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Out of the Lab, Onto the Page: A Conversation with Hope Jahren

Out of the Lab, Onto the Page: A Conversation with Hope Jahren

by Tana Tymesen Despite what the reviews and the summary descriptions say, Lab Girl is a love story.  Lab Girl is, categorically, a memoir, and Hope Jahren is, categorically, a scientist. However, she’s possessed with the linguistic dexterity to make the lifespan of a tree and its family history sound like poetry. Her frustrated descriptions of the trials of federal funding sizzle. Jahren’s clear, wry voice is explicitly feminist, and she’s brutally honest about her journey as a woman in…

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The Ultimate Deception of Difficult

The Ultimate Deception of Difficult

by Tana Tymesen Roxane Gay’s stories highlight women of supreme independence and ambition, women bold enough to feel lonely in the presence of men and radical enough to ferociously love themselves and other women. Difficult Women is for readers for whom the middle class ennui of the bored is unfamiliar. It is a collection of tales of individual women who, in real life, would probably classify themselves as “hard to love” because that’s what society tells us they are. They…

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5 Fun Reads for Ladies who Love London

5 Fun Reads for Ladies who Love London

by Nicole Trilivas London Belongs to Me by Jacquelyn Middleton Any Anglophile will relate to heroine’s Alex love of the Big Smoke—even when it’s not so kind to her (think: soaking thunderstorms, lost luggage, and teen-tiny flats). But while navigating the city and the theatre district, Alex is also navigating her first foray into new adulthood, and with that we get an emotive love letter to London that you’ll never want to end. The Royal We by Heather Cocks and Jessica…

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