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Amy Anderson's avatar

Oooh, looking forward to your book release and travelling book club Leah! Off the top of my head, here are my suggestions for your chapters:

The World Is the Wrong Shape for Women - Erika Bachiochi or Ivana Greco

The Lie of the Lonely Individual - Lisa Sibbett or Anne Helen Petersen

Helping Women Be Better Men - Claire Swinarski or Haley Baumeister

The Incredible Shrinking Woman - Serena Sigillito or Emily Stimpson Chapman

The Limits of Labor Language - Stephanie H. Murray

Illegal to Care - Amber Adrian

The Blessing of Burdens - Denise Trull or Tsh Oxenreider

Men into the Breach - Steven D. Greydanus or Seth Haines

The School of Love - Laura Kelly Fanucci or Sarah Bessey

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

I would throw in:

Dixie Dillon Lane or Gracy Olmstead for the Blessing of Burdens or School of Love

Helen Roy for The Lie of the Lonely Individual

I need to think more on Men Into the Breach! Some of the ones I'm thinking of are not super active on Substack but contribute to other platforms and publications.... so, Ben Christenson, Brad Littlejohn?

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Haley Baumeister's avatar

*me glancing over this going YES YES... oh wow there's me*

some great suggestions here, the options for good folks overflow.

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Amy Anderson's avatar

You were one of the first people who came to mind! I also had a hard time on the Men into the Breach one because my Substack subscription list is like 95% female 🤣 Women on every topic under the sun but apparently I do not come here to read words by men!!

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Leah Libresco Sargeant's avatar

Excellent suggestions!

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Martha's avatar

Ooh. I'm curious how your thinking has evolved on this - I think the following conversations would be very fruitful:

The World Is the Wrong Shape for Women - Adrienne Maree Brown

The Lie of the Lonely Individual - Becky Chambers or Robert Macfarlane

Helping Women Be Better Men - Anne Helen Peterson

The Incredible Shrinking Woman - Mariame Kaba

The Limits of Labor Language - Kim Kelly or Ash-Lee Henderson

Illegal to Care - Dr. Jessica Gordon Nembhard

The Blessing of Burdens - Marlene Sallo

Men into the Breach - Tarso Ramos

The School of Love - Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Tania M. Geist's avatar

Rhode Island! I would love to catch you in Portsmouth, and my husband is playing drums with the Hillbilly Thomists that night.

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