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Jana M. Perkins
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founder, @womenofletters.org. data scientist with a PhD writing a book (DEEP LITERACY, DIGITAL TIME) for Routledge
All of which is to say that to get this kind note from Emily meant so much. I’ll link the interview itself below
October 31, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Me any time I read an acknowledgements section in a book
October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
For Women of Letters, I had the great pleasure of talking with @emjsmith.bsky.social.

We discuss her debut novel, her background in tech, how she navigated the transition to writing full-time, what she’s working on next, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/emily-j-smith
October 28, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The only podcast I still listen to at 1x speed
October 27, 2025 at 2:38 PM
For Women of Letters, I had the great pleasure of talking with @corinnelow.com.

We discuss her new book, the economics of women’s lives, why she left a job at the top consulting firm in the world, becoming a tenured professor at Wharton, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/corinne-low
October 2, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Her debut memoir, the importance of having mentors, the decision to open a bookstore and write full-time, & so much more—

A wide-ranging interview with LAMBDA Literary Nonfiction Fellow Nikkya Hargrove. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/nikkya-hargrove
September 9, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Can we also just take a moment to appreciate this little guy
September 1, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Hi from your friendly neighbourhood flower paparazzi
September 1, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Alright, Bsky — I think I just discovered our new favourite website.

@dlazaro.ca built the coolest thing: if you go to sky.dlazaro.ca, you can get a snapshot of what the sky currently looks like at your approximate location as a gorgeous CSS gradient.

Here’s mine from this morning ☀️
August 15, 2025 at 2:46 PM
For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Carrie Sun.

We discuss her widely acclaimed memoir, working at one of the most prestigious hedge funds in the world, why “process over outcome” is bad advice, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/carrie-sun
July 31, 2025 at 12:27 AM
For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Kapka Kassabova.

We discuss her experience of growing up in Bulgaria, her award-winning Balkan quartet of books, creating her own literary genre, & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/kapka-kassabova
June 30, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Calling it now: @melissafebos.bsky.social’s THE DRY SEASON is the book of the summer
June 24, 2025 at 4:06 PM
For @womenofletters.org, I had the great pleasure of talking with Jennifer Baker.

We discuss the mentors who supported her work, how to establish boundaries, the importance of reframing the definition of ‘failure,’ & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/jennifer-baker
May 30, 2025 at 12:51 AM
Joan Didion fans, this is essential reading: a remarkable memoir by Cory Leadbeater, who was her assistant for a decade and *lived with her* (!) for four of those years
May 27, 2025 at 2:45 PM
POV: it’s Sunday afternoon and everyone in the house has to listen to my podcasting voice
May 25, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Raced through this luminous @sarahmanguso.bsky.social novel in less than a day and will be thinking about it for the rest of this week
May 14, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Springtime in Champaign, Illinois
May 6, 2025 at 8:56 PM
This month, I wrote about:

- The value of keeping the line open
- How learning to gift my best time to myself has changed the way I prioritize long-term goals
- My favourite reads from the past month

You can find it all at jcontd.com/keep-line-open-best-time-first 🧪
May 1, 2025 at 8:07 PM
I had the great pleasure of talking with Marianne Brooker for @womenofletters.org.

We discuss her book Intervals, for which she won the 2022 Fitzcarraldo Essay Prize @fitzcarraldoeds.bsky.social; her current writing projects; & so much more. 📚💙

womenofletters.substack.com/p/marianne-brooker
April 30, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Whenever I manage to make it down to the Siebel Center for Design I always end up wondering why I don’t spend more time there
April 21, 2025 at 9:33 PM
It’s a great article for several reasons — shoutout to @chaykak.bsky.social, who has consistently done solid reporting on tech — including this helpful explanation of how atproto works 🧪
April 8, 2025 at 11:02 PM
e.g., I often think back to this example from Miranda on one of her early experiences with mentorship.

Knowing just how much she’s accomplished in the years since, it’s not at all surprising to me that someone with her perspective would have gone on to flourish in her career
April 1, 2025 at 7:14 PM
This month, I wrote about:

- How mentorship probably won’t look the way you thought it would
- Mark Duplass & the importance of self-advocacy
- Why it’s worth investing time into making the most of email
- My favourite reads from the past month

You can find it all at jcontd.com/email-self-a... 🧪
April 1, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Have been baking up a storm ever since moving into my new apartment and this vegan focaccia bread has quickly emerged as a favourite 👩🏻‍🍳
March 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
A dream of a dream to see @roxanegay.bsky.social discussing THE PORTABLE FEMINIST READER in conversation with Sasha-Ann Simons in Chicago tonight!

The entire theatre was full of people who were so excited to dive into the book that they started reading it the second they sat down. 📚💙
March 27, 2025 at 2:38 AM