The Broads Talk Books With: Kali White

In this new installment of The Broads Talk Books With, we talk to Kali White! Her new book, The Monsters We Make, is available for pre-order now.

Kali talks about her love of libraries, classics that definitely suck, book signings from hell, and an obsession she shares with Erin.

The Broads Talks Books With is our bonus series where we talk to some of our favorite authors, and nerd out about books. We've talked to Alex Marzano-Lesnevich, Andrea Lawlor, Jeannie Vanasco, Mona Awad, Mathieu Cailler, and more! Hit subscribe now in your favorite podcast player, and every episode of this bonus series will come to you direct, like magic.

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Favorite books and authors as a kid and teen:

• Elizabeth, Liesel Moak Skorpen

Authors and books that made Kali want to write:

• The Book of Ruth, Jane Hamilton

Books on her TBR pile:

• Valentine, Elizabeth Wetmore

• The Underground Railroad, Colson Whitehead

• Hidden Valley Road, Robert Kolker

• The Grace Year, Kim Liggett

• How to Survive Death and other Inconveniences, Sue William Silverman

• Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral System, Paul M Renfro

Books that have surprised Kali recently:

• Followers, Megan Angelo

How Alex gets book recommendations:

• Midwest Booksellers Association e-newsletter

Works that inspired The Monsters We Make:

• At the Heart of Gold: Inside the USA Gymnastics Scandal (Documentary)

• Leaving Neverland (Documentary)

Other Iowa stories/writers she recommends:

• Malinda McCollum (The Surprising Place: Stories)

• Heather Gudenkapf

• Jane Smiley (A Thousand Acres)

Book Kali demands everyone read:

• The Handmaid’s Tale, Margaret Atwood

• Between the World and Me, Ta-Nehisi Coates

Current pop culture obsessions:

• Phoebe Waller-Bridge – Fleabag, Killing Eve

• The Great

• Keith Morrison

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Broads and Books is a book podcast. A funny podcast. A feminist podcast. And one of the BEST podcasts. Each week Amy and Erin choose a unique theme. Then we choose two fiction books, two other genre books (short story collections, memoir, non-fiction, true crime, poetry, etc.), and two pop culture picks based on that theme. We surprise each other with our picks, talk about why we like them, and give you unexpected recommendations for every reading taste. Along the way, we share embarrassing stories, pitch amazing-slash-crackpot business ideas, implicate ourselves in future crimes, and so much more. Broads and Books is fresh, funny, thought-provoking, and basically the best time you'll have all week.

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