Amy Reading. Author of The World She Edited

In the latest Friday Morning Coffee episode, host Caitlin Malcuit discusses online violence and abuse experienced by female journalists and the growing number of deepfake attacks against them.

Author Amy Reading joins Daniel Ford on the show and chats about her book The World She Edited: Katharine S. White at The New Yorker. 

“To me, what distinguished Katherine White from the beginning was her intense receptivity. She made it very, very palpable to her writers that she was always on the other end of the line.”

— Amy Reading

To learn more about Amy Reading, visit her official website. Order the book through local indie cooperative Buffalo Street Books, where Reading serves on the Executive Board.

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Neon in Daylight Author Hermione Hoby

Hermione Hoby, author of Neon in Daylight, talks to Daniel Ford about her first memories of storytelling, the writers who influenced her work, and how she crafted the characters and themes in her debut novel.

During her weekly audio column, FMC host Caitlin Malcuit honors the late Ursula K. Le Guin and questions Mike Nelson's musical taste.

Photo credit: Nina Subin

“One of the questions I couldn’t answer was, ‘What is it about this place? Why does it feel so impossible and inspiring and confounding and beautiful?’”

— Hermione Hoby

To learn more about Hermione Hoby, visit her official website or follow her on Twitter and Instagram.

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