feminism

Anolik: Simon & Schuster Audio (l); Maya Hawke holds a copy of "Slouching Toward Bethlehem": Picaodr Modern Classics (c); Leadbeater: Harper Audio (r)

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Listening to Joan Didion

Lisa Morgan

Joan Didion died in 2021, but interest in her life and work has only increased since then.

Storyteller Mita Vogel. Photo by Aaron Curtis.

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Fight the Power

Laura Wexler

This week on the podcast, three tales of young women challenging the patriarchy.

Bonnie Garmus is a copywriter and creative director who has worked in technology, medicine, and education. She’s an open-water swimmer, a rower, and mother to two pretty amazing daughters. Born in California and most recently from Seattle, she currently lives in London with her husband and her dog, 99. (Garmus photo by Serena Bolton/cover art courtesy Doubleday Books)

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"Lessons in Chemistry": A comic debut for novelist Bonnie Garmus

Tom Hall

Writer Bonnie Garmus discusses why her first published novel about a smart, self-assured young woman in early '60s America has become a run-away best seller.

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"Lessons in Chemistry": A comic novel about a cheeky '60s feminist

Tom Hall

Writer Bonnie Garmus discusses why her first novel about a smart, self-assured young woman in early 1960s America has become a run-away best seller.

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Strong Women

Aaron Henkin

Stories from a mixed-martial-arts fighter, the manager of a diner, a trainer of Doberman Pinschers, a child-abuse survivor, a fashion entrepreneur, a…