This week, Alice and Kim talk new releases and Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This episode is sponsored by the podcast Borrowed from the Brooklyn Public Library, The Limerence Imprint of Oni Press, and Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. Nonfiction in the News Bill Bryson ‘to retire from writing’ [The Telegraph] Ava DuVernay Back In Director’s Chair For ‘Caste’; Netflix Adaptation Of Acclaimed Isabel Wilkerson’s Best Seller [Deadline] by Amanda N’Duka Jeffrey Toobin of New Yorker Is Suspended After Zoom Incident [New York Times] by Johnny Diaz and Azi Paybarah New Nonfiction A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders The Fangirl’s Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs What Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living Boldly by Arianna Davis Finding Latinx : In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Frankenstein Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lila Judge Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece by Roseanne Montillo Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters by Anne K. Mellor Reading Now KIM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ALICE: The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Anita Orrock CONCLUSIONYou can find us on SOCIAL MEDIA – @itsalicetime and @kimthedork. Our Amazing Audio Editing for this episode was done by Jen Zink. RATE AND REVIEW on Apple Podcasts so people can find us more easily, and subscribe so you can get our new episodes the minute they come out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week, Alice and Kim talk new releases and Frankenstein author Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley. This episode is sponsored by the podcast Borrowed from the Brooklyn Public Library, The Limerence Imprint of Oni Press, and Nothing Like I Imagined by Mindy Kaling. Subscribe to For Real using RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. For more nonfiction recommendations, sign up for our True Story newsletter, edited by Alice Burton. Nonfiction in the News Bill Bryson ‘to retire from writing’ [The Telegraph] Ava DuVernay Back In Director’s Chair For ‘Caste’; Netflix Adaptation Of Acclaimed Isabel Wilkerson’s Best Seller [Deadline] by Amanda N’Duka Jeffrey Toobin of New Yorker Is Suspended After Zoom Incident [New York Times] by Johnny Diaz and Azi Paybarah New Nonfiction A Place for Everything: The Curious History of Alphabetical Order by Judith Flanders The Fangirl’s Guide to the Universe: A Handbook for Girl Geeks by Sam Maggs What Would Frida Do? A Guide to Living Boldly by Arianna Davis Finding Latinx : In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity by Paola Ramos Shit, Actually: The Definitive, 100% Objective Guide to Modern Cinema by Lindy West Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin by Megan Rosenbloom Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley and Frankenstein Mary’s Monster: Love, Madness, and How Mary Shelley Created Frankenstein by Lila Judge Romantic Outlaws: The Extraordinary Lives of Mary Wollstonecraft & Mary Shelley by Charlotte Gordon The Lady and Her Monsters: A Tale of Dissections, Real-Life Dr. Frankensteins, and the Creation of Mary Shelley’s Masterpiece by Roseanne Montillo Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters by Anne K. Mellor Reading Now KIM: Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo ALICE: The Incredible Women of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League by Anita Orrock CONCLUSIONYou can find us on SOCIAL MEDIA – @itsalicetime and @kimthedork. Our Amazing Audio Editing for this episode was done by Jen Zink. RATE AND REVIEW on Apple Podcasts so people can find us more easily, and subscribe so you can get our new episodes the minute they come out. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices