Unraveling Nonfiction Research and Writing: Episode 353 with Peggy Orenstein

<p>This week, Jess and KJ talk to journalist, author, and lifelong knitter <a target="_blank" href="https://www.peggyorenstein.com/">Peggy Orenstein</a> about research, nonfiction writing, expertise, and examining the unexamined in ordinary life. Peggy’s newest book is , <a target="_blank" href="https://www.harpercollins.com/products/unraveling-peggy-orenstein?variant=40967065075746">Unraveling: What I Learned About Life While Shearing Sheep, Dyeing Wool, and Making the World’s Ugliest Sweater.</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.ted.com/talks/peggy_orenstein_what_young_women_believe_about_their_own_sexual_pleasure?language=en">Peggy’s TED Talk: What Young Women Believe About Their Own Sexual Pleasure</a></p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Why-Fish-Dont-Exist/Lulu-Miller/9781501160349">Why Fish Don’t Exist</a>, by Lulu Miller</p><p>Etymology of the term “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.etymonline.com/word/wool-gathering#:~:text=wool%2Dgathering%20(n.),See%20wool%20%2B%20gather.">woolgathering</a>”</p><p>Etymology of the term “<a target="_blank" href="https://www.etymonline.com/search?q=spinster">spinster</a>” </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.nytimes.com/2023/01/27/opinion/sunday/knitting-fabric-michelle-obama.html">The Revolutionary Power of a Skein of Yarn</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://www.peggyorenstein.com/unraveling">Unraveling</a> excerpt in the New York Times. </p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://michaelpollan.com/">Michael Pollan’s</a> <a target="_blank" href="https://michaelpollan.com/books/how-to-change-your-mind/">How to Change Your Mind</a> and Omnivore’s Dilemma</p><p></p><p><strong>#AmReading</strong></p><p><strong>Peggy</strong>: KJ’s <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780593713792">Playing the Witch Card</a>, <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9781548036423">David Copperfield</a> by Charles Dickens and <a target="_blank" href="https://bookshop.org/a/1183/9780063251922">Demon Copperhead</a>