In this episode Kate is joined by writer and historian Dr. Rebecca Brenner Graham. Rebecca is a post-doctoral research associate at Brown University, but before that she taught high school history, an experience that we talk a lot more about in this episode. Her first book, out now, is called Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany, and it is not only a compelling history but holds valuable lessons for readers now. I also asked Rebecca to dig into her approach for publicizing a recently released book, and I think her advice will be a big help for other authors.
Mentioned in this episode
- Dear Miss Perkins: A Story of Frances Perkins’s Efforts to Aid Refugees from Nazi Germany, Rebecca Brenner Graham
- Thinking Like Your Editor: How to Write Great Serious Nonfiction and Get It Published, Susan Rabiner and Alfred Fortunato
- Before and After the Book Deal: A Writer’s Guide to Finishing, Publishing, Promoting, and Surviving Your First Book, Courtney Maum
- Anne Helen Peterson, Culture Study
- Tressie McMillan Cottom, Thick: And Other Essays
- Samantha Rose Hill, Hannah Arendt
- Becca Rothfield, All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess
Transcript
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