In Walks a Woman
Podcast Description
Welcome to “In Walks a Woman,” the podcast where we look at history and literature from a female perspective. Join Sonja Czarnecki, history teacher, and Dr. Vanessa Eicher, life-long lit nerd, both moms and seasoned educators, as we go down well-worn historical and literary pathways with new questions about the female experience and how the stories of our past and in our fiction frame women's lives today. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
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Content Themes
The podcast primarily focuses on themes of female representation in historical and literary contexts, examining works like The Odyssey and engaging with topics such as women's roles in classical literature and historical narratives, with episodes analyzing Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad and the romantic complexities of Abelard and Heloise.
We explore ideas from a woman’s point of view. Think of us as the critical-thinking crossroads of literature, popular fiction, storytelling, history, feminism, anthropology, and pop culture. At the center of it all are these 2 questions: do we create stories, or do stories create us? Either way, since stories influence us, can we change stories that cause harm? Sonja and Vanessa, experienced teachers of history and literature, make the pod educational, engaging, and relatable. Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/InWalksaWoman and follow us on Instagram @inwalksawoman
Welcome to our 2nd episode of “In Walks a Woman Writer”! Amy Stuber joined us in the studio, and the time flew by. Listening to this conversation, you’ll feel like you are sitting in your favorite coffee shop with Amy who is so kind, so unassuming–and yet so ridiculously talented.
Amy’s 2024 short story collection, Sad Grownups, won the prestigious Pen/Robert W. Bingham Prize for Debut Short Story Collection. The collection is wide-ranging, packed with women’s experiences, and haunting in its melancholy telling and perceptive understanding of modern American life. If you’ve ever seen a stranger on the street and wondered, what is their story?, this is the collection for you. Amy’s imagination is rich and empathetic, and these characters will stay with you, long after you finish her luminous collection.
We uncover so much in this conversation, including Amy’s literary influences, her inspirations, and why she believes short stories are the perfect fit for readers today. Along the way, some empty-nester secrets spring out of the vault, the Boss rides by with ghosts in his eyes, and we unmask a Joan Didion thief.
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If you are in the Lawrence, Kansas area, Amy would love for you to pick up her book at her favorite local bookstore, The Raven. Support Amy’s local bookstore and Buy Here!
The Pen America Literary Awards are considered the “Oscars” of books, so it’s hard to exaggerate what a big deal it is that Amy won it. Get the whole scoop here, at the Pen Book Awards site. What we get from it is KANSAS. HAS. TALENT.
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