Linda Villarosa
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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, 2022
- 1 min
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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Linda Villarosa
- Mar 21, 2022
- 1 min
Publishers Weekly Shows Me Some Love
Very happy with starred review and excellent interview with Rachel Lazerus: Living Sicker, Dying Quicker: PW Talks to Linda Villarosa
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Linda Villarosa
- Dec 28, 2021
- 1 min
1619 Project Book!
Very happy to be part of this book -- and proud of my colleague Nikole Hannah-Jones. Buy at at your local indy bookstore (mine are...
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