Podcasts about Leni Zumas

Literary agent Sarah Landis joins me for a deep dive into the Speculative Fiction / Fantasy genre.  Sarah breaks down these terms, shares popular books in these genres, and discusses the trends she's seeing in the publishing industry.  Also, Sarah shares both her book recommendations and her go-to books for those looking to dive into these genres! This post contains affiliate links through which I make a small commission when you make a purchase (at no cost to you!). Highlights Differentiating between genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction, Sci-Fi, Dystopian, Post-Apocalyptic, Climate Fiction. The genres that scare publishers and the toughest genre to define! The sub-genres of fantasy: High / Epic, Grounded, and Historical. How the term ‘Speculative' is actually a broader umbrella term. The trends and performance in publishing for Speculative Fiction and Fantasy.  Why many fantasy books are written as a series. How the “Harry Potter” generation seems to be shaping both readers and authors. Sarah's go-to recommendations for those new to these genres! Sarah's Book Recommendations [30:31] Two OLD Books She Loves The Bear and the Nightingale by Katherine Arden | Amazon | Bookshop.org [30:56] The Ten Thousand Doors of January by Alix E. Harrow | Amazon | Bookshop.org [33:18] Two NEW Books She Loves Babel by R. F. Kuang | Amazon | Bookshop.org [35:16] Juniper & Thorn by Ava Reid | Amazon | Bookshop.org [38:12] One Book She Didn't Love The Atlas Paradox by Olivie Blake | Amazon | Bookshop.org [39:58] One NEW RELEASE She's Excited About House of Cotton by Monica Brashears (April 4, 2023) | Amazon | Bookshop.org [44:33] Last 5-Star Book Sarah Read The Cloisters by Katy Hays | Amazon | Bookshop.org [46:08] Other Books Mentioned The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood [5:59] Red Clocks by Leni Zumas [6:11] Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett [6:56] The Measure by Nikki Erlick [7:15] The One by John Marrs [7:33] The Passengers by John Marrs [7:38] The Road by Cormac McCarthy [9:25] Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel [9:51] Leave the World Behind by Rumaan Alam [10:01] After the Flood by Kassandra Montag [10:52] Wanderers by Chuck Wendig [11:45] Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn [12:19] A Game of Thrones by James R. R. Martin [12:52] The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien [12:54] The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern [13:13] The Magicians by Lev Grossman [13:15] The Rules of Magic by Alice Hoffman [13:22] Circe by Madeline Miller [16:00] Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead [16:31] One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez [17:00] The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue by V. E. Schwab [18:58] Hell Bent by Leigh Bardugo [19:04] The Midnight Library by Matt Haig [19:06] Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens [21:12] The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins [21:15] Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus [22:05] Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin [22:10] Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo [26:40] The Change by Kirsten Miller [27:24] The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman [28:52] The Hero and the Crown by Robin McKinley [29:18] Beauty by Robin McKinley [29:21] Spindle's End by Robin McKinley [29:22] The Peripheral by William Gibson [30:16] In Five Years by Rebecca Serle [30:23] The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang [37:41] Yellowface by R. F. Kuang [37:49] The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake [40:15] Social Creature by Tara Isabella Burton [47:09] Necessary People by Anna Pitoniak [47:19] Cover Story by Susan Rigetti [47:28] About Sarah Landis Website | Twitter | Instagram Sarah Landis represents a wide range of fiction from middle grade to adult. Sarah is particularly drawn to high-concept plots, big hooks, speculative fiction, twisty thrillers, novels with a strong emotional core, and sweeping fantasy. She is always on the lookout for new talent and narrative risk-takers. Her clients' novels have received a variety of accolades, including Barnes and Noble book club selections and Reese's Book Club, and have appeared on the New York Times and USA Today bestseller lists as well as international bestseller lists around the globe. Before joining Sterling Lord Literistic in 2017, Sarah worked as an editor for fifteen years, holding roles at G.P. Putnam's Sons, Hyperion Books, HarperCollins Children's Books, and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Books for Young Readers. Sarah graduated with a B.A. in English from the University of Virginia.

Douces, sensibles, gentilles … On a longtemps assigné des traits de personnalité saux femmes. Et si une femme à le malheur de se mettre en colère, ce serait à cause de ses hormones ! Dans ce nouvel épisode, Clémentine Gallot et Julie Hamaïde reviennent sur ses différents clichés en explorant la violence des femmes.Côté pop culture, il sera question de l'actrice Ellen Ripley et de son rôle dans Alien, mais aussi du livre « King Kong Théorie » de Virginie Despentes, et du film « Les Veuves » de Steve McQueen prochainement sur nos écrans.Enfin, Clémentine et Julie répondent à Margaux, auditrice, qui a des difficultés à gérer ses relations avec son entourage qui voit le monde différemment de son engagement dans le féminisme intersectionnel.L'actu féministe de Clémentine Gallot de Julie Hamaïde (01:58)Le thème de l'épisode : La violence des femmes (03:11)Expériences personnelles de Clémentine Gallot et de Julie Hamaïde (21:07)Le moment Pop culture (35 :04)Les recommandations culturelles (43 :37)Le courrier des auditrices (45:31)Les références entendues dans l'épisode :Le 25 novembre : Journée internationale pour l'élimination de la violence à l'égard des femmesLe livre « Penser la violence des femmes » de Coline CARDI et Geneviève PRUVOST, (2017).Le mouvement des suffragettes anglaises au 19ème siècle qui s'est divisé avec deux grandes leaders anglaises : Millicent Garrett Fawcett et Emmeline PankhurstLe film Suffragettes de Sarah Gavron (2015)Le livre « Women Crime and Criminology » de Carol Smart, Frances Heidensohn, Richard Collier, Joe Sim et Helen Monk (2017).Le livre de Mona Chollet « Sorcières ». (2018)Le livre « Les monstres n'existent pas » de Ondine Millot (2018)Le livre d'Amy Chua "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (2011)Le téléfilm « Jacqueline Sauvage : C'était lui ou moi » avec Muriel Robin, de Yves Renier. (2018)Le livre « Lorsque je me suis relevée j'ai pris mon fusil » de Valentine Faure. (2018)Le livre « Good and Mad: The revolutionary Power of Women's Anger” de Rebecca Traister. (2018)Le livre « On ne naît pas soumise on le devient » de Manon Garcia. (2018)Le passage sur les violences conjugales, de Muriel Robin dans « C à vous ».Le Amazon Training conseillée par Clémentine GallotLa militante écoféministe, écrivaine et journaliste : “Starhawk” qui prône l'action directe non violente`La pièce de théâtre « Up your Ass » en 1966 de Valérie SolanasLe livre « King Kong Théorie » de Virginie Despentes. (2007)Le pamphlet « Scum Manifesto » de Valérie SolanasL'actrice Ellen Ripley, première vraie héroïne d'action du cinéma grand public pour son rôle dans « Alien » réalisé par Ridley Scott. (1979)La série « Killing Eve » de Emerald Fennell et Phoebe Waller-Bridge avec l'actrice Sandra Oh de “Grey's Anatomy”. (2018)La romancière américaine Gillian Flynn et ses romans « Gone Girl » et “Sharp Objects » adaptés au cinéma en 2014 et 2018.La série « Sweet/Vicious » de Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. (2016)Le livre « Confessions d'un gang de filles » de Joyce Carol Oates. (2014)La BD « Perdy » de Kickliy. (2018)La BD « Camel Joe » de Claire Duplan (2018)Le film « Millenium : ce qui ne me tue pas » de Fede Alvarez. (2018)Le film « Les veuves » de Steve McQueen. (2018) Les recommandations culturellesJulie : Le livre « La violence » de Cécile Collette (2013)Clémentine : « Les heures rouges » de Leni Zumas (2018)Pour poser une question à la team Quoi de meuf : hello@quoidemeuf.netPour s'inscrire à la géniale newsletter Quoi de meuf : http://quoidemeuf.net/Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes, animée par Clémentine Gallot et Julie Hamaide. Réalisée par Aurore Meyer Mahieu, montée et mixée par Laurie Galligani, coordonnée par Laura Cuissard.Vous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

El derecho al aborto fue recientemente revocado en Estados Unidos, dando a los varios estados libertad para desandar un largo camino y prohibir la terminación voluntaria del embarazo. Y ahora, ¿qué? En este episodio Marta y Loli hablan sobre "lo del aborto". Nos explican sobre el precedente judicial en Estados Unidos y del balance de ideologías entre las juezas de la Corte Suprema. Así responden a Cecilia, compañera de navegación, que se preguntaba por qué se revoca un derecho como el aborto durante un gobierno demócrata. ¿Qué era el colectivo Jane,? ¿Qué es Roe vs Wade? ¿Cómo ha reaccionado la gente en Norteamérica? Y... ¿qué puedo hacer yo para rebelarme contra esta decisión? Además, Montse Gallardo ¡vuelve a la carga! con lectura y recomendaciones que encontrarás al final del episodio. ¿Lista para navegar? -- Un saludo para Mabel, que tuvo que desembarcar antes de zarpar -- Enlaces de interés Loli Molina Muñoz Profesora de español en Estados Unidos. Además es escritora y ha publicado poemas, relatos y algún ensayo en distintas publicaciones españolas y norteamericanas. Una de sus últimas publicaciones es un ensayo sobre identidad de género en la ciencia ficción española en la antología Infiltradas, más tarde incluido en la antología Hijas del futuro. Actualmente escribe su tesis doctoral sobre ciencia ficción feminista. Goodreads - El acontecimiento, Annie Ernaux Goodreads - El cuento de la criada, Margaret Atwood Goodreads - Red Clock, Leni Zumas Goodreads - Expatriados, el exilio era esto, Loli Molina Muñoz Goodreads - Manual para mujeres de la limpieza, Lucía Berlin La entrada NC13: Lo del aborto en EE.UU. se publicó primero en Navegando Cultura.

Portland writer Leni Zumas joins us to talk about her new book “Red Clocks.” The novel centers around the lives of four women in a small coastal town in Oregon, in an America under an administration that has taken away most reproductive rights and reserved adoption for married, opposite sex couples only.

W tym odcinku przyglądamy się trzem naładowanym problemami książkom. Będzie więc o trudnych relacjach rodzinnych, o tym, do czego prowadzi fanatyzm religijny i o dystopii, która wcale nie jest tak oddalona od prawdziwego świata, jak mogłoby się wydawać. Nie zabraknie też rozmowy na temat kreacji bohaterek i tego, jak autorzy i autorki wciągają nas w wykreowane przez siebie światy. Książki, o których rozmawiamy w podkaście, to: Piotr Dardziński, „Trucizny”, Instytut Literatury; Claudia Piñeiro, „Katedry”, tłum. Tomasz Pindel, Sonia Draga; Leni Zumas, „Czerwone zegary”, tłum. Agnieszka Wyszogrodzka-Gaik, Czarna Owca. Zachęcamy do odwiedzin na naszym profilu na Instagramie: https://www.instagram.com/juz_tlumaczei na Facebooku https://www.facebook.com/juz.tlumaczeoraz na naszej stronie internetowej https://juztlumacze.pl/ Intro: http://bit.ly/jennush

Join Liza and Riss for the FINAL episode of the first season where the girls have gifted each other one of the other's favorite books (please tell me that wording makes sense). Liza read one of Marissa's favorite books, "Horns" by Joe Hill. Riss read one of Liza's favorite books, "Red Clocks" by Leni Zumas. This episode was SO fun to film and it was so wonderful to see each other within these books!Now the girls are going on a tiny break from the pod! :( Be sure to keep up with us on social media (@LSMRPodcast) to see what we are up during this break, and maybe you can let us know books you want us to read next season?Until next season, Sleepy Readers!~Riss and Liza

In this episode of NPR's Book of the Day, authors Joshua Prager and Leni Zumas each explore the real world implications of abortion politics, through fiction and non-fiction. First, in a conversation with Michel Martin, Prager talks through his book The Family Roe: An American Story, centered on the woman who was the baby at the center of the landmark Roe v. Wade trial. Then Leni Zumas and Scott Simon discuss Zumas' novel Red Clocks, set in a time where fetal personhood legislation has outlawed not only abortion, but also in-vitro fertilization.

Authors Joshua Prager and Leni Zumas each explore the real world implications of abortion politics, through fiction and non-fiction. First, in a conversation with Michel Martin, Prager talks through his book The Family Roe: An American Story, centered on the woman who was the baby at the center of the landmark Roe v. Wade trial. Then Leni Zumas and Scott Simon discuss Zumas' novel Red Clocks, set in a time where fetal personhood legislation has outlawed not only abortion, but also in-vitro fertilization.

This week Maggie has a reading list for you all. Let's talk about reproductive justice with a mix of fiction and non-fiction books that explore abortion, IVF, eugenics, and more. We've got long-form journalism, think pieces, and oh yeah: a bunch of dystopias to explore. In This Episode: Red Clocks by Leni Zumas: https://bookshop.org/books/red-clocks/9780316434782?aid=9908&listref=season-two Future Home of the Living God by Louise Erdich: https://bookshop.org/books/future-home-of-the-living-god/9780062694065?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot: https://bookshop.org/books/the-immortal-life-of-henrietta-lacks/9781400052189?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list Outlawed by Anna North: https://bookshop.org/books/outlawed-9781635575422/9781635575422?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty by Dorothy Roberts: https://bookshop.org/books/killing-the-black-body-race-reproduction-and-the-meaning-of-liberty/9780679758693?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list Undivided Rights: Women of Color Organizing for Reproductive Justice by Loretta Ross, Jael Silliman, Marlene Garber Fried, Elena Gutiérrez https://bookshop.org/books/undivided-rights-women-of-color-organizing-for-reproductive-justice/9781608466177?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list The Farm by Joanne Ramos: https://bookshop.org/books/the-farm-9781984853752/9781984853776?aid=9908&listref=maggie-s-irl-reading-list To follow our episode schedule, go here https://rebelgirlsbook.club/read-along-with-the-show/ Follow our social media pages on Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 , Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays, and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. Rebel Girls Book Club is part of the Frolic Podcast Network. You can find more outstanding podcasts to subscribe to at Frolic.media/podcasts! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/support

Body of Stars: A Novel by Laura Maylene Walter BODY OF STARS has recently appeared on most anticipated lists from The Millions, The Rumpus, and i09! From debut novelist Laura Maylene Walter, a bold and dazzling exploration of fate and female agency in a world very similar to our own—except that the markings on women's bodies reveal the future Perfect for fans of Leni Zumas's Red Clocks and Naomi Alderman's The Power, Body of Stars is a unique and timely exploration of girlhood, womanhood, and toxic masculinity. A piercing indictment of rape culture, it is an inventive and urgent read about what happens when women are objectified and stripped of choice—and what happens when they fight back. Celeste Morton has eagerly awaited her passage to adulthood. Like every girl, she was born with a set of childhood markings—the freckles, moles, and birthmarks on her body that foretell her future and that of those around her—and with puberty will come a new set of predictions that will solidify her fate. The possibilities are tantalizing enough to outweigh the worry that the future she dreams of won't be the one she's fated to have and the fear of her “changeling period”: the time when women are nearly irresistible to men and the risk of abduction is rife. Celeste's beloved brother, Miles, is equally anticipating her transition to adulthood. As a skilled interpreter of the future, a field that typically excludes men, Miles considers Celeste his practice ground—and the only clue to what his own future will bring. But when Celeste changes, she learns a devastating secret about Miles's fate: a secret that could destroy her family, a secret she will do anything to keep. Yet Celeste isn't the only one keeping secrets, and when the lies of brother and sister collide, it leads to a tragedy that will irrevocably change Celeste's fate, set her on a path to fight against the inherent misogyny of fortune-telling, and urge her to create a future that is truly her own.

This Tin House Live conversation between Leni Zumas and Janice Lee, “Publishing, Power Structures, and Creative Practice,” was recorded at the summer 2020 Tin House Writers Workshop. Leni Zumas is the author most recently of the novel Red Clocks, a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice and winner of the Oregon Book Award for […] The post Tin House Live : Publishing, Power Structures & Creative Practice with Leni Zumas & Janice Lee appeared first on Tin House.

Maggie and Harmony read page 188 to the end of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. They dig into the weeds on wife and motherhood, and what it feels like to be trapped in circumstances and the ways in which women weaponize their societal roles against each other. Action Resources: Justice for Breonna Taylor https://www.instagram.com/p/CFhfh4chNjo/?hl=en https://www.standwithbre.com/ https://action.justiceforbreonna.org/sign/BreonnaWasEssential/ Prevent Trump from appointing a conservative Supreme Court Justice https://www.usa.gov/confirm-voter-registration My name is....... I am calling because there is now a vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. McConnell set the precedent. Now the Senate should follow it. No vote on a Supreme Court nominee just before or after an election until the President is seated on January 20, 2021. Susan Collins. Maine 202-224-2523 Joni Ernst 202-224-3254 Iowa Thom Tillis 202-224-6342 North Carolina Cory Gardner Colorado 202-224-5941 Steve Daines Montana 202-224-2651 Martha McSally Arizona 202-224-2235 Kelly Loeffler Georgia 202-224-3643 David Perdue Georgia 202-224-3521 MITT ROMNEY...THE MOST IMPORTANT ONE TO CALL 202-224-5251 Utah Lindsey Graham (who is chair of senate judiciary cmte) 202-224-5972 South Carolina Lisa Murkowsi 202-224-6665 Alaska Support reproductive care in the U.S. https://www.bustle.com/p/11-organizations-like-planned-parenthood-to-donate-to-34394 https://www.bustle.com/articles/197444-7-reproductive-rights-organizations-to-donate-to-on-giving-tuesday Support the Quileute people's and help them move to higher ground https://mthg.org/ What we're reading: Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316027656 Hitting a Straight Lick with a Crooked Stick: Stories from the Harlem Renaissance by Zora Neale Hurston https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062915795 A Great and Terrible Beauty by Libba Bray https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780385732314 Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share feel free to email us at Rebelgirlsbookclub@gmail.com. https://bit.ly/2BlrFIv To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/support

This week join Maggie and Harmony as they read up to page 187 of Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. They explore healthcare in the U.S. and white feminism. Action resources: Support reproductive care in the U.S. https://www.bustle.com/p/11-organizations-like-planned-parenthood-to-donate-to-34394 https://www.bustle.com/articles/197444-7-reproductive-rights-organizations-to-donate-to-on-giving-tuesday Oregon, and most of the west coast, is on fire! Help our west coast friends https://www.oregonlive.com/news/2020/09/oregon-wildfires-how-you-can-help-victims.html https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/ways-to-help-during-oregon-wildfires/ https://www.thecut.com/2020/09/how-to-help-california-oregon-and-washington-fire-victims.html Support the Quileute people's and help them move to higher ground https://mthg.org/ What we're reading: The Way of Kings: Book One of the Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780765365279 Get a Life, Chloe Brown by Talia Hibbert https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780062941206 Twilight by Stephanie Meyer https://bookshop.org/a/9908/9780316015844 Are you feeling overwhelmed about racial inequality in the U.S.? We are too! Here's some resources we've found useful. If you have any additional resources you'd like to share feel free to email us at Rebelgirlsbookclub@gmail.com. https://bit.ly/2BlrFIv To follow our episode schedule go here https://medium.com/rebel-girls-book-club/read-along-with-the-show-bde1d80a8108 Follow our social media pages at Instagram https://www.instagram.com/rgbcpod/ Facebook https://www.facebook.com/RebelGirlsBookClub/ Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/101801516-rebel-girls and Twitter https://twitter.com/RebelGirlsBook1 Or you can email us at RebelGirlsBookClub@gmail.com. Our theme song is by The Gays and our image is by Mari Talor Renaud-Krutulis. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rgbc/support

In this bewitching debut novel, a sensitive teen, newly arrived in Alabama, falls in love, questions his faith, and navigates a strange power. While his German parents don’t know what to make of a South pining for the past, shy Max thrives in the thick heat. Taken in by the football team, he learns how to catch a spiraling ball, how to point a gun, and how to hide his innermost secrets. Max already expects some of the raucous behavior of his new, American friends—like their insatiable hunger for the fried and cheesy, and their locker room talk about girls. But he doesn’t expect the comradery—or how quickly he would be welcomed into their world of basement beer drinking. In his new canvas pants and thickening muscles, Max feels like he’s “playing dress-up.” That is until he meets Pan, the school “witch,” in Physics class: “Pan in his all black. Pan with his goth choker and the gel that made his hair go straight up.” Suddenly, Max feels seen, and the pair embarks on a consuming relationship: Max tells Pan about his supernatural powers, and Pan tells Max about the snake poison initiations of the local church. The boys, however, aren’t sure whose past is darker, and what is more frightening—their true selves, or staying true in Alabama. Writing in verdant and visceral prose that builds to a shocking conclusion, Genevieve Hudson “brilliantly reinvents the Southern Gothic, mapping queer love in a land where God, guns, and football are king” (Leni Zumas, author of Red Clocks). Boys of Alabama becomes a nuanced portrait of masculinity, religion, immigration, and the adolescent pressures that require total conformity. Hudson is in conversation with Cyrus Grace Dunham, a writer and organizer living in Los Angeles. They recently published their memoir A Year Without A Name. _______________________________________________ Produced by Maddie Gobbo & Michael Kowaleski Theme: "I Love All My Friends," a new, unreleased demo by Fragile Gang.

In our second Minisode we chat about banana bread (very important!), tips on how to get out of a reading rut, and books that had us reading waaay past our bedtime.Connect with us on Instagram @throughthepagespod!Books mentioned: Inkheart by Cornelia Funke, The Starless Sea by Erin Morgenstern, Red Clocks by Leni Zumas.

This episode originally aired on Nov. 3, 2018. If you’ve been feeling like the lines are blurring between the America you imagined and the America we all live with, take a listen. We found some incredible artists and writers addressing the magical thinking and fantasies that shaped our world.

We listen back to a conversation between April Baer and Portland writer Leni Zumas about her book “Red Clocks.” The novel centers around the lives of four women in a small coastal town in Oregon. It's set in an America under a political administration that has taken away most reproductive rights and reserved adoption for married, opposite sex couples only. The novel won a 2019 Oregon Book Award.

Gayle and Nicole were waylaid by travel and illness last week, but they are now back in business! Today, they talk about new paperbacks out this summer, catch up on what they've been reading, and discuss their July book club pick, https://amzn.to/2K7SnWt (Trust Exercise) by Susan Choi. (The book club discussion begins around 42 minutes in, if you want to avoid spoilers.) https://amzn.to/2YBOLEi (Three Women) by Lisa Taddeo https://amzn.to/2yvwvh2 (The Year Of The Runaways) by Sunjeev Sahoda https://amzn.to/2yrc2Kv (The Travelers) by Regina Porter https://amzn.to/2YyQ4Uw (Black Is The Body) by Emily Bernard https://amzn.to/2GED7hD (The World According To Fannie Davis) by Bridgett M. Davis https://amzn.to/2MqFkRw (Everything Is Just Fine) by Brett Paesel (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/07/everything-is-just-fine-by-brett-paesel/ (Gayle's review here)) https://amzn.to/2GE11Kk (The Bookish Life Of Nina Hill) by Abbi Waxman https://amzn.to/2ynq287 (How Not To Die Alone) by Richard Roper https://amzn.to/2ynnWoL (Social Creature) by Tara Isabella Burton https://amzn.to/2GC8Tfu (How To Walk Away) by Katherine Center (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2018/07/how-to-walk-away-by-katherine-center/ (Gayle's review here)) https://amzn.to/2SX2sse (Things You Save In A Fire) by Katherine Center https://amzn.to/2GEEWLv (Give Me Your Hand) by Megan Abbott https://amzn.to/2Yrrh4T (A Double Life) by Flynn Berry https://amzn.to/2K8C4so (Vox) by Christina Dalcher (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2018/09/vox-by-christina-dalcher/ (Gayle's review here)) https://amzn.to/2Ox7kpw (Red Clocks) by Leni Zumas (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2018/11/red-clocks-by-leni-zumas/ (Gayle's review here)) https://amzn.to/316aMZn (Baby Teeth) by Zoje Stage (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/04/baby-teeth-by-zoje-stage/ (Gayle's review here)) https://amzn.to/2YClZU1 (The Two Lila Bennetts) by Liz Fenton https://amzn.to/31azIzg (A Ladder To The Sky) by John Boyne https://amzn.to/2LPWNUh (Meet Me At The Museum) by Anne Youngson https://amzn.to/2STubdc (Virgil Wander) by Leif Enger https://amzn.to/2LVlyOz (My Sister, The Serial Killer) by Oyinkan Brathwaite https://amzn.to/2K7ugqT (The Witch Elm) by Tana French https://amzn.to/2LS4mK0 (The Incendiaries) by R. O. Kwon https://amzn.to/2K6ar3i (The Silence Of The Girls) by Pat Barker https://amzn.to/2YBUwSq (Here And Now And Then) by Mike Chen https://amzn.to/2SVn9Ve (Trust Exercise) by Susan Choi (http://www.everydayiwritethebookblog.com/2019/07/trust-exercise-by-susan-choi/ (Gayle's review here)) *Books linked above are our affiliate links. There's no additional expense you, but if you make a purchase through us a small portion of that contributes to the costs associated with making our podcast. Thanks so much for listening and for your support! Support this podcast

Sophia Shalmiyev emigrated from Leningrad to America in 1990. She is the author of the lyric memoir, Mother Winter (S&S, 2019), and is a feminist writer and painter living in Portland, OR with her two children. She has been published in Electric Lit, Guernica, Entropy, Vela, The Rumpus, Lit Hub and many others. A collaborative, epistolary piece about mothering while writing with the author of Red Clocks, Leni Zumas, is forthcoming in Guernica this May. Links to the next two tour dates, which are Cleveland, April 23 and Nashville April 27 and 28th. Sometimes I Wish I Was Your Lover, 24x42, Oil and Acrylic

Nesse episódio, Bruna e Mayra conversam sobre "As horas vermelhas" (Leni Zumas), uma distopia que não é tão distopia assim e discute aborto, maternidade e o papel da mulher em uma família. "As horas vermelhas" da Leni Zumas foi publicado no Brasil pela editora Planeta e traduzido pela Isa Prospero.

Bonjour, nous sommes heureuses de vous retrouver pour ce 58ème épisode ! « Les heures rouges » de Leni Zumas, traduit par Anne Rabinovitch, publié aux Presses de la Cité, 408 pages. « Tess d'Uberville » de Thomas Hardy, publié au Livre de Poche, traduit par Madeleine Rolland, 474 pages. « Moi ce que j'aime c'est les monstres » d'Emil Ferris, publié chez Monsieur Toussaint Louverture, 416 pages Nos coups de cœur du mois sont : Pour Léo : "Qui a tué l'homme-homard" de JM Erre, chez Buchet-Chastel. Pour Eva : "Le Chant des Revenants" de Jesmyn Ward, chez Belfond. Pour Coralie : "Le Discours" de Fabrice Caro, chez Gallimard et "Vigile" de Hyam Zaytoun au Tripode. Pour Amandine : Si vous avez aimé Leni Zumas et avez envie d'en découvrir plus sur la thématique des Sorcières, elle vous recommande l'écoute des épisodes du podcast La Poudre sur cette thématique (le #1 avec Mona Chollet et le #2 sur le roman de Maryse Condé : "Moi, Tituba sorcière") N'oubliez pas de nous noter sur itunes !

This episode originally aired on November 3, 2018. If you’ve been feeling like the lines are blurring between the America you imagined and the America we all live with, take a listen. We found some incredible artists and writers addressing the magical thinking and fantasies that shaped our world.

Jenn and guest Christina Orlando discuss novels in verse, Hannibal read-alikes, fiction about Lyon, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by TBR and The Lost Man by Jane Harper. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions 1. Hi guys! I’m looking for some novels in verse to read. I’ve always been a big fan of poetry, but never read to many novels in verse. Recently however I read Anne Carson’s amazing Autobiography of Red, and discovered a new favorite book. Now I’m looking for more novels in verse, but don’t know what’s good, or really where to start. I know of Brown Girl Dreaming from this show and have ordered it- so I’ll be reading that soon. Obviously I’ve read the classic epic poetry, like Homer, Virgil, and Ovid, etc. I’m open to any genre or themes, and I enjoy a wide variety of different poets. I read a lot of classic and modern poetry, so I’m not afraid of jumping into anything a bit dense. -Lisbeth   2. I am going to Lyon in March and would love some reading material to get me even more excited than I already am. Historical Fiction is definitely my favorite, but I like all genres, including romance, young adult, and non-fiction. Some of my most beloved authors include Ruth Reichl, Rose Lerner, Barbara Pym, Becky Chambers, Jess Kidd, Naomi Novik, and Patricia Lockwood. Please only women authors. Thank you! -Hillary   3. Hello ladies! I’ve been a fan of the podcast for a year now and because of it, my TBR seems endless. Yet here I am! My all time favorite show is NBC’s Hannibal (I do like the movies and books, but the show is light years better in my opinion) and after watching it for the fifth time I decided I need something else that is similar because my friends and family will murder me if I ever mention it again. I’m looking for something that’s equally dark and twisted but aesthetically beautiful. My favorite thing about the show was the complex, love-hate relationship between protagonist and antagonist, the way they blurred into one at times, their exploration of good and evil, but also how intentionally pretentiousness the whole show is. Some books that have kind of helped fill the hole so far were Song of Achilles (mostly because of the wonderful, flowery writing) Vicious, If We Were Villains, The Secret History and Born, Darkly. I’d love anything you could find that is remotely like this, bonus points for good queer rep. Thank you and hope y’all are doing good. -Celina   4. Hi ladies! Thanks so much for all the bookish fun! I’m looking for a book of poetry as a gift for my spouse. They like Rilke’s Sonnets to Orpheus, Paul Celan, and other lyrical poems about the human condition. Themes of love and inspiration are ideal but not required. I would prefer to support a living poet, and appreciate any recommendations! Thanks! -Lindsey   5. The greatest tragedy of my life is that Hanya Yanagihara has only released two books. I loved them both, particularly A Little Life. For two years I’ve been looking for books that give me the same feelings, especially books with queer characters and I need some help. Thank you! -Ellie   6. Hello! I typically read hard fantasy, but once in a while I crave something a little lighter. When I’m in that reading mood I have really enjoyed magical realism stories with a romantic plot or sub plot. I love the lush and lyrical writing. I enjoyed The Weight of Feathers and The Strange and Beautiful Sorrows of Ava Lavender. The Night Circus is definitely on my list, but I was hoping you could give me some more diverse options please. I enjoy Toni Morrison and Octavia Butler because of their strong voices and unique subject matter. What I am really looking for is beautiful writing, a ending that makes you feel happy and fulfilled, and a story that makes you turn the page because it is just so darn lovely. Thank you for the recommendations! -Kyla   7. Hi ladies! I recently finished reading Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, and I really, really loved and related to Ro (the biographer) and Gin’s (the mender) independence. They didn’t have current romantic/life partners, and they weren’t agonizing over being alone or over trying to find someone. I am getting sick of novels where women spend a lot of time worrying about being “on the shelf.” I would like to read more books with women who are single and proud, and romance isn’t anywhere near the top of their priority list. I am willing to read any genre, length, or format. Can’t wait to hear what you have to recommend! Thanks so much! Best, -Mary Beth   Books Discussed Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James The Swimming Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst The Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo The Sampo by Peter O’Leary Chocolat by Joanne Harris The Body in the Vestibule by Katherine Hall Page Her Body & Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (tw: sexual assault, violence against women) Killing Eve LoveMurder by Saul Black (rec’d by Jamie) Mary Oliver Oceanic by Aimee Nezhukumatathil Smith Blue by Camille T. Dungy Tipping the Velvet by Sarah Waters The Heart’s Invisible Furies by John Boyne (rec’d by Liberty) Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel Mistress of Spices by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (tw: domestic violence, hate crimes, limited representation of Native Americans) All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang (tw: rape, war crimes, genocide)

Amanda and Jenn discuss good “relationship reads,” Asian authors, classic retellings, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by the Read Harder Journal, But That’s Another Story podcast and Life, Death, and Cellos by Isabel Rogers. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, or Stitcher.   Questions 1. Hi! So I’m a part of this book club and we are in need of a new book. All the members of our book club are recent college grads and have just entered adulthood. Most of us have just moved to a new city and are in the process of finding our place, launching our careers and figuring out what we want to do with our lives. Collectively we often feel a sense of ‘being lost’. There are so many options in this world and decisions we need to make and those choices can be overwhelming. We would love to read a book that resonates with the struggles, excitement and growing pains of the season we are currently experiencing. We also would love to read something that can serve as a source of hope for us-hope that we will figure out how to approach this season and who we want to be in this world. Also, we prefer to read novels. Thank you so much! –Emily   2. Hi! In the last month, I have been reading If We Had Known by Elise Juska, Vox by Christina Dalcher, The Poppy War by R. F. Kuang, and Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. I didn’t set out to read books surrounding heavy and/or politically-charged issues, and I generally wouldn’t characterize my reading life as trigger warning heavy. However, I really enjoyed reading these books that aren’t strictly reality but are still very real and can help me think through real and pressing issues. Can you recommend more novels like these? Please no white male authors because its 2019 and I’m tired of hearing men talk—thanks! –Tally   3. I’m looking for a book I can listen to on audio with my husband. We have listened to A Walk in the Woods, Ender’s Game, the King Killer Chronicles, The Expanse series etc. He is a history buff who loves fantasy, classic adventure literature (like the Count of Monte Christo) and long history books like The history of Salt, Heart of the Sea, McCullogh presidential biographies etc. I am an ex-English major. Recently on audiobook I have enjoyed Spinning Silver, A Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds, My Lady Jane, Becoming by Michelle Obama and The Winter Garden by Kristen Hannah. I love your weekly recs! Thanks in advance. –Sarah   4. Hello, book friends! And help! I just finished a reread of Kristin Cashore’s trilogy (Graceling, Fire, and Bitterblue) and now I’m flailing around at just how great they are, and how I’ve never read anything that feels quite like them. I love how the characters take care of each other. I love the characters! They’re very likeable people, and I also love how practical they are. I like how these books are books with romance in them rather than books about romance. Same for the magic–it’s mostly very low key, but is still unique and interesting. I am so desperate to find other books that feel the same way these do! They don’t have to be YA, though I would prefer sticking to secondary fantasy worlds. Extra super special brownie points if the main character is queer! THANK YOU! –A   5. Hi Jenn and Amanda, Thank you for this amazing podcast and all the recommendations that you make. One of my main reading goals this year is to continue reading more diversely and as part of that I want to read fewer American authors. American authors always end up making a big chunk of my reading and I am trying to change that to broaden my perspective. So, could you please recommend any books by Asian female authors? No Asian-American ones as I feel that would still be cheating. I have read the more popular authors like Arundhati Roy, Han Kang, Celeste Ng, Mira Jacob, Jhumpa Lahiri, Kamila Shamsie etc. I read all kinds of genres, fiction or non-fiction, and would love to hear your recommendations. Thanks a lot! –Nikhila   6. Hi, looking for some books I could give my sister. She reads mostly fiction, mixing classics and modern picks. Some favourites of hers include Pride & Prejudice, Wuthering Heights, Jane Eyre, His Dark Materials, The Book Thief, The Last Runaways. This year she loved Naomi Novik’s Uprooted and Spinning Silver and Eleanor Catton’s The Luminaries. I gave her Hannah Kent’s Burial Rites and she really liked it but found it hard because of how sad it is. I keep thinking of and giving her books I think she will love but they are often pretty bleak, and she would love some less depressing books to throw in the mix (I gave her Ferrante, her best friend gave her A Little Life, she will need something in between) They don’t have to be all light and fluffy but at least a happy ending would be great. Thank you! I love the show, you have made my tbr almost impossible, which is the best problem to have.   7. I’m looking for a fun book to listen to on audio with my husband on a roadtrip. The problem is that we have quite different interests–I love literary fiction and popular fiction: Crazy Rich Asians, Outlander, The Goldfinch, The Marrying of Chani Kaufman. He mostly reads nonfiction–Stephen Pinker, books on objectivism, and comparative religions. Some books we’ve listened to together and liked are The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri, Shroud for a Nightingale by P.D. James, and The Martian by Andy Weir. I know this is kind of a tough one, so thanks in advance! You guys are awesome. –Aaryn   Books Discussed Upstream by Mary Oliver Becoming by Michelle Obama Startup by Doree Shafrir (rec’d by Rebecca) Chemistry by Weike Wang (tw: family emotional abuse) Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez How Long Til Black Future Month by NK Jemisin The Silence of the Girls by Pat Barker (tw: rape, gendered violence) On Such a Full Sea by Chang-Rae Lee (narrated by BD Wong) The Queen’s Thief series by Megan Whalen Turner Witchmark by CL Polk The Good Women of China by Xinran, trans. By Esther Tyldesley The Lonesome Bodybuilder by Yukiko Motoya, translated by Asa Yoneda (tw: body horror) Jane Steele by Lyndsay Faye Pride by Ibi Zoboi Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders The Fortunes by Peter Ho Davies

Douces, sensibles, gentilles … On a longtemps assigné des traits de personnalité saux femmes. Et si une femme à le malheur de se mettre en colère, ce serait à cause de ses hormones ! Dans ce nouvel épisode, Clémentine Gallot et Julie Hamaïde reviennent sur ses différents clichés en explorant la violence des femmes. Côté pop culture, il sera question de l’actrice Ellen Ripley et de son rôle dans Alien, mais aussi du livre « King Kong Théorie » de Virginie Despentes, et du film « Les Veuves » de Steve McQueen prochainement sur nos écrans. Enfin, Clémentine et Julie répondent à Margaux, auditrice, qui a des difficultés à gérer ses relations avec son entourage qui voit le monde différemment de son engagement dans le féminisme intersectionnel.L'actu féministe de Clémentine Gallot de Julie Hamaïde (01:58)Le thème de l'épisode : La violence des femmes (03:11)Expériences personnelles de Clémentine Gallot et de Julie Hamaïde (21:07)Le moment Pop culture (35 :04)Les recommandations culturelles (43 :37)Le courrier des auditrices (45:31)Les références entendues dans l'épisode : Le 25 novembre : Journée internationale pour l’élimination de la violence à l’égard des femmes Le livre « Penser la violence des femmes » de Coline CARDI et Geneviève PRUVOST, (2017).Le mouvement des suffragettes anglaises au 19ème siècle qui s’est divisé avec deux grandes leaders anglaises : Millicent Garrett Fawcett et Emmeline PankhurstLe film Suffragettes de Sarah Gavron (2015)Le livre « Women Crime and Criminology » de Carol Smart, Frances Heidensohn, Richard Collier, Joe Sim et Helen Monk (2017).Le livre de Mona Chollet « Sorcières ». (2018)Le livre « Les monstres n’existent pas » de Ondine Millot (2018)Le livre d'Amy Chua "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" (2011)Le téléfilm « Jacqueline Sauvage : C’était lui ou moi » avec Muriel Robin, de Yves Renier. (2018)Le livre « Lorsque je me suis relevée j’ai pris mon fusil » de Valentine Faure. (2018)Le livre « Good and Mad: The revolutionary Power of Women’s Anger” de Rebecca Traister. (2018)Le livre « On ne naît pas soumise on le devient » de Manon Garcia. (2018)Le passage sur les violences conjugales, de Muriel Robin dans « C à vous ».Le Amazon Training conseillée par Clémentine GallotLa militante écoféministe, écrivaine et journaliste : “Starhawk” qui prône l’action directe non violente`La pièce de théâtre « Up your Ass » en 1966 de Valérie SolanasLe livre « King Kong Théorie » de Virginie Despentes. (2007)Le pamphlet « Scum Manifesto » de Valérie Solanas L’actrice Ellen Ripley, première vraie héroïne d’action du cinéma grand public pour son rôle dans « Alien » réalisé par Ridley Scott. (1979) La série « Killing Eve » de Emerald Fennell et Phoebe Waller-Bridge avec l’actrice Sandra Oh de “Grey’s Anatomy”. (2018) La romancière américaine Gillian Flynn et ses romans « Gone Girl » et “Sharp Objects » adaptés au cinéma en 2014 et 2018. La série « Sweet/Vicious » de Jennifer Kaytin Robinson. (2016)Le livre « Confessions d’un gang de filles » de Joyce Carol Oates. (2014)La BD « Perdy » de Kickliy. (2018)La BD « Camel Joe » de Claire Duplan (2018)Le film « Millenium : ce qui ne me tue pas » de Fede Alvarez. (2018)Le film « Les veuves » de Steve McQueen. (2018) Les recommandations culturelles Julie : Le livre « La violence » de Cécile Collette (2013)Clémentine : « Les heures rouges » de Leni Zumas (2018)Pour poser une question à la team Quoi de meuf : hello@quoidemeuf.netPour s'inscrire à la géniale newsletter Quoi de meuf : http://quoidemeuf.net/Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes, animée par Clémentine Gallot et Julie Hamaide. Réalisée par Aurore Meyer Mahieu, montée et mixée par Laurie Galligani, coordonnée par Laura Cuissard.

If you’ve been feeling like the lines are blurring between the America you imagined and the America we all live with, take a listen. We found some incredible artists and writer addressing the magical thinking, fantasies, and illusions that shaped our world.

En este primer capítulo hablaremos de escritoras, empezando por la autora de ciencia ficción y fantasía Úrsula K. Le Guin, concretamente de su novela "Los desposeídos", una historia definida con frecuencia como utopía pero de la que yo os daré una visión más distópica. Además, comentaremos otros libros recomendables como "Relojes de Sangre" de Leni Zumas, "Las quince primeras vidas de Harry August" de Claire North, "84, Charing Cross Road" de Helene Hanff, "Entre extraños" de Jo Walton, "Distópicas", una antología de autoras españolas de ciencia ficción y "Ácido sulfúrico" de Amélie Nothomb.Si os apetece que hable de algún libro concreto podéis enviarme vuestras sugerencias a través de los comentarios de esta entrada y, si os habéis quedado con ganas de más recomendaciones, podéis encontrar mis sugerencias para #LeoAutorasOctubre en mi blog personal o en mi cuenta de Twitter.Espero que disfrutéis del podcast y, recordad, nos encontraremos en el lugar donde no hay oscuridad.Para cualquier duda o comentario, las formas de contactar conmigo son a través de Twitter (https://twitter.com/greenpeeptoes) o en mi blog (https://sarab.es)También espero tus comentarios en https://emilcar.fm/habitacion101 donde podrás encontrar los enlaces de este episodio.

Our guest this week is author Leni Zumas. We spoke to US writer Leni when she was visiting London last month about everything from reproductive rights to writing inspiration. We featured her books, The Red Clocks, on our Shelf Life page when it was released earlier this year - telling the story of a group of women in an American where abortion has been outlawed, the novel seems scarily prescient in today's political climate across the pond. Even if you're not familiar with Leni's novels, she speaks beautifully on a whole host of relatable issues in this episode.

WHAT'S A WOMAN FOR? Fans of Naomi Alderman’s The Power will appreciate these ambitious political novels about women defying restrictions. Sophie Mackintosh’s The Water Cure centres on three women raised in total isolation and the men who come to find them. Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks sees four women drawn together in resistance in an imagined America where abortion is illegal and a new law grants property rights to every embryo. Vote for The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh in the First Book Award.

Western Tales episode 4 Red Clocks: narratives on how life is supposed to go. A conversation with Leni Zumas on stories that we inherit and how visually the fs and the ls standing up on the page can change the rhythm in a sentence. Portland, OR http://lenizumas.com

Fans of Naomi Alderman’s The Power will appreciate these ambitious political novels about women defying restrictions. Sophie Mackintosh’s The Water Cure centres on three women raised in total isolation and the men who come to find them. Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks sees four women drawn together in resistance in an imagined America where abortion is illegal and a new law grants property rights to every embryo. Hear the pair discuss their stories in this event recorded live at the 2018 Edinburgh International Book Festival.

New today! We discuss the tangible impact of the chipping away of #Roe and #abortionrights. #TrumpsterFire discusses the #Brett Kavanaugh nomination to the #SCOTUS. Our #FierceWomanWarrior is Sharice Davids, the #LGBTQ #NativeAmerican #woman who won her August Democratic primary for a Congressional seat in #Kansas. Our #MediaMinute asks you to read Leni Zumas's #feminist #dystopian #novel Red Clocks. And finally, our #ActivistAction asks you to research #prochoice political candidates. #Empower yourself by joining our #community and feel less alone in this topsy-turvy time. #Share this episode with your social media networks and ask others to #listen and join this fight (subscribe to our podcast on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, Castbox FM, and Google Play Music). Download the Podbean app (or your favorite podcast app) and subscribe to Inside 254 for free. We are in this together.   We work hard to bring you #originalcontent. Do you agree that our content is valuable? Important? Have we given #voice to some of your own concerns? Helped you feel less alone in this world-gone-off-the-rails? Become a patron for $1 a month and help us be #sustainable. Click the "Become a Patron" button on this screen to start your patronage today! (At $8/month, you'll get access to every episode and Expert Extra AS SOON AS WE POST THEM, some swag, stickers, shout-outs, and love!) Want to help us out with expenses, but don't want the monthly patron option? You can make a one-time donation at our GoFundMe page. Teachers can support us by getting our Inside 254 Teaching Guides - nothing is more than $2. Go to teacherspayteachers.com or download the TpT app and search for "Inside 254." Please #share our #podcast with your like-minded friends. We need your help to build our audience and community! Follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and on our web site where we post links and additional information from the current episode. Thanks for listening and helping us be sustainable for you for the long-term, community!

Life, liberty and property: for every embryo. This is the effect of the Personhood Amendment, passed by a new president with big ideas. Not only does the Personhood Amendment outlaw abortion (and threaten anyone involved in the act with a charge of second-degree murder), it also prohibits in vitro fertilization and adoption by unmarried persons. In Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks, four women in Newville, Oregon, are left to navigate this new landscape: Ro, a biographer desperate to have a baby while writing the untold story of a female polar explorer; Susan, a mother trapped in suburbia with an extremely difficult husband; Mattie, an adopted teenager who finds herself pregnant and unwilling to allow her unborn child to wonder why it wasn’t wanted; and Gin, a forest-dwelling mender whose “witchcraft” somehow weaves its way into each woman’s life. As the aftershocks of the Personhood Amendment wreak havoc in the small Oregon town, Gin is suddenly arrested for medical malpractice; and, in yet another echo of the past, a modern-day witch hunt ensues. As the trial begins, the town is faced with questions: What is a woman for? Who controls her body? What does it mean to become a mother? What is your place in the world if you choose not to have a child? In a novel both vividly revolutionary and achingly familiar, Leni Zumas invites the reader to reexamine preconceived notions of power in a society where women’s bodies are controlled by the government. Through the eyes of high school teachers, stay-at-home mothers, aspiring marine biologists, and town misfits, Zumas wondrously paints the story of modern women reckoning with deeply conservative values. Zumas is in conversation with Porochista Khakpour, author of the memoir Sick.

Angela Garbes shares her experience about being pregnant and talks with Lindy West about the myths and science surrounding pregnancy (5:31); Leni Zumas, Tiffany Hankins, and Megan Burbank ruminate on the ways which personal stories can humanize discussions of women's reproductive rights (11:16); Richard Prum invigorates Charles Darwin's theory of sexual selection, exploring how aesthetics can drive evolution (16:11); and Steve Scher interviews Shaun Scott about his community discussion series at Town Hall inspired Forward Thrust—emphasizing the 'Forward' aspect to collaborate on our city's future (22:01). Hosts Jini Palmer and Steve Scher select standout moments from the previous two weeks of events and look forward to the next.

This week, we welcome special guest Casey Bell into the studio to talk about short stories, literature, and creative writing. We begin by discussing our recommendations from last week, which included The Bet by Anton Chekov and The Colour Out of Space by H.P. Lovecraft. Then we talk generally about literature and creative writing before a special segment where we workshop some of Ben's creative writing. For Emergent Culture, we talk about Red Clocks by Leni Zumas. For next week, we're getting meta! Recommendations are podcasts. Get into it!

We’ve got one hot read for you imagining an alternative future for American women, plus news from Portland and Central Oregon. Shuck off those gardening gloves and sit a spell!

Litquake's "Lit Cast Live" series of events at Bay Area bookstores continues with Leni Zumas, on tour for her novel RED CLOCKS. The New York Times describes Zumas as having "a perfectly tuned ear for the way measures to restrict lives and enforce social confirmity are couched in the moralizing sentimentalism of children's needs" and her novel "a clear and well-constructed extrapolation of the current debate." RED CLOCKS is Zumas's second novel, following her darkly funny debut THE LISTENERS in 2012. This appearance was recorded live at The Booksmith in San Francisco.  https://www.facebook.com/litquake  https://twitter.com/Litquake

This week Buffy and Angel clear some air, Spike manipulates the far-too-malleable Scoobies into isolating Buffy, and Giles in turn sings The Eagles and gets drunk (cause that's the best part) in Buffy 420, "The Yoko Factor" For more Hot Chicks with[out] superpowers check out: Emily loved Frances McDormand's Oscar win and speech to fight for inclusion contracts Haley is reading Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, a novel set in a dystopian future where embryos are given the same rights as people; very Handmaids Tale vibes Hannah hopes you all read more about Yoko Ono, a practicing artist in her own right and general badass

Leni Zumas talks to us about her new novel "Red Clocks" which imagines a US where abortion and in vitro fertilzation is illegal. Then former CIA officer turned novelist Jason Matthews dishes on the final installment of his Red Sparrow trilogy.

Amanda and Jenn discuss independent ladies, fantasy short stories, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel reading comps, and more in this week's episode of Get Booked. This episode is sponsored by The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton and The Birthday Girl by Sue Fortin.   Questions 1. Hi ladies! I recently finished reading Red Clocks by Leni Zumas, and I really, really loved and related to Ro (the biographer) and Gin's (the mender) independence. They didn't have current romantic/life partners, and they weren't agonizing over being alone or over trying to find someone. I am getting sick of novels where women spend a lot of time worrying about being "on the shelf." I would like to read more books with women who are single and proud, and romance isn't anywhere near the top of their priority list. I am willing to read any genre, length, or format. Can't wait to hear what you have to recommend! Thanks so much! Best, --Mary Beth   2. Hi! My friend and coworker is transferring to a new position within our company to Phoenix, Arizona. She will be driving from Ohio to Phoenix with whatever she can fit into her car. While working together I introduced her to audiobooks, and I thought a list of great audiobook recommendations would be the perfect parting gift. She loves steamy romance novels, and a great male narrator's voice. I know that she has listened to all of Meghan March's books, Anna Todd, and has just recently discovered the Fifty Shades of Grey series. Hoping to make her long drive enjoyable. Thanks so much! I greatly enjoy your show! --Kristin   3. Hello! I'm a first year 7th grade English at a school in Massachusetts, and we are about to start a unit of fantasy short stories. I'm very excited about this unit, but after looking through the anthology that we'll be using, I've noticed something that I want to change - the anthology only contains one story by an author of color ("Caleb's Colors" by Neal Shusterman). I'd love to teach a more diverse set of stories, so I'm looking for suggestions of fantasy short stories that would be appropriate for a middle school reading level. Do you know of any anthologies that exist? I would also be happy to read them a picture book or two. Please let me know if you can help me diversify my reading list! --Jessi   4. I'm about six weeks away from giving birth to my first child, and I'm looking for something to read that will be a real page-turner but light enough that I can read it during my leave regardless of how much (or little) sleep I'm getting. I read pretty widely in terms of genre, but I do prefer fiction to non-fiction and I don't really do suspense or thrillers. Thanks! --Aaryn   5. Love love love your show. I’ve just moved from a very queer loving and welcoming college campus to a not so much welcoming and loving work environment :(. I’m on a desperate search for stories with badass lesbian and queer women protagonists to dive into to remind myself my gay poc identity is valid and wonderful and loved on those tough work days. I just finished Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Riviera and absolutely loved and dying for another woke read with a confident lesbian/gay/queer woman in her 20s being a total badass and rocking who they are through whatever life throws at them. Here’s my search criteria: - coming out not being a major plot point. - Not YA. Characters in their 20s like me or 30s would be preferable. - Light, fun & empowering with some humor thrown in - contemporary - not a mystery, thriller, or including issues of domestic violence, or sexual assault. - a person of color protagonist would be awesome but I understand this list might be a tall order so am lenient in this category I’m new to romance but very much open to it and am not shy about sex scenes. Open to non-fiction of all kinds, and some light fantasy and sci-fi. Books I’ve loved the feel of Sourdough by Robin Sloan’s themes of figuring out adulthood, and what one wants to do with their life. River of Teeth and Taste of Marrow by Sarah Gailey. I Hear She’s a Real Bitch by Jen Agg Georgia Peaches and Other Forbidden Fruit made my cry - not in a good way with the having to go back into the closet kind of thing so I’d love to stay way clear of anything like that. Thanks! I hope you can help! Sincerely, --Courtney   6. Hi ladies! I just blew through the charming new Amazon Prime original TV series "The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel" and am really thirsting for more content like it. If you haven't had the pleasure, it's about a well-to-do house wife in the late 1950s in Manhattan who discovers her incredible talent for raunchy standup comedy as her life is falling apart around her. It's sharp, witty, smart, and has a good dose of drama. It's by the same folks as Gilmore Girls and is tonally very similar. The main character also reminds me of Joan Rivers a lot. I'd love to read some books that put me in the same mind-space while I wait (a year) for season two, but I'm not sure where to start. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Best, --Jocelyn   7. Don't judge but one of my favorite movies is The Mummy (the one with Brendan Fraser) and years ago I was swept away by the Anton Rider series by Bartle Bull which is similar in tone to The Mummy. I've been having a hard time finding other books that give me a similar feeling. Any recommendations for books that have adventure, maybe a monster, a rogueish hero and some romance? --Emily   Books Discussed Eloquent Rage by Brittney Cooper Make Trouble by Cecile Richards 84 Charing Cross Road by Helene Hanff All Grown Up by Jami Attenberg A Scot in the Dark by Sarah MacLean Destiny’s Captive by Beverly Jenkins (rec'd by Jess Pryde) Unnatural Creatures edited by Neil Gaiman and Maria Dahvana Headley A Thousand Beginnings and Endings edited by Ellen Oh and Elsie Chapman (out June 26 2018) Fresh Ink edited by Lamar Giles I Am Having So Much Fun Here Without You by Courtney Maum The Paper Menagerie: Stories by Ken Liu Nevada by Imogen Binnie Holding Still for As Long As Possible by Zoe Whitall Lady Killer by Joelle Jones and Jamie S. Rich, Chelsea Cain An American Housewife by Helen Ellis The Invisible Library by Genevieve Cogman River of Teeth by Sarah Gailey

Brea and Mallory discuss whether or not it’s worth reading classic literature, and interview author Leni Zumas. Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion! Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com! Reading Glasses Tote Bags Sponsor - SquareSpace Offer Code - GLASSES   Links - Leni Zumas Leni's Twitter Leni's Website   Reading Glasses Transcriptions on Gretta   Reading Glasses Facebook Group Reading Glasses Goodreads Group Apex Magazine Page Advice Article   Reading Glasses Amazon Wish List     Books Mentioned - The Nature Fix by Florence Williams Single, Carefree, Mellow by Katherine Heiny The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne Palaces by Simon Jacobs   The Wrong Heaven by Amy Bonnafons Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs   The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins   The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman by Laurence Sterne Moby Dick by Herman Melville The Pillow Book by Sei Shonagon Obras by Juana Ines de la Cruz Gates and Fields by Jennifer Firestone Dear Cyborgs by Eugene Lim    

In the all-too-plausible future of Zumas’s second novel, the Personhood Amendment has outlawed abortion, a “pink wall” has gone up between the U.S. and Canada to prevent pregnant Americans from accessing Canadian clinics, and the “Every Child Needs Two” act means single parents are ineligible to adopt. These measures, along with the old-fashioned sexism that keeps women underpaid, under-confident, and overworked, makes life difficult for Zumas’s four protagonists. Known by their roles: the Biographer, the Wife, the Daughter, and the Mender, as well as by their names: Roberta, Susan, Mattie, and Gin, these rebellious characters are determined to break through social constraints and direct their own lives.http://www.politics-prose.com/book/9780316434812Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Brea and Mallory finally talk about audiobooks, and interview actor, writer and audiobook performer Wil Wheaton! Use the hashtag #ReadingGlasses to participate in online discussion. Email us at readingglassespodcast at gmail dot com!   Links -   Audible Penguin Random House Audio Overdrive Libby   Loyal Books Digital Book Open Culture Audie Awards   Wil Wheaton https://twitter.com/wilw https://wilwheaton.bandcamp.com/ https://www.amazon.com/Books-Wil-Wheaton https://www.audible.com/search?searchNarrator=Wil+Wheaton Books Mentioned - Reincarnation Blues by Michael Poore   Red Clocks by Leni Zumas   Not My Father’s Son by Alan Cumming Hunger Makes Me A Modern Girl by Carrie Brownstein Sex Object by Jessica Valenti The Regional Office Is Under Attack! by Manuel Gonzales Fire and Fury by Michael Wolff Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery   Home Comforts by Cheryl Mendelson   The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas Exit West by Mohsin Hamid   Spoonbenders by Daryl Gregory   Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds   The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman Hunger by Roxane Gay   Ready Player One by Ernest Cline Night Shift by Stephen King Carter Beats The Devil by Glen Gold House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski   Hell House by Richard Matheson   Crash Override by Zoe Quinn The Brothers by Stephen Kinzer  

Robert Harris is one of the most revered historical novelists writing today. His new novel, MUNICH, is about old friends who reunite in hopes of derailing Hitler’s war machine. The author of POMPEII and numerous other bestsellers, Harris joins us on the podcast this week. We also talk to Leni Zumas, whose novel RED CLOCKS is about the lives of five women in a small Oregon town who are affected by the outlawing of abortion and an imminent ban on single parenthood. And our editors share their thoughts about this week's bestselling books. 

“Leni Zumas here proves she can do almost anything. Her tale feels part Melvillian, part Lydia Davis, part Octavia Butler—but really Zumas’s vision is entirely her own. Red Clocks is funny, mordant, political, poetic, alarming, and inspiring—not to mention a way forward for fiction now.”—Maggie Nelson “Move over Atwood, Leni Zumas’s Red Clocks is a […] The post Leni Zumas : Red Clocks appeared first on Tin House.

There is a long, if lesser known, history of fictions (and fictive illustrations) that invite reader participation, where the reader co-creates the story with the authors.  These stories often utilize an element of chance and/or suggest multiple possible ways a text can be read. Leni Zumas and Luca DiPierro, the co-creators of A Wooden Leg: […] The post Leni Zumas & Luca DiPierro : A Wooden Leg appeared first on Tin House.

In this episode, fiction writer Leni Zumas discussers her new novel The Listeners. Zumas read from her work at a BMI Emerging Writers Series event the next night. This audio segment is used with the gracious permission of KNPR's "State of Nevada" which podcasts many segments of its programs. See knpr.org/son/feeds for more information.