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Archives - June 2026

Author Talk: Carla Power, author of The Lady Imam: How amina wadud's Life and Faith Changed the World

Jun 29, 2026

THE LADY IMAM is a timely and soul-stirring biography of one of today’s most influential Islamic female scholars. In this interview, Carla Power explains her decision to write a book about amina wadud, what she hopes readers will take away from it, why she is drawn to study Islam, and the figures who have had the greatest impact on her writing style and worldview.

Author Talk: Emily Saxe Nydam, author of Journeying Home

Jun 10, 2026

JOURNEYING HOME is a sweeping, dual-timeline love story that begins in the early 1900s and unfolds across generations. In this interview, Emily Saxe Nydam talks about her inspiration for her debut novel, her thoughts on fate and destiny, the meaning of home, and why she includes poetry in the book.