# Maaza Mengiste

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Why We Are The Snobby Sisters (And Why We Love Books)

In the very first episode of The Snobby Sisters Book Club, Pesha and Rachel introduce themselves and their shared love of books, especially those about “impoverished women in third-world countries” and other delightfully depressing genres. They share childhood memories of banned books, the family b…

Bsrat Mezghebe — I Hope You Find What You're Looking For - with Glory Edim

From Well–Read Black Girl Books, a "wise and witty, unflinchingly honest and insightful" (Maaza Mengiste) novel that delves into the secret lives of three women on the eve of Eritrean independence. The year is 1991. Eritrea is on the verge of liberation from Ethiopian rule and in Washington, D.C.’s…

Books of Solace: Exploring Grief Through Memoirs

In this episode of The Snobby Sister’s Book Club, Pesha and Rachel discuss reading books about grief specifically through a comparison of Crying in H Mart by Michelle Zauner, and My Year of Magical Thinking, by Joan Didion. They discuss which book reads like a coming of age book and which one is mo…

Maaza Mengiste on Photography, War, and the Stories History Forgot

Audio 29 Novelist Maaza Mengiste joins Berlin Review for a live conversation at Chapters Bookshop in Berlin, recorded as part of her time in the city as a fellow at the American Academy. Mengiste is the author of Beneath the Lion's Gaze and The Shadow King, which was shortlisted for the Booker Pri…

Bonus Episode: Elise Hooper and Lynda Cohen Loigman Chat Books

In this bonus episode, authors Elise Hooper and Lynda Cohen Loigman recommend books about women with unusual careers. Elise's selections: Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Finley Donovan is Killing It by Elle Cosimano The Cartographers by Peng Shepherd The Shadow King by Maaza Mengiste Lynda's…