Book Club: Of Women and Salt

The phrase 'friends of Dorothy' has long been coded language within the queer community. We trace the history and discuss what the Wizard of Oz has to do with it.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

The online dating world is on fire, so why not burn down the haystack? That's the logic behind the burnt haystack theory. Samantha swipes through some explanations, thoughts and arguments on this theory.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 

"We are force." This line is originally from a Victor Hugo letter to Cuban independence fighters, but it's also found throughout Gabriela Garcia's novel, Of Women And Salt. The book, new in paperback, is about generations of Cuban and Salvadoran women navigating patriarchal socie ...  Show more

The latest pick for Group Text, our monthly column for readers and book clubs, is Esther Freud's “I Couldn’t Love You More,” a novel about three generati ...

This week, Miranda France contemplates the final novel by Gabriel Garcia Marquez; and Nicola Shulman on what women write in their diaries.'Until August', by Gabriel Garcia Marquez, translated by Anne McLean'Secret Voices: A Year of Women's Diaries', by Sarah GristwoodProduced by ...  Show more

(Video podcast available on Spotify & YouTube) In this episode of Pretty Lonesome, Madeline hosts a book club for the popular book, Women Who Run with the Wolves. In this book, the author discusses stories of women's safety -- including falling for predators, ignoring red flags, ...  Show more