Listen: NPR's How Women Made Music, The Atlantic On Divas

Catch this week's talk + hear our recent session

Oct 21, 2024

This week: Spencer Kornhaber!

We are excited to welcome The Atlantic pop music critic Spencer Kornhaber for a Zoom conversation about his scintillating book On Divas: Persona, Pleasure, Power (Atlantic Editions) this Wednesday (10/23) at noon PT/3pm ET. Use this Zoom link to join the call at that time.

We’ve got several more events happening for the rest of the year, including a Zoom session on Nov. 16 (my birthday) to celebrate this incredible year of the Music Book Club and to talk about my upcoming Bay Area Rap essay collection, which will be available for you to read first! Hope to see you! Check out the calendar to stay up to date on everything.

Catch up on past Music Book Conversations

You can now listen to the audio recordings of all our brilliant author conversations, including our most recent chat with Alison Fensterstock and Ann Powers for NPR’s How Women Made Music, which took place on Oct. 13.

Dan Charnas, Dilla Time (1/28/24)

Danyel Smith, Shine Bright: A Very Personal History of Black Women in Pop (2/7/24)

Lance Scott Walker, DJ Screw: A Life in Slow Revolution (2/25/24)

DJ Disciple, The Beat, the Scene, the Sound: A DJ’s Journey through the Rise, Fall, and Rebirth of House Music in New York City (2/21/24)

Shawn Reynaldo, First Floor Volume 1: Reflections on Electronic Music Culture (3/17/24)

Soren Baker, Chronicles of the Juice Man: A Memoir (co-written with Juicy J) (3/20/24)

Scott Woods, Prince and Little Weird Black Boy Gods (3/24/24)

DJ Paulette, Welcome to the club: The life and lessons of a Black woman DJ (4/7/24)

Will Hermes, Lou Reed: King of New York (4/24/24)

Dr. Regina N. Bradley, Chronicling Stankonia and An OutKast Reader (6/2/24)

Lori Tucker-Sullivan, I Can’t Remember if I Cried: Rock Widows on Life, Love, and Legacy (6/9/24)

Deborah Paredez, American Diva: Extraordinary, Unruly, Fabulous (6/19/24)