This week, we're joined by special guest Sivan Piatigorsky-Roth, cartoonist for the New Yorker and author-illustrator of the forthcoming graphic novel "Diana: My Graphic Obsession." We dive into the tenth chapter of Little Women, "The Pickwick Club and Post Office," where all the little women drag up as little men to welcome a boy into their ladies' club. You can visit Sivan online at sivanpiatigorskyroth.com and on Instagram at @sivanbasha.
Our cover art is by Mattie Lubchansky. It interpolates the cover art for Bethany C. Morrow's book "So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix," with permission from Macmillan Children's Publishing Group. It also interpolates the cover art for Hena Khan's book "More to the Story," with permission from Simon & Schuster. Our theme music is Mozart's Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major.
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