe

By Szczepan Twardoch | May 26, 2020

My First Night Out as a Woman

My First Night Out as a Woman

Meredith Talusan on Race, Drag, and Transitions

By Meredith Talusan | May 26, 2020

When All of New York City Stopped Reading the News at Once

When All of New York City Stopped Reading the News at Once

Chronicling an Odd 17 Days in 1945

By Rob Brotherton | May 26, 2020

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