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HarperCollins is one of the “big 5” publishing houses in the United States and the only publisher that has a union. The union has been on strike for 61 days as of the publication of this episode and only in the last week have representatives from HarperCollins joined the bargaining table. Mariquita sits down with one of the strikers, Erika DiPasquale, an assistant editor for Harper Children’s books, to discuss why the union is on strike, what their demands are, and how you can support the strike.
 
Learn more about the HarperCollins Union on Strike. Everything mentioned in this episode is accessible through this Linktree.
 
Then an update in the sports world. You may remember Ashley and Renee’s previous segment on Brittney Griner’s incarceration in Russia. They’re back with an important update on her release, why it’s important, and another rousing call to support women’s sports.
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
 
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Ashley interviews V, formerly Eve Ensler, about her book, “Reckoning”. The conversation includes asking V about how she has grown as a storyteller, how do we address one another for progress, her thoughts on content warnings, and how has feminism changed since she wrote “The Vagina Monologues”. 
 
Book content and conversation warning: rape, sexual abuse, suicide, femicide, female genital multilation, death
 
Pick up a copy of Reckoning by V
 
Bookstores mentioned: Oblong Books, Politics and Prose, Parnassus Books
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
 
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Looking for a new thriller to start off the year with? How about the recently released book, The House in the Pines? Published on January 3rd by Dutton Books, Mariquita sits down with the author of The House in the Pines, Ana Reyes to discuss her debut novel.  
 
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The House in the Pines by Ana Reyes
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose

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Jordy sits down with the hosts of Page Rage, Kat and Ash, to discuss the literary fiction novel, HESTER by Laurie Lico Albanese. Hester follows the life of Isobel, a young seamstress carrying generations of secrets as she sets sail from Scotland in the early 1800s.
 
The events described in the book are inspired by the life of Nathaniel Hawthorn and his novel, The Scarlet Letter. Does Hester Prynne FINALLY get her side of the story told in this novel? Listen to find out!
 
Books Mentioned
Hester by Laurie Lico Albanese
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev by Dawnie Walton
All of Us Villains by Amanda Foody
Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches by Sangu Mandanna
Take a Hint, Dani Brown by Talia Hibbert
 
Sorry, sorry sorry: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sorry-Sorry-Sorry/Marjorie-Ingall/9781982163495?ut[%E2%80%A6]isplay_ad&utm_content=&utm_campaign=sorry_sorry_sorry_ad 
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
 
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This episode starts off with a review of IDA IN THE MIDDLE by Nora Lester Murad. This book follows Ida, a Palestinian-American girl, as she eats a magic olive that takes her to the life she might have had in her parents' village near Jerusalem.
 
In the second segment, Niba sits down with Liz Weinberg. Liz is a science communicator, storyteller, and community builder based in Tovaangar, also known as Los Angeles. 
 
She is the author of UNSETTLING: SURVIVING EXTINCTION TOGETHER*, which reimagines an environmentalism that is queer, anti-racist, feminist, and woven into every aspect of our lives.
 
*The book includes mentions of: harm to animals, self-harm, homophobia and transphobia, racism, sexism, and stats on mental health and self-harm in queercommunities. Some of these are explicit descriptions and others are general mentions.
 
Books & Resources Mentioned: 
 
Unsettling by Elizabeth Weinbergh
José Esteban Muñoz - queer theorist mentioned during episode
 
Ida in the Middle by Nora Lester Murad 
 
Sorry, sorry sorry: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sorry-Sorry-Sorry/Marjorie-Ingall/9781982163495?ut[%E2%80%A6]isplay_ad&utm_content=&utm_campaign=sorry_sorry_sorry_ad 
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
 
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Alana and Lillie discuss (with spoilers!) the new Kindred series on Hulu/FX, the challenges of book to series adaptation, and the question of whether or not the power of Octavia Butler can be achieved on-screen.
 
Books mentioned: 
 
Kindred by Octavia E. Butler
Parable of the Sower by Octavia E. Butler
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
 
Sorry, sorry sorry: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Sorry-Sorry-Sorry/Marjorie-Ingall/9781982163495?ut[%E2%80%A6]isplay_ad&utm_content=&utm_campaign=sorry_sorry_sorry_ad 
 
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This episode was edited by Niba and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
 
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
 
Learn more about Feminist Book Club on our website, sign up for our emails, shop our Bookshop.org recommendations, and follow us on Instagram, Twitter, TikTok, Facebook, Pinterest.