On this episode, Arionne Nettles, author, journalist, and professor, talks about how she finds romance to be a comfort, audiobook preferences that she loves, and why she likes talking about books in person but has a harder time with the bookish internet. We also get to talk about her book that I would absolutely recommend widely!
We Are the Culture: Black Chicago’s Influence on Everything
Books mentioned in this episode:
What Betsy’s reading:
Intemperance by Sonora Jha
These Heathens by Mia McKenzie
Brawler by Lauren Groff
Books Highlighted by Arionne:
Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston
Matriarch by Tina Knowles
Monday’s Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson
The Space Between Worlds by Micaiah Johnson
Such a Fun Age by Kiley Reid
How the Word is Passed: A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America by Clint Smith
The Sum of Us: What Racism Costs Everyone and How We Can Prosper Together by Heather McGhee
Happiness Falls by Angie Kim
All books available on my Bookshop.org episode page.
Other books mentioned in this episode:
Addy: Finding Freedom by Connie Porter
The Care and Keeping of You by Valorie Schaefer & Cara Netterson
Can’t Get Enough by Kennedy Ryan
Curvy Girl Summer by Danielle Allen
Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
The Meaning of Mariah Carey by Mariah Carey
Come & Get It by Kiley Reid
Poverty, By America by Matthew Desmond
Evicted by Matthew Desmond
