Author Interview: Mattie Kahn (Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America’s Revolutions)

* Audio note: my mic was a little different this week just FYI **

I’m joined this week by Mattie Kahn, author of the new book Young and Restless: The Girls Who Sparked America’s Revolutions. 

From the American Revolution itself to the Civil Rights Movement to nuclear disarmament protests and the women’s liberation movement, through Black Lives Matter and school strikes for climate, Mattie Kahn uncovers how girls have leveraged their unique strengths, from fandom to intimate friendships, to organize and lay serious political groundwork for movements that often sidelined them. Their stories illuminate how much we owe to girls throughout the generations, what skills young women use to mobilize and find their voices, and, crucially, what we can all stand to learn from them.

Learn more about Mattie, her book, and her current book tour here! 

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The 18th-Century Trans Spy Who Fenced Her Way To Fame (Rerelease)

As a Pride Month treat, enjoy this remastered version of last year’s episode about La Chevalière d’Éon, with special guest Maya Deane!

Maya’s book Wrath Goddess Sing was recently nominated for a Lambda Literary Award, and has just come out in paperback, so it seemed a great time to revisit this, one of my favourite interviews!

Learn more about Maya and Wrath Goddess Sing at mayadeane.com

Purchase a copy of her book anywhere you get books, including at bookshop.org via this link: https://bookshop.org/a/1419/9780063161191

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References: 

Queer as Fact podcast

Article by Hugh Ryan

Article by Emma Powys Maurice

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Author Interview: Logan Steiner (After Anne)

In this episode, I’m joined by author Logan Steiner to discuss her new novel After Anne. After Anne is a historical fiction novel that explores the life of Lucy Maud Montgomery, author of the Anne of Green Gables series.

Learn more about Logan and After Anne at logansteiner.com

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Author Interview: Debra Magpie Earling (The Lost Journals of Sacajewea)

I’m joined for an incredibly interesting conversation with author Debra Magpie Earling, author of the new historical fiction novel The Lost Journals of Sacajewea.

Among the most memorialized women in American history, Sacajewea served as interpreter and guide for Lewis and Clark’s Corps of Discovery. In this visionary novel, acclaimed Indigenous author Debra Magpie Earling brings this mythologized figure vividly to life, casting unsparing light on the men who brutalized her and recentering Sacajewea as the arbiter of her own history.

Learn more about Debra and her book here!

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Author Interview: Jane Draycott (Cleopatra’s Daughter: Egyptian Princess, Roman Prisoner, African Queen)

Everyone knows the name Cleopatra, but her daughter Cleopatra Selene is little-known these days. Jane Draycott has written the first modern biography of one of the most influential yet long-neglected rulers of the ancient world: Cleopatra Selene!.

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Learn more about Cleopatra’s Daughter: From Roman Prisoner to African Queen, here

Learn more about Jane and her research here

Follow Jane on Twitter @JLDraycott

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