January Book Talks
Join JWA on Thursdays, January 16-30, at 8 PM ET for exciting conversations with innovative authors. Register here.
Thursday, Jan 16, 8 PM ET—Anya Liftig, Holler Rat: A Memoir
Anya Liftig grew up with her feet in two very different worlds. While her mother's upbringing was so rural that the other kids called her "holler rat," her father came from a comfortable, upper-middle-class Jewish family. A funny, vivid, and heartbreaking memoir about forging identity in the chasm between cultures and classes.
Thursday, Jan 23, 8 PM ET—Maira Kalman, Still Life with Remorse
Maira Kalman uses her signature wit and tenderness to reveal how family history plays an influential role in all of our work, lives, and perspectives. Still Life with Remorse illuminates the powerful universal truths in our most personal family stories.
Thursday, Jan 23, 8 PM ET—Rachel Somerstein, Invisible Labor: The Untold Story of the Cesarean Section
An incisive yet personal look at the science and history of the most common surgery performed in America—the cesarean section—and an exposé on the disturbing state of maternal medical care.
