“I wanted there to be a way to share that with you”: introducing The Postscript

If you’ve been a longtime reader or listener, you’ll know that this kind of one-on-one is something I haven’t done before. So I’m definitely feeling a little bit nervous in this moment.

But I also have a lot of excitement around it, because with this episode we’re launching a new section of Women of Letters called The Postscript. Listen in for a personal note from me, with a behind-the-scenes on our interviews with Alia and Melissa, a life update on why I’m moving to Croatia, and a peek behind the curtain on Season 3.

IN THIS EPISODE, I talk about... 👇

• The inspiration behind The Postscript
• My conversation with Alia Hanna Habib (full interview here)
• My conversation with Melissa Febos (full interview here)
• A life update on what’s been happening in my world these days
• Behind the scenes on the production of Season 3: why the planning for a new season begins about 6 months out from the publication of the first interview, how I decide on each season’s new set of questions, and one of the projects I’ve been wanting to take on for a long time that we’re finally getting to do now
• .. & so much more!

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Jana M. Perkins, PhD, M.Sc., M.A., is an award-winning scholar and the director of Women of Letters. Her research has garnered over a quarter of a million dollars in funding from leading institutions across North America and the UK, including the University of Cambridge and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). As an academically trained data scientist with a background in classical literary scholarship, her expertise extends across disciplines to yield the unique analytical frameworks which characterize her approach. Her forthcoming first book, co-authored with Miranda Brun Hickman, will be published by Routledge.

Visit her online at janajm.com or @janajm on Instagram.

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Song: “Walk Through the Park,” by TrackTribe