For their annual summer reading episode, Caroline and Cristen discuss the impact of gendered book covers, the viral "cover flip" challenge, and whether books written by women are taken as seriously by publishers and critics.
Apr 2022
Women Authors (w/ Jacqueline Woodson)
This week on the season finale of In Fact, Chelsea is sitting down with best-selling and award winning author Jacqueline Woodson. They discuss her early inspirations, the importance and recent politicization of children’s books, the progress we’ve made towards equality and what’s ... Show More
30m 17s
Sep 2022
Courtney Summers returns!
Bestselling Young Adult author Courtney Summers returns to discuss her new book I'm the Girl. She shares with Jill the inspiration behind her book, writing books about teen girls for teen girls, the cultural systems in place that perpetuate violence against girls and women, and w ... Show More
51m 36s
Sep 2023
Zadie Smith’s Guilty Pleasure is Rap Feuds
<p>Chioma and Chloe talk to Zadie Smith about her style (David Byrne suits and intimidating looks), what she wore to her college interview, internet wormholes she falls into, and how she felt when she finished her new book, <em>The Fraud</em> – her first piece of historical ficti ... Show More
26m 45s
Jun 2024
Literary It Girls, BookTok And The Complicated History of Men Watching Women Reading
<p>This week we've partnered with the Fitzwilliam Museum to take on the internet's renewed interest in all things literary. Inspired by the museum's rehang, where one portion of the Interiors gallery depicts women reading throughout the years, Ione and Gina talk through the oxymo ... Show More
28m 12s