Conversations about work, writing, & professional success with the women shaping our cultural landscape. An interview series now in its 3rd season.
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“I continue to be surprised”: Téa Obreht on her career as a writer
My conversation with Téa on how she gained the emotional license to treat her writing as work, what it was like winning a major literary prize in her twenties, why she’s driven by a fear of disenchantment, feeling culturally Balkan and at h...
“I’m someone who thinks in seasons”: Stefanie O’Connell on her career as a writer
My conversation with Stefanie on how growing up with a breadwinning mother shaped her views on gender and work, the way she’s built a career through cold emailing and developing a resilience against rejection, why it’s so rare to see hetero...
“I set out to define my own values”: Helen Betya Rubinstein on her career as an author and writing coach
My conversation with Helen on the winding path from wanting to be a pianist to becoming a writer, why changing her ideas about achievement is what she’s most proud of achieving, how she accidentally stumbled into her current job, the years...
“I’ve been working on this for months”: The Postscript ep. 4
Each month, between interviews, I hop on the mic to share a new episode of The Postscript: a Women of Letters segment which features a life update from me + a behind-the-scenes look at my conversations with our recent guests—in this episode...
“I wake up excited”: Sophie Grégoire Trudeau on her career as an author and mental health advocate
My conversation with Sophie on the new chapter unfolding in her fifties, her daily practice of tracking micro-successes, the difference between breaking and being broken open, why she always keeps books of poetry on her bedside table, the a...
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host, Women of Letters | author, DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME | examining how we design our lives around work
I’m a movie critic at the New York Times, and author of "We Tell Ourselves Stories: Joan Didion and the American Dream Machine" (paperback out now!) and "Salty: Lessons on Eating, Drinking, and Living from Revolutionary Women" (2022).
author of FEELS LIKE TROUBLE: PROVOCATIONS ON WRITING, TEACHING & POWER (Oct 2026) and THE CASE AGAINST RUBINSTEIN: AN ANTI-FICTION (2027)
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I'm the bestselling author of five books, including Girlhood, Body Work, and The Dry Season.
Author of Ultranatural (U Iowa 2026) & MONARCH (Soft Skull, 2022), named “Gonzo” by the Wall Street Journal, “Bonkers” by Publisher’s Weekly and “Fantastically strange” by Crime Reads. An NPR and SPIN best book of 2022.
I make painted paper collages about food and the strange history behind it. Author-illustrator of childrens nonfiction, rep'd by DHA. Tasty Tales + Big Book of Birthdays (DK) | Newsletter + books + art shop at annalena.nl
Author of THE AMBITION PENALTY (ambitionpenalty.com) Debunking myths around women’s work, money and ambition one data point at a time [stefanieoconnell at gmail.com]
i wrote a novel called WANTING ! out now in a bookstore near you \ud83c\udf37 fuck ice free palestine read indie presses drive your friend to the airport
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