FYV Staff Picks: Summer Reads with Substance

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07/15/21 • 32 min

Find Your Voice: How to Write When You're Not a Writer

We're all about summer beach reads—but we also know that not everyone is looking for light poolside distraction. For those of you wanting a book with more substance this summer, our FYV Director of Operations, Ashley Scoby, has five recommendations.

Ashley's background in is journalism and sportswriting. She’s written about Olympic athletes, covered a Final Four, and traveled to France to write about the 2019 Women’s World Cup.

But on this episode of FYV staff picks, the conversation goes beyond sports to her many other interests: the failings of the American prison system, the significance of single women in our political system, and how important it is for every woman to find their own way in the world and to speak their truth.
Here are her recommendations for summer, 2021:

Halfway Home by Reuben Jonathan Miller
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Educated by Tara Westover
What I was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister

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Mentioned in this episode: innocenceproject.org

Ashley's background in is journalism and sportswriting. She’s written about Olympic athletes, covered a Final Four, and traveled to France to write about the 2019 Women’s World Cup.

Halfway Home by Reuben Jonathan Miller
Know My Name by Chanel Miller
Educated by Tara Westover
What I was Doing While You Were Breeding by Kristin Newman
All the Single Ladies by Rebecca Traister

*FYV uses affiliate links

Mentioned in this episode: innocenceproject.org

Previous Episode

Kirbee Miller on Writing While Balancing it All

If you've ever thought, "I want to write a book, but I'm not sure if I have time for it," then may we introduce you to Kirbee Miller.
Kirbee Miller is a multi-passionate person: She's an entrepreneur, founder of KiNiMi Kitchen. She works in the corporate world, and she's intentional about working creativity into her life.
Juggling relationships, responsibilities, and passions, we often make excuses about writing. We don't have time.
This episodes challenges that belief and encourages you to keep figuring out what works in your particular multi-passionate life.
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Books Mentioned*

Everything Is Figureoutable by Marie Forleo
On Being Human: A Memoir of Waking Up, Living Real, and Listening Hard by Jennifer Pastiloff

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Next Episode

Jill Phillips: how to turn memories into memoir

So many of us want to pass down family memories, so the next generation can know what it was like back then. But how do we transform our memories into one compelling story?

Without having ever written a book before, Jill Phillips set out on just this task. She shares with us why she started writing, what the process was like for her, and how she came to finish a memoir she's proud to call her own.

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Book: Lamlash Street: A Portrait of 1960's Post-War London Through One Family's Story *

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