Melanie and Jennifer discuss the loss of Ruth Bader Ginsburg and how writers are necessarily political. Melanie interviews Danielle Hanson, a rad, Atlanta-based poet, whose poetry is oddly synchronous with a story-in-progress excerpt Jennifer shares about people's ashes that attend parties (Yes, you read that correctly). This one is a wild ride of puppetry, feminism, diversifying your reading list, activism, shipping fictional princes and first sons, and more!
CW: Brief references to sexual assault
Links
Danielle on Instagram and Twitter
1619 podcast by The New York Times
History of American Slavery podcast by Slate
The Poet Salon
Jericho Brown
Boom! Laywered podcast
The New York Times on RBG's complex legacy
Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Long Bright River by Liz Moore
Mean Spirit by Linda Hogan
If Cats Disappeared from the World by Genki Kawamura
Red, White and Royal Blue by Casey McQuiston
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston