Literary Disparities

This episode was co-produced and edited by Rice University student Muna Nnamani, with support from the Scholarly and Creative Works Subvention Fund.   Here are links to some of the things we talked about. Recommended Books and Resources Bleed- by Tracy Lindeman https://www.amazon.com/dp/1770416536?lv=shuf&channelId=500&plpRedirect=mhFallback   The Making of a Modern Epidemic- by...

Hello Listeners! Thank you for being here, and welcome to episode 2 of Literary Disparities. Back when we recorded this episode in January, I thought it would only be a matter of days before we shared it with listeners, but life had other plans. In February my teenage daughter was rushed to the hospital and later underwent three emergency brain surgeries. She spent a month in the hospital and made...

Welcome to the first episode of Literary Disparities! What an absolute joy it was to talk to Lidia Yuknavitch about the portal of perimenopause and menopause and how transformation comes, whether we're ready or not. Lidia is an author, guide, advocate, and (I think) mystical storyteller, and her memoir The Chronology of Water was just made into a film, directed by Kristen Stewart.  Today we are ta...

In this brief introductory episode-- we mean, like, really brief-- host Cameron Dezen Hammon talks about the nickname her OBGYN gave her, and why we need a place to talk about the aspects of women's health no one else is talking about. We'll look at the way books, tv, art, and culture consider women's health and talk to creatives, artists, and scientists working to make the invisible visible. Welc...