Author Interview: Jenni Nuttall (Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words)

Continuing on in our academic/linguistics era, I’m joined today by Dr. Jenni Nuttall to talk about her new book Mother Tongue: The Surprising History of Women’s Words.

So many of the words that we use to chronicle women’s lives feel awkward or alien. Medical terms are scrupulously accurate but antiseptic. Slang and obscenities have shock value, yet they perpetuate taboos. Where are the plain, honest words for women’s daily lives? Jenni is here to explain all!

Learn more about Jenni and her work at stylisticienne.com

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Author Interview: Yunte Huang (Daughter of the Dragon: Anna May Wong’s Rendezvous with American History)

This week, we’re talking with Yunte Huang about his new biography of movie star Anna May Wong, Daughter of the Dragon.

A trenchant reclamation of the Chinese American movie star, whose battles against cinematic exploitation and endemic racism are set against the currents of twentieth-century history.

Learn more about Yunte Huang and his books at yuntehuang.com.

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Author Interview: Rachel Cantor (Half-Life of a Stolen Sister)

This week, I’m joined by author Rachel Cantor to talk about her new book, Half-Life of a Stolen Sister, a retelling of the story of the Brontë siblings.

Chapter by chapter, the novel brings together diaries, letters, home movies, television and radio interviews, deathbed monologues, and fragments from the sprawling invented worlds of the siblings’ childhood. As it does so, a kaleidoscopic portrait emerges, giving us with startling intensity and invention new ways of seeing—and reading—the sisters who would create some of the supreme works of literature of all time.

Learn more about Rachel and her books at rachelcantor.com

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Author Interview: Craig Shreve (The African Samurai)

This week, we’re talking with author Craig Shreve about his new novel, The African Samurai.

Set in late 16th-century Africa, India, Portugal, and Japan, The African Samurai is a powerful historical novel based on the true story of Yasuke, Japan’s first foreign-born samurai and the only samurai of African descent.

Learn more about Craig Shreve and his books at craigshreve.com and follow him on social media @ cgshreve

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Author Interview: Jamila Ahmed (Every Rising Sun)

Today we’re talking with debut novelist Jamila Ahmed about her book Every Rising Sun. Every Rising Sun is a retelling of the tale of Scheherazade, set amid the real-life events of twelfth-century Persia and the third crusade.

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Author Interview: Genevieve Gornichec (The Weaver and the Witch Queen)

Talking about 10th-century Norway, the mythical figure of Gunnhild, and the importance of women’s work with Genevieve Gornichec!

Learn more about Genevieve and her books at genevievegornichec.com

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