The Ribbon Book Club: A Dear America Podcast

12/04/2024

Heck yeah! Data-driven proof that my sister isn’t the only one who listens to our podcast! Thank you all for choosing to hang out with us when there are so many great podcasts to choose from. 🥹🥰

10/31/2024

New episode! This week we got to interview Kathryn Lloyd of the and Amanda Adler Brennan! Both our guest had some great knowledge and insight to share about life in a Lower East Side tenement. Tune in to hear their perspectives on Dreams in the Golden Country and get hungry for street vendor food!

07/21/2024

The pod squad got together for some fancy tea and planning for next season! New episodes coming in September!

04/04/2024

Part 1 of our discussion of I Thought My Soul Would Rise and Fly is out now! Available on a podcatcher near you!

02/14/2024

Happy Galantine’s Day to some of our favorite protagonists! Here’s to the ones who have caused us to question: are they gals being pals, or are they *roommates*
Either way, here’s to love! 💕👩🏻👩🏾👩🏼‍🦰

02/08/2024

WE’RE BACK! From our unannounced holiday hiatus with a new book! So Far From Home: The Diary of Mary Driscoll, an Irish Mill Girl. Tune in for some depressing facts about the Irish Potato Famine 🥔

12/08/2023

Check out our newest episode where we chat with NPS Ranger, Chris Carey about his at the Whitman Mission National Historic Site! Learn more about this important piece of American history and about life on the Oregon Trail.

12/06/2023

Arti, if you’re going to block my view, can you at least write the episode description for me? NEW EPISODE TOMORROW 🐱📚🎧

11/07/2023

Book club is back in session! Tune in this THURSDAY for the first episode of season 2 where we are talking about a fan favorite: Across the Wide and Lonesome Prairie: The Oregon Trail Diary of Hattie Campbell 📚🎧

09/25/2023

We are back in the studio baybee! New episodes coming soon!

09/11/2023

Want to know what books are coming up next in our discussions? Check out our official reading list!

We will be reading the Dear America series and the Royal Diary series in publication order for a couple reasons. First, to see any interesting patterns in the choices the authors and publishers made one what to write next. And second, to avoid having nearly the entire Royal Diaries series come before we get any Dear America books!

Sheet1 Title,Setting,Year of Setting,Author,Year of Publication A Journey to the New World: The Diary of Remember Patience Whipple,Mayflower,1620,Kathryn Lasky,1996 The Winter of Red Snow: The Revolutionary War Diary of Abigail Jane Stewart,Valley Forge, PA,1777,Kristiana Gregory,1996 When Will ...

08/03/2023

Check out our Historical Note about When Will This Cruel War Be Over and A Picture of Freedom with guest, Paul Ringel!
Tune one for his thoughts on the books and get inspired by his ideas about how historians and creators can collaborate to make art that is both engaging and historically accurate!

06/26/2023

Part 2 of our recap of A Picture of Freedom is live! Tune in now to hear the rest of Clotee’s story.

06/23/2023

Dear Diary, We finished recapping A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl by Patricia C. McKissack, and what an incredible story! So much happened: we learned more about the abolitionists and Spicy's history, and Clotee figured out what freedom looked like to her. An engaging and ess...

06/19/2023

Happy ! Clotee, being from Virginia, would have celebrated Emancipation Day in early April. But we’re glad that there is a national holiday to celebrate emancipation and acknowledge the hard work of those who have fought for civil liberties. Why not spend some time today learning about them?

06/15/2023

We recorded next week’s episode by lantern light to really set the vibe …or rather, we realized a lightbulb was buzzing and chose to record in the dark for the sake of audio quality. Now that’s what we call DEDICATION TO THE CRAFT!
(Swipe to see how dark it was when we ended)

06/09/2023

Part 1 of our recap of A Picture of Freedom is available now on a podcatcher near you! Tune in to see how Clotee’s story compares with Emma’s 👀

06/08/2023

Dear Diary, On to a new book, and boy, this one is different than the last! A Picture of Freedom: The Diary of Clotee, a Slave Girl was written by Patricia C. McKissack and was published in 1997. (a very good year!) Clotee is a clever 12-year-old girl who works in the Big House on a plantation in Vi...