Beverly Jenkins joins us to talk about her latest book Breathless and the series in progress. Of course, we talk about history and the stories that inspire her, especially the unsung, undiscovered, or forgotten women behind major figures in history. We also discuss the communities of women throughout history that worked to help one another, and about her next book – which we really want to read already.
TRIGGER WARNING: we discuss some violent images from the recently released photography collection from Cornell at 17:04 to 17:38. I’ll warn you in the middle to skip ahead when it’s time.
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Here are the books we discuss in this podcast:
You can find Beverly Jenkins on her website – including her travel schedule – and on Facebook.
In our archives, there’s more to enjoy, including:
- Our reviews of Beverly Jenkins’ books, including her latest, Breathless
- A previous podcast interview with her
- The podcast episodes we mentioned in this conversation: interviews with Alisha Rai and Lauren Willig
We also discussed a recent Guardian article about characters and readers, information about Lozen, and the collection of photographs of African American life from Cornell – please be cautious if graphic images upset you.
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This Episode's Music
This is from Caravan Palace, and the track is called “Bambous.” You can find Caravan Palace and their two album set with Caravan Palace and Panic on Amazon and iTunes. You can find Caravan Palace on Facebook, and on their website.