<description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;In the 66th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Margot Wood about Emma retellings, marketing a book as "queer," and finding community in book lovers.&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Margot&lt;/span&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;can be found on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/margotwood"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@margotwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/margotmwood/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@margotmwood&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Her website is&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.margotwood.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;margotwood.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Mentioned in this Episode:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.epicreads.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Epic Reads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.googleadservices.com/pagead/aclk?sa=L&amp;ai=DChcSEwj-gM_u743yAhXQB4gJHaNOAZ0YABAAGgJxbg&amp;ae=2&amp;ohost=www.google.com&amp;cid=CAESQOD28LEdmiTAKY7zeombD27gckz8WStUI5YXZN5o2o5B_t30r5OwMSFFe4-00zO4DggHCC6tfRLmCeRroRW5g7o&amp;sig=AOD64_3tEqnKD6ktneyJAixsW6Kdr2z0Kw&amp;q&amp;adurl&amp;ved=2ahUKEwju2MTu743yAhWLg-AKHZpFCL8Q0Qx6BAgDEAE&amp;dct=1"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Immersive Van Gogh exhibit&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.carrieres-lumieres.com/en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Carrieres de&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Lumières&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georges_M%C3%A9li%C3%A8s"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Georges Méliès&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hieronymus_Bosch"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Hieronymous Bosch&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/en"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;L'Atelier des Lumières Paris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hbo.com/a-black-lady-sketch-show"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;A Black Lady Sketch Show&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.townandcountrymag.com/the-scene/weddings/a37145535/issa-rae-louis-diame-wedding-france-photos/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Issa Rae's wedding photos&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608156/a-special-place-for-women-by-laura-hankin/https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608156/a-special-place-for-women-by-laura-hankin/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;A Special Place for Women&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Laura Hankin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622536/while-we-were-dating-by-jasmine-guillory/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;While We Were Dating&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Jasmine Guillory&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.truerwordspodcast.com/episodes/2019/2/22/episode-6-jasmine-guillory"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Our episode with Jasmine&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emma_(novel)"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Emma&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Jane Austen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Emma-Anya-Taylor-Joy/dp/B084PY4S4Z"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Emma (2020 film)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.suzannecollinsbooks.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Hunger Games&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Suzanne Collins&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.adriennekisner.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Adrienne Kisner&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.truerwordspodcast.com/episodes/2019/1/1/episode-1-adrienne-kisner"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Our episode with Adrienne&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meisner_technique"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Meisner technique&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.kierstenwhite.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Kiersten White&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Alphasmart-NEO-AA-0410-10971-AQ-Neo-Handheld/dp/B007BHWRII"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Alphasmart Neo Typewriter&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.megcabot.com/princessdiaries/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Princess Diaries&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ykHeGtN4m94"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Love, Simon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IR-l_TSjlEo"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Insurgent&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;movie&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Cheer-Up/Crystal-Frasier/9781620109557"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Crystal Fraser&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/609473/great-circle-by-maggie-shipstead/"&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;The Great Circle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Maggie Shipstead&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "http://rubydixon.com/wordpress/series/ice-planet-barbarians/"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Ice Planet Barbarians&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;by Ruby Dixon&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hulu.com/series/08cc467f-2057-4331-825a-1f993c79c862"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Bones&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.hulu.com/series/f2c277c5-62b4-417c-b277-8435b70176dd"&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt; Buffy the Vampire Slayer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freddie_Prinze_Jr."&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;Freddie Prinze Jr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Us:&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;You can follow us on Twitter&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://twitter.com/truerwordspod"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspod&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; &lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;and on Instagram&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/truerwordspodcast/"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;@truerwordspodcast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;. Contact us via our website,&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "http://truerwordspodcast.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;, or email us at&lt;/span&gt; &lt;a href= "mailto:truerwordspodcast@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;span style= "font-weight: 400;"&gt;truerwordspodcast@gmail.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: 400;"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Truer Words

Truer Words

Margot Wood

AUG 2, 202165 MIN
Truer Words

Margot Wood

AUG 2, 202165 MIN

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In the 66th episode of Truer Words, we speak with Margot Wood about Emma retellings, marketing a book as "queer," and finding community in book lovers. Margot can be found on Twitter @margotwood and Instagram @margotmwood. Her website is margotwood.com. Mentioned in this Episode: Epic Reads Immersive Van Gogh exhibit Carrieres de Lumières Georges Méliès Hieronymous Bosch L'Atelier des Lumières Paris A Black Lady Sketch Show Issa Rae's wedding photos A Special Place for Women by Laura Hankin While We Were Dating by Jasmine Guillory Our episode with Jasmine Emma by Jane Austen Emma (2020 film) The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins Adrienne Kisner Our episode with Adrienne Meisner technique Kiersten White Alphasmart Neo Typewriter The Princess Diaries Love, Simon Insurgent movie Cheer Up: Love and Pompoms by Crystal Fraser The Great Circle by Maggie Shipstead Ice Planet Barbarians by Ruby Dixon Bones Buffy the Vampire Slayer Freddie Prinze Jr. About Us: Truer Words is created and produced by Melissa Baumgart and Kathryn Benson. Our music was composed by Mike Sayre, and our logo was designed by Marianne Murphy. You can follow us on Twitter @truerwordspod and on Instagram @truerwordspodcast. Contact us via our website, truerwordspodcast.com, or email us at [email protected].