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Bookish Flights: Books, Author Interviews & Must-Read RecommendationsTelling Her Story: Honoring a Life Through Memoir with Sandra Schnakenburg (E147)Send us a textIn today’s episode, I am chatting with Sandra Schnakenburg. She is a dual American/Australian citizen. Sandy earned a BS in finance and international business at Arizona State University and an MBA specializing in finance and accounting at the University of Southern California. She left a career in corporate finance in 2010 to sutdy creative nonfiction. She has completed writing courses at Rice University. Writespace, and The Writers University in Houston. When not writing, you will find Sandra enjoying her family, nature, hiking, skiing, biking, cooking, yoga and walking her dogs. She and he...2025-05-0737 min
Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through WritingEmbracing Your Weirdness: Allison Landa on Self-Acceptance and Social StigmaSend us a textWhat makes you weird? Is it something that fills you with pride or something you try to hide, a secret you’re constantly working to cover up? In today’s episode, I’m beyond excited to sit down with the brilliant author, Allison Landa, whose memoir Bearded Lady takes us on a raw and transformative journey of self-acceptance, societal judgment, and the complex relationship we have with both our inner and outer weirdness. Whether you’re a writer or simply someone who wants to connect with a compelling story of resilience and identity, this con...2025-04-2450 min
Let’s Talk Memoir158. Writing About a Past Where You Weren’t Present featuring Karen KirstenKaren Kirsten joins Let’s Talk Memoir for a conversation about the messy complexity of family, asking the right questions, writing about a time in history when you weren’t present in that history, utilizing and incorporating primary research, recorded interviews, archived documents, diaries, film, and photographs into memoir, writing fact-based vivid scenes, working with historians to accurately depict world-altering events, being honest with the reader and grappling with conflicting information on the page, changing the central question of your memoir, being a detective and being dogged, having a care plan and a nurturing creative community, writing about transgenerational trau...2025-03-1840 min
What Page Are You On?The Lads List Their 10 Books of the 21st CenturyInspired by the New York Times' list of the 100 greatest books of the 21st Century, Alice and Bethany each compile their own top 10s, and find they have only one book in common, but don't agree on what that book is about...
Bethany's list:
The Fact of a Body - Alex Marzano-Lesnevich
What I Loved - Siri Hustvedt
Manhattan Beach - Jennifer Egan
Beyond Black - Hilary Mantel
Middlesex - Jeffrey Eugenides
Crimson Petal & The White - Michel Faber
Fingersmith - Sarah Waters
Underground Railroad - Colson Whitehead
Ne...2024-07-191h 05Writing Your Resilience: Building Resilience, Embracing Trauma and Healing Through WritingHow Can I Braid My Life Story With My Deceased Partner’s?Send us a textThis week, you’ll hear from Meredith Master, a writer working on her memoir who is deciding on its structure. In this episode, we discuss writing a braided memoir, writing with a disability, telling the story of someone who has passed away, and how to write about the parts of someone’s life you weren’t present for. Meredith’s Bio: Meredith Master is a blind writer living in New York City, where she shares a small space with her guide dog, Ivan and mostly unhelpful Boston Terrier, Jelly Roll. She is curren...2024-07-1829 min
Currently ReadingSeason 6, Episode 21: A Look Back - Our Favorite Books of 2019On this episode of Currently Reading, Meredith and Kaytee are taking a look back at their favorite reads of 2019. These stood the test of time better than our 2018 reads, and most of these books should be available for you to grab if any interest you after hearing us rave about them four years ago! Show notes are time-stamped below for your convenience. Read the transcript of the episode (this link only works on the main site) . . . . . 4:30 - Our Top 10 Reads of 2019 5:07 - Sweep by Jon...2024-01-0140 min
Listen to Trending Full Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Social ScienceThe Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir by Jami Nakamura LinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir Author: Jami Nakamura Lin Narrator: Traci Kato-Kiriyama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Social Science Publisher's Summary: A Most Anticipated Book by Poets & Writers • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Millions • Library Journal • Debutiful • and many more! In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeously illustrated speculative memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo—the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons—to shift the cultural narrative around mental illnes...2023-11-0705 min
Listen to New Free Audiobooks in Biography & Memoir, MemoirsThe Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir by Jami Nakamura LinPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/659003 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Night Parade: A Speculative Memoir Author: Jami Nakamura Lin Narrator: Traci Kato-Kiriyama Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 9 hours 16 minutes Release date: November 7, 2023 Genres: Memoirs Publisher's Summary: A Most Anticipated Book by Poets & Writers • The Boston Globe • San Francisco Chronicle • The Millions • Library Journal • Debutiful • and many more! In the groundbreaking tradition of In the Dream House and The Collected Schizophrenias, a gorgeously illustrated speculative memoir that draws upon the Japanese myth of the Hyakki Yagyo—the Night Parade of One Hundred Demons—to shift the cultural narrative around mental illness, grie...2023-11-0705 min
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The 7am NovelistPassages: Alex Marzano-Lesnevich on the essay “Futurity”Alex Marzano-Lesnevich discusses the first pages of their essay “Futurity” which appeared in the 2022 Best American Essays. We talk about their splintered approach to the essay during a splintered time, how they bypassed the usual expectations of structure and made their process physical (hint: it involved little pieces of paper) with the help of Jane Allison’s beloved craft book Meander, Spiral, Explode, and issues of audience and representation.Marzano-Lesnevich’s full essay can be found here.Help local bookstores and our authors by buying Alex’s book, The Fact of a Body, on Bookshop.Click...2023-09-1136 min
sewakul berasRead [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Read [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Read Online The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body **Download Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body Book Synopsis : Before Alex Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at...2023-09-0100 min
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sewakul jengkolRead [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Read [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Read Online The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body **Download Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body Book Synopsis : Before Alex Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at...2023-09-0100 min
sewakul jangungRead [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-LesnevichRead [PDF] The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich Read Online The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body **Download Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/32076678-the-fact-of-a-body Book Synopsis : Before Alex Marzano-Lesnevich begins a summer job at a law firm in Louisiana, working to help...2023-09-0110 min
kamir arap[epub] [Download] Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger [epub] [Download] Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger Read Online Negative Space by Lilly Dancyger is a great book to read and that's why I recommend reading or downloading ebook Negative Space for free in any format with visit the link button below. **Read Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/54579036-negative-space **Download Book Here ==> https://gorengantahuaci.blogspot.com/54579036-negative-space Book Synopsis : "Dancyger crafts a striking composition out of found objects, a poignant portrait of the identities we construct out of grief."--Oprah Daily  "Candid, thrilling, wickedly smart, Negative Space is one of the g...2023-09-0100 min
Jo's Boys: A Little Women PodcastChapter 21: Laurie Makes Mischief and Jo Makes Peace with Alex Marzano-LesnevichThis week, we're joined by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich. Alex is the author of the book slash cultural phenomenon The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir, which won several awards, including the Lambda Literary Award, and was named one of the best books of the year by Entertainment Weekly, the Times of London, the Guardian, and about a million other places. Alex earned their BA from Columbia, their MFA at Emerson College, and their JD at Harvard Law School. They’re now an assistant professor at Bowdoin College, and their next book, Both and Neither, is forthcoming from Do...2022-12-3040 min
fiction/non/fictionLive from Writers for Readers in Kansas City: Alexander Chee on Editing Best American Essays 2022Writer and editor Alexander Chee joins hosts V.V. Ganeshananthan and Whitney Terrell live from the annual Writers for Readers gala in Kansas City to discuss editing Best American Essays 2022. Chee talks about what makes a strong essay and how he curated the volume, as well as how his training as a speed reader stood him in good stead as he made his selections. He also comments on specific pieces by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Kaitlyn Greenidge, Anthony Veasna So, Ryan Bradley, Vauhini Vara, Erika J. Simpson, and others. Writers for Readers is an ongoing partnership between the Kansas C...2022-11-2356 min
ThresholdsAlex Marzano-LesnevichAlex Marzano-Lesnevich (The Fact of a Body) joins Jordan to talk about a particularly life-altering haircut, the power of a sequined tuxedo, and what it means for a culture to put a narrative onto a person.MENTIONED:South PacificGhostly Matters by Avery GordonMy Autobiography of Carson McCullers by Jenn ShaplandJoseph LobdellAlex Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of THE FACT OF A BODY: A Murder and a Memoir, which received a Lambda Literary Award, the Chautauqua Prize, the Grand Prix des Lectrices ELLE, the Prix des libraires du Quebec, and the Prix France I...2022-11-0945 min
The Feelings67. Wrinkles and a Chin HairJoin us today as we discuss the disposability of women and children in the US and beauty products that lie to us. Then we dive into The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir by Alex Marzano-Lesnevich to discuss tragedy and loss that infuse multiple families and generations.We exhale by shifting to a chat about men in power who don't understand how women's bodies work but who make decisions on behalf of women's bodies. Meghan shares a tale of local government horseplay and Jules gives us Insights™ into how she thinks and behaves professionally, and it...2022-07-1458 min
The Feminist PresentEpisode 30 - Alex Marzano-LesnevichAlex Marzano-Lesnevich is the author of the award-winning book The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir. Alex joins TFP this week to discuss the historically controversial lesbian novel The Well of Loneliness: is it really a lesbian novel, or perhaps more of a trans novel? Have we moved beyond the tragic queer love story? And how has our interpretation of this classic text changed in the last 100 years?2022-02-2359 min
Past PresentEpisode 314: Canada's Freedom ConvoyIn this episode, Niki, Natalia, and Neil discuss the convoy of truckers that has occupied Ottawa, Canada. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show: A convoy of truckers and their allies, totaling about 8,000 people, has gathered in the center of Ottawa, Canada, in protest of what they consider excessive COVID prevention policy. Natalia referred to Michelle Goldberg’s New York Times column about the protest, and Niki referred to Dahlia Lithwick’s Slate article on its narrow appeal. In...2022-02-2247 min
Family SecretsThe Goofy RingAs a law student, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich was vehemently opposed to the death penalty, even in the most heinous of crimes. Yet their deeply-held beliefs were put to the test after watching the confession tape of a man convicted of the brutal killing and sexual assault of a six-year-old boy—the details of which felt all too familiar to Alex, an abuse survivor. Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.2021-04-1543 min
Books and the City“You Would Make a Great Lesbian”Buckle up because today, we’re talking to The BookstaGays! We had the most fun, most chaotic interview with Alex (@thebookadvocate) and Sam (@staxsonstaxs), who are cohosts of everyone’s favorite queer bookish podcast. We chat with them about bookstagram, the importance of queer community, and—duh—enneagrams! So get excited, and let’s pour one out for Becky and her never-failing editing skills. Stay tuned for some book talk. Today we have YA historical fiction, a new favorite for Kayla, a memoir recommended by none other than Alex, and a queer biography-memoir hybrid. Thanks for listening! And be sure to ch...2021-04-121h 10
Broads and BooksThe Broads Talk Books With: Melissa Faliveno, Author of TomboylandIn this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Melissa Faliveno! We recommended her book Tomboyland in Episode 76 (and it was Amy's top nonfiction pick of 2020). We talked to Melissa about her towering stacks of TBR piles, her struggles with Shakespeare, releasing a book in the pandemic, and music writing. In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Andrea Lawlor, Jeannie Vanasco, Mona Awad, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite po...2021-02-2439 minBroads and BooksBonus! The Broads Talk Books With: Lyz LenzIn this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Lyz Lenz! We recommended her book Bad Habits in Episode 78. Lyz talks about her favorite books, past and present, ethical escapism, and a killer cocktail+show combo. In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Andrea Lawlor, Jeannie Vanasco, Mona Awad, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every bonus episode will come straight to you. Like magic.2021-02-1032 minBroads and BooksBonus! The Broads Talk Books With: Amy Gentry, author of Bad HabitsIn this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Amy Gentry! We recommended her book Bad Habits in Episode 79.Amy talks about her favorite books, past and present, how reading all different kinds of genres is super satisfying, and … cake.In The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Andrea Lawlor, Jeannie Vanasco, Mona Awad, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every bonus episode will come straight to yo...2021-01-2744 min