Linda Villarosa
Love this Interview -- Farai Chideya
Got to talk to my friend Farai Chideya on her podcast Our Body Politic. (I met the talented Farai when she was a senior in college!) This...
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Linda Villarosa
Jan 91 min read
Really Honored to Be on Kelly Corrigan's PBS Show
I don't usually like interviews of myself, but enjoyed this one on "Tell Me More" with Kelly Corrigan on PBS. You can watch here.
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Linda Villarosa
Jun 23, 20231 min read
Black Maternal Mortality in the News - Again
So many of us were devastated to learn of the death of the Olympic track star Tori Bowie and her baby in May, due to complications of...
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Linda Villarosa
Jun 4, 20231 min read
The Pulitzer Surprise
"Under the Skin" was a finalist for the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for a n0nfiction book. I was honored to be in the company of this year's...
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Linda Villarosa
Jun 4, 20231 min read
The J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize
I was very happy to win this year's Lukas Prize from the Columbia Journalism School and the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard....
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 23, 20231 min read
My Three Covers
Here are the covers of Under the Skin -- the hardback, the UK version published by Scribe and the upcoming type-only paperback. I like...
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Weathering, the book!
Very proud of Arline Geronimus on the publication of her book Weathering: The Extraordinary Stress of Ordinary Life in an Unjust Society....
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 23, 20231 min read
New Awards for Under the Skin
Excited about these two... The Lukas Prize and the Lillian Smith Book Award.
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Nominated for the NAACP Image Award
Under the Skin received a nomination for the 2023 NAACP Image Award in the nonfiction category. Though I didn't win (go Viola Davis!), I...
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 23, 20231 min read
Uncovering History: Second Annual Day of Reckoning conference
I attended the wonderful Anarcha, Lucy, Betsey Second Annual Day of Reckoning conference in Montgomery, Al at the beginning of March....
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Linda Villarosa
Aug 20, 20221 min read
Watch Me on PBS News Hour
Very honored to be reviewed by Amna Nawaz, who had read my book closely and showed by her copy covered with Post-it notes! Watch it here.
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Reviews of Under the Skin
Very happy with these reviews.... New York Times Book Review Washington Post The Guardian NPR Book of the Day USA Today Politico Bustle...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Listen to Me on NPR
Fresh Air with Dave Davies, June 14, 2022 Code Switch with Karen Grigsby Bates, June 15, 2022 The Takeaway with Dr. Melissa Harris Perry,...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Discussing How the Dobbs Decision Affects Southern Black Women on MSNBC
Was happy to be in conversation with my friend and colleague Charles Blow.
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Aspen Ideas, Health Festival, June 23-25, 2022
I discussed the question "Can Medicine Be More Equitable" with Dr. Paula Johnson, president of Wellesley College, and Dr. Carolina Reyes,...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
New Orleans, June 22, 2022
I was in conversation with Latona Giwa, founder of the Birthmark Doula Collective and Deon Haywood of Women with a Vision, at Baldwin &...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Montgomery, AL June 21, 2022
Alabama's poet laureate Ashley M. Jones and I discussed Under the Skin with The Mothers of Gynecology monument by artist Michelle Browder...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Chapel Hill, NC June 15, 2022
Author adrienne maree brown ("Emergent Strategy") moderated my conversation with the Greensboro artist and activist Caroline Armijo who...
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Linda Villarosa
Jul 11, 20221 min read
Publication Day June 14, 2022
We launched at St. Ann's Parish in Brooklyn. My bestie Jacqueline Woodson joined me onstage and the intersectional feminist bookstore...
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Linda Villarosa
Apr 10, 20221 min read
Thank you Oprah!
Honored that Under the Skin was chosen as one of Oprah Daily's best books of spring. (It's number 21!) Click here for the citation.
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