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Book Public: ‘Math for the Self-Crippling” Ursula Villarreal Moura’s slim chapbook of flash fiction makes a big impression

In this episode of Book Public - Que Esperanzas: Yvette Benavides speaks with author Kali Fajardo-Anstine about her short story “Sabrina & Corina."

Yvette Benavides interviews author Dana Johnson about her short story “Because That’s Just Easier.”

A reunion of the Dulaney girls' school is the setting for this story by Louise Marburg.

“Que Esperanzas” is a new series from Book Public that focuses on short stories with protagonists who are women surviving catastrophic injustice in their everyday lives with a thin measure of hope. This week's story is “Nature Exchange” by Sindya Bhanoo.

Book Public Episode 100 with Peter Orner and The Lonely Voice

In the story "No Place for You, My Love" by Eudora Welty, a woman from Toledo and a man from Syracuse who’ve only just met drive south of New Orleans through rural Louisiana.

Yevgenia Belorusets is the Ukrainian author of the story collection Lucky Breaks. First published in 2018, it was published in English in March of 2022.

The Lonely Voice: "The Woman with the Black, Broken Umbrella" by Yevgenia Belorusets

‘Olga Dies Dreaming’ Xochitl Gonzalez’s debut novel is a story about family and betrayal.

‘The Everybody Ensemble’ : Amy Leach celebrates the natural world in her new collection of whimsical essays.

Ana Castillo reads from her latest poetry collection, ‘My Book of the Dead’

'A Most Remarkable Creature': Jonathan Meiburg reveals the curiosity and charisma of the caracara.

Tomás Morín reads from his latest poetry collection, ‘Machete’

Laura Van Prooyen is the author of Frances of the Wider Field. It’s published by Lily Poetry Review. She is also the founder of Next Page Press.

Mark Oppenheimer’s latest book is “Squirrel Hill: The Tree of Life Synagogue Shooting and the Soul of a Neighborhood.”

Barbara Ras shares poems from her latest poetry collection The Blues of Heaven. These are poems that are tender and wise, measured and uproarious, somber and celebratory.

In Sandra Cisneros’ latest book, Corina is living her life in Chicago when she finds a letter she’d long forgotten. This and other ephemera of bygone days when she was young, single and following her dreams to become a writer in Paris lead Corina to respond to her friend Martita through this epistolary work.

At 91, the beloved author is back to writing stories after the death of her husband to COVID-19. Her new collection is called “Today A Woman Went Mad In The Supermarket.”

Alexander Nemerov brings us the story of pioneering artist Helen Frankenthaler and a look into New York’s 1950s art scene.

In Marisol Cortez’s novel “Luz at Midnight,” offers a world of insights on environmental justice with a setting in San Antonio, Texas.

Katie Crouch’s new novel is set in Namibia where two central characters, American women, are “embassy wives” who have transplanted their lives to follow their husbands to their diplomatic roles.

In her debut memoir, Chloe Shaw guides us on an emotional journey that anyone who has ever loved and lost a dog will appreciate.

Jessica Hopper is a pioneer in the field of music criticism. She examines the music of women — in many contexts, from songwriters to producers — through an intersectional feminist lens.

In her new collection of essays, "Broken (In the Best Possible Way)," Jenny Lawson shares her experiences with anxiety and depression.