Books & Banter
Amani Hope, Haili Blassingame, Mel ZogA speculative fiction newsletter and community in the pursuit of a lifelong reading habit.
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Daddy issues are well-documented in fiction, but whattabout mommy issues? Eh? What about them moms? In high form, these four books explore complicated relationships between mother and offspring, from childhood to adultho...
The best books of Mel Zog’s life
Writer of "Crying Spells" takes over our newsletter today and reveals 3 books that made her a “menace”
Hi lovelies, it's Mel <3,
112 speculative books to read if you like slipstream, mythical, fantasy, liminal, otherwordly, weird fiction.
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A quick introduction for all the new faces! My name is Amani I’m a writer from the Bay Area, I run a newsletter, podcast, and snail mail club in the pursuit of a lifelong reading habit. Welcome.
"I was writing a lot of it with undiagnosed postpartum depression." Interview with Eirinie Carson, author of "Bloodfire, Baby."
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The best books of Haili's life
Author of "They All Fall in Love at the End" Haili Blassingame, takes over our newsletter today and reveals the megastar books from her reading life
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Writer from the Bay Area, building a reading community around speculative fiction and the pursuit of a lifelong reading habit.
Producer for NPR’s 1A. THEY ALL FALL IN LOVE AT THE END out now, lock tf in!! Think Challengers but no tennis, more sex + politics & a girl, a city, a nation, spiraling into chaos
Identity, desire and trangression in visual culture 🫦 | Paris, France | [email protected]
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