Michelle Dowd, "Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult--A Memoir" (Algonquin, 2023)
Today’s book is: Forager: Field Notes for Surviving a Family Cult, published by Algonquin Books, and written by Michelle Dowd. Forager is a memoir which showcases Michelle’s life growing up on an isol...
26 Jul 202353min
Sharing Lessons From His Working-Class Parents: A Conversation with Dr. Jorge Juan Rodríguez
Why are students encouraged to move far from home and family, to attend “the best school”? Why aren’t the emotional and physical costs of this disclosed to students and their families? Dr. Jorge Juan ...
20 Jul 20231h 3min
Hannah Pittard, "We Are Too Many: A Memoir [Kind of]" (Henry Holt, 2023)
What happens when you come of age in mid-life? Why is so challenging to figure out your own past? Can you find the permission to be weird? (And can you be happy if you don’t?) Memoirist and English pr...
14 Jul 202354min
Dana Rubin, "Speaking While Female: 75 Extraordinary Speeches by American Women" (RealClear, 2023)
From Dr. Painter restoring the words of Sojourner Truth’s original speech, to VP-candidate Kamala Harris enduring through repeated interruptions at her debate, to Katie Porter silently reading The Sub...
13 Jul 202348min
Studying the Pipeline to Politics for Women
When we teach about how women go into politics, how are we looking for the places and ways that women get involved? Are we giving enough consideration to small towns, and to grassroots work? Heather L...
6 Jul 20231h 5min
The Killer Whale Journals: Our Love and Fear of Orcas
Like wolves, orcas have been loved and loathed throughout history. What created this complicated relationship between humans and whales? And have we changed our attitudes toward them and their habitat...
29 Jun 202359min
The Fun Habit: How the Pursuit of Joy and Wonder Can Change Your Life
When we are tethered to our responsibilities, it can feel like we need someone to give us permission to go have fun. Maybe some of us have begun to forget what “fun” is? And what it feels like to have...
22 Jun 202353min
The Lost Journals of Sacajewea
Today’s book is: The Lost Journals of Sacajewea (Milkweed Editions, 2023), by Debra Magpie Earling, which is a devastatingly beautiful novel that challenges prevailing historical narratives of Sacajew...
15 Jun 202354min
