It’s one of Emma’s favorite months to talk about books — Nonfiction November! In this episode, Emma suggests just a small selection of books that may pique your interest. Feel free to tag her in your #nonfictionnovember stacks – she’s excited to see them!
Then stick around as Natalia reviews The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World by Loretta Napoleoni. When you find yourself coming apart after a monumental and life altering moment, you may find yourself in need of someone, or something, who can stitch you back together. Learn about the timeline of knitting, first wave feminism and their views on crafts, and knitting in science!
This episode was sponsored by WYLD Gallery
Books mentioned:
The New Jim Crow, Michelle Alexander
The Body Is Not An Apology, Sonya Renee Taylor
Braiding Sweetgrass, Robin Wall Kimmerer
Heavy, Kiese Laymon
Know My Name, Chanel Miller
In My Own Moccasins: A Memoir of Resilience, Helen Knott
On Earth We’re Briefly Gorgeous, Ocean Vuong
Crying in H-Mart, Michelle Zauner
The Collected Schizophrenias, Esmé Weijun Wang
Tastes like War, Grace Cho
Disfigured: On Fairy Tales, Disability, and Making Space, Amanda Leduc
We Too: Essays on Sex Work and Survival, edited by Natalie West
I Hope We Choose Love: A Trans Girl’s Notes from the End of the World, Kai Cheng Thom
The Dead Are Arising: The Life of Malcolm X, Les Payne and Tamara Payne
Last Call: A True Story of Love, Lust, and Murder in Queer New York, Elon Green
The Stonewall Reader, edited by the New York Public Library
The Power of Knitting: Stitching Together Our Lives in a Fractured World by Loretta Napoleoni
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This episode was edited by Sarah Hernandez and produced by Renee Powers on the ancestral land of the Dakota people.
Original music by @iam.onyxrose
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