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Release Date: 07/02/2024

National Book Award Finalists for Fiction

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Curious about the National Book Award finalists? Last week and this week, our team dived into the shortlists for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, Mariquita and Mhairie discuss the five shortlisted books in Fiction. The National Book Award winners will be announced tomorrow! Mentioned in this episode: Support this episode’s hosts: Follow Mariquita: // Follow Mhairie: // Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . This episode was edited and produced by Renee Powers on...

FBC Weekly - Nov. 15, 2024

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Renee, Rah, and Sally reconvene to ask is doxxing justified?, plus Grammy takeaways, and what we're watching and reading. Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here: Books mentioned:

National Book Award Finalists for Young People’s Literature

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Curious about the National Book Award finalists? This week and next week, our team is diving into the shortlist for the Young People’s Literature and Fiction titles. Today, join Renee, Jordy, and Nox as they tell each other about the five nominees for Young People’s Literature and which title they think is going to win the award. Mentioned in this episode: Support this episode’s hosts Follow Renee: // Follow Jordy: // Follow Nox: // // Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . ...

FBC Weekly - Nov. 8, 2024

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Join Renee, Rah, and Sally as they catch up and share how they're coping post-election, what they're baking, and how they're escaping Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here: Books Mentioned:

The Memeification of Culture (and this election) with Dr. Lauren Cagle

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Mhairie speaks with Dr. Lauren Cagle, professor of rhetoric at the University of Kentucky, about the history of memes, their impact on culture, and particularly on prevalence of memes in the 2024 US Presidential election. They discuss the field of rhetoric more broadly, define the term “meme,” and investigate the generational differences in social media use and online communication as it relates to the consumption of political information. Join our to be a part of the election night craft circle. Support this episode’s host and guest Follow Mhairie: // ...

FBC Weekly - Nov. 1, 2024

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Renee, Steph, Rah, and Sally share their unfiltered thoughts on Halloween candy, Woman of the Hour, Love is Blind, Agatha All Along, and what they're reading. Want to see the video recording and put faces to names? We publish these the same day in the FBC Community! Join us here:

Cool Authors Doing Cool Shit

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Is this real life? We are honored to be chatting with three amazing authors that we happen to admire so much! Sally chats with Jamie Raines and his wife Shaaba to discuss our November book of the month, The T in LGBT. Then Renee invites KJ Dell’Antonia back on the show to discuss the adaptation of her 2020 book The Chicken Sisters. The Trans Experience and Allyship (0:22) We’re heading into November, where our book club theme is Trans Voices and our non-fiction book is The T in LGBT. Sally sat down with the author, Jamie Raines, and his wife and collaborator, Shaaba, to talk about...

Stories to Soothe Your Soul

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

We’re in the final weeks until the election, so we thought we’d share a few books (and one documentary!) that brought a glimmer of hope to our hearts. Tune in for Mariquita’s review of A Bit Much, Sally’s review of The Inner Mountain, and Ashley’s discussion of the documentary Sacred Soil alongside the book Admissions. A Bit Much: Relishing Poetry that Recharges Your Heart (0:22) Mariquita reviews Lyndsay Rush’s debut book of poetry, A Bit Much, and discusses why everyone needs to have a little collection that reminds them just what a badass they are. The Inner...

Escaping or Showing Up: How Books Can Help Both

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

We all know that books can help us escape the real world and they can also demonstrate how we might show up in the world as our whole selves. This episode celebrates both ends of this spectrum. Sally kicks us off with some of her favorite quick horror novellas, a perfect escape for this time of year. Then Nox tells us about the impact the book Fat Girls Hiking had on her. Finally, Ashley chats with Jayne Allen, author of The Most Wonderful Time, a holiday romcom with depth. Bite-Sized Fright for Spooky Season (0:21) Novellas are perfect for a sick day, a readathon, or when you are...

Why Reader Reviews Matter: A Discussion of One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon

Feminist Book Club: The Podcast

Renee and Mariquita didn’t know what they were getting into when they decided to discuss the book One of Our Kind by Nicola Yoon. Tune into this discussion for an overview of Yoon’s first adult novel, a thriller in the vein of The Stepford Wives, but stick around for Renee and Mariquita’s experience being humbled by Black readers’ reviews. Books/Resources Mentioned Support this episode’s hosts Follow Renee: // Follow Mariquita: Get our weekly round-up of blog and podcast content delivered directly to your inbox every Friday . This...

More Episodes

Pride Month may be over for 2024, but we’ll never stop reading and recommending queer lit! Especially when the books are as good as the two in this episode. First up, tune into Rah fanboi-ing all over TJ Alexander as they interview the author about their new book Triple Sec. Then join Mariquita and Sam in a discussion of Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg, with themes of love, grief, queerness, embodiment, and so much more.

More Poly Rom-Coms Please: Discussing Triple Sec with TJ Alexander (0:21)

Are you tired of typical romance novels that don’t showcase diverse relationship styles? Have you considered reading Triple Sec? In this segment, Rah sits down with TJ Alexander to discuss the inspiration and creation behind the newly released polyamorous rom-com, Triple Sec. Tune in to hear about TJ’s process in creating diverse characters, the future of poly rom-coms, and why this book should be on your summer beach read TBR.

Echoes of Queerness in Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg (24:49)
Mariquita and Sam chat about Emma Copley Eisenberg’s recently released Housemates, a book about queer love and art and their intersection. Mariquita and Sam discuss the book’s continuum of queer artists, its embodied embrace of fatness, and more.

Books/Resources Mentioned:

Chef’s Kiss by TJ Alexander

Chef’s Choice by TJ Alexander

Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander

Triple Sec by TJ Alexander

I’ll Have What He’s Having by Adib Khorram

The Prospects by KT Hoffman

Here We Go Again by Alison Cochrun

Housemates by Emma Copley Eisenberg

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