Mentioned Books, Authors, Podcasts, and Links
[easyazon_link identifier=”148141013X” locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Blubber by Judy Blume[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”1594485593″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]A Singular Woman: The Untold Story of Barack Obama’s Mother by Janny Scott[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0743273567″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0141439513″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0449213447″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Chosen by Chaim Potok[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”1400095417″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Promise by Chaim Potok[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0061130249″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth by Richard Wright[/easyazon_link]
American girl books
[easyazon_link identifier=”0812986679″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Rules Do Not Apply: A Memoir by Ariel Levy[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0312427298″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Red Tent by Anita Diamant[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0307455920″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0062498533″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0393328627″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The History of Love by Nicole Krauss[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0812993543″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”1400078431″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0062362593″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Hunger: A Memoir of (My) Body by Roxane Gay[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”074324754X” locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls[/easyazon_link][easyazon_link identifier=”1608464660″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Men Explain Things to Me by Rebecca Solnit[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”0385480016″ locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life by Anne Lamott[/easyazon_link]
[easyazon_link identifier=”081298496X” locale=”US” tag=”josephineelia-20″]Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson[/easyazon_link]
Minute Markers:
Kendra’s life story in books [1:27]
Her approach to guide her kids to love reading [11:36]
How she discovers new books, favorite genres [15:20]
What makes her break up with a book [18:18]
Why an author’s voice is important [21:24]
Contemporary books that are important for women to read [22:36]
Why Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and her novel Americanah, rocks [22:59]
Why Between the World and Me is required reading [28:23]
The book that made a man moved away from sitting next to Kendra on the subway [33:14]
Kendra’s approach to writing; why writing is important to her [36:50]
Using daily occurrences as inspiration for writing; finding humor in life [40:50]
How she found/developed her voice in writing [45:20]
Experience with the publishing world through her book project a few years ago [47:40]
Intercultural relationships [49:09]
Why conversations on intercultural relationships/families are important [53:55]
Intercultural relationships from a faith perspective [56:24]
What raises up cultural conversations in her family [58:55]
Why messy conversations are sometimes necessary [1:00:08]