Writers Series with Jesse Mechanic

Book Interview Series with Robina Khalid

Welcome to the Book Interview Series! This capsule of episodes is from the interviews I conducted while writing my book Mom, Unfiltered [https://www.leahkim.org/mom-unfiltered]. You'll hear from mothers, therapists, midwives, doulas, and more. Our first guest is Robina Khalid. Robina founded her homebirth practice, Small Things Grow Midwifery, in 2017. She has been attending births for over a decade and has served as primary midwife for more than 500 births. Her experiences as a working class, biracial child in the United States and in Pakistan awoke in her a deep curiosity about race, gender, and class, and the intersections between them.  That curiosity initially led her to complete a PhD in English with a focus on race and gender in early America at the CUNY Graduate Center. Her experiences as a doctoral student and professor influenced her calling to midwifery, which was both spiritual and political: she believes that pregnancy and birth are sacred experiences that exist in a world often hostile to those doing the birthing, and she works to change that. Robina website [https://www.smallthingsgrow.com/] Robina Substack [https://smallthingsgrowing.substack.com/?r=1zjwtz] Leah website [https://www.leahkim.org/]

Writers Series with Jesse Mechanic

Jesse Mechanic is a columnist, essayist, and artist based in New York’s Hudson Valley. His work has been published in Mother Jones, In These Times, Huff Post, Truthout, World Post, and The Overgrown, among other publications. He is author of The Last Time We Spoke and Don't Be AF*#cking Marshmallow. Jesse is known for his in-depth coverage of human rights abuses and systemic inequality and he is committed to working diligently to dismantle the inequitable, violent, and oppressive systems that define our world. Jesse Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/jessemechanic/] Leah Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leahsoojinkim/]

Writers Series with Bianca Mabute-Louie

Bianca Mabute-Louie is a Sociology PhD candidate at Rice University, where she researches the intersections of race, religion, and politics. She is published in top academic journals, including Social Forces, Socius, Sociology of Race and Ethnicity, and Sociology of Religion, as well as in public outlets like LA Times and Elle Magazine.  Bianca is the author of Unassimilable: An Asian Diasporic Manifesto for the Twenty-First Century. In this hard-hitting and deeply personal book, a combination of manifesto and memoir, scholar, sociologist, and activist Bianca transforms the ways we understand race, class, American respectability, and the concept of assimilation and its impact on Asian American communities from the nineteenth century to present day. Bianca website [https://biancaml.com/] Leah website [https://www.leahkim.org/]

Writers Series with Kristin T. Lee

Kristin T. Lee is a writer whose work has appeared in Christianity Today and Sojourners, and a primary care physician serving Boston's Chinatown community. She writes about faith, culture, books, and solidarity at The Embers [https://ktlee.substack.com/]. Kristin's passion is highlighting literature written by Asian and BIPOC authors via book reviews and reading groups on Instagram @ktlee.writes [https://www.instagram.com/ktlee.writes/]. Her work is informed by her experiences as an adoptive mother, host to refugees, and friend to those affected by incarceration. Kristin's book - We Mend with Gold - will be released on April 7th! Please pre-order [https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-mend-with-gold-an-immigrant-daughter-s-reckoning-with-american-christianity-kristin-t-lee/49f1b219e73b46b4?ean=9798889835028&next=t&next=t] or request it from your local library! Kristin's website [https://kristintlee.com/] Leah's website [https://www.leahkim.org/]

Writers Series with Lena Derhally

Lena is an author and a licensed psychotherapist certified in Imago Relationship Therapy. She has been published in The Washington Post and Huffington Post. She has also been interviewed for a variety of publications including Self Magazine and Glamour Magazine. Lena self-published her first book - My Daddy is a Hero [https://www.amazon.com/dp/B086M9C6DY/?bestFormat=true&k=my%20daddy%20is%20a%20hero%20lena%20derhally&ref_=nb_sb_ss_w_scx-ent-bk-ww_k1_1_9_de&crid=1JKDOCACMURIH&sprefix=lena%20derh] - and traditionally published her second book - The Facebook Narcissist [https://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Narcissist-Identify-Yourself-Narcissism/dp/B0B1VZZRR5/ref=sr_1_2?dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.oFlk9J9JkbzvQI01IHCXoQWqDLV4D1Eac7U8z0XxcHY.huB45gnStRlXhzmrWhcbXWfhJO7NEciHgcjvaSjj0Ck&dib_tag=se&keywords=Lena+Derhally&qid=1774625792&s=audible&sr=1-2]. In this episode, we talk about all things related to publishing from agents to publicists and more. Lena's website [https://www.lenaderhally.com/] Leah's website [https://www.leahkim.org/] https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0827CJWJW https://www.amazon.com/Facebook-Narcissist-Identify-Yourself-Narcissism/dp/B0B1VZZRR5?ref_=ast_author_dp https://www.lenaderhally.com/ https://www.leahkim.org/