For those who missed our conversation last week, I spoke to
, author of Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women’s Anger (2018), which has been translated into multiple languages and was named a Best Book of 2018 by several publications including The Washington Post and NPR. She has also written The Resilience Myth: New Thinking on Grit, Strength, and Growth after Trauma (2024).We sat down to talk about her new book, All We Want Is Everything, which is out TODAY! In this conversation, we talked through some of the ideas in her powerful new book, including the important role our men play in dismantling supremacy, the power of collective rage and action, and how loneliness is an equality issue.
Thank you
, , , , , and many others for tuning into our live conversation, and no thank you very, very much to the eight Senate Democrats who voted to re-open the government last night without getting a SINGLE THING in return, let alone the protection of healthcare for millions of Americans.Fumingly yours,
Amber
REMINDERS:
The Short and Sweet, THIS SATURDAY, November 15 at 1pm ET / 10am PT: For our monthly get together live over Zoom, I’m bringing back one of my favorite guests, my friend Dr. Mindy Nettifee, somatics practitioner, political and existential dread-whisperer, and publisher of the Substack newsletter, In The River of What’s Happening Now. Mindy will join us live from war-torn Portland, Oregon, (eye roll) and we will talk about the state of the country and what we want to manifest for ourselves and our nation in 2026. The Zoom link will be emailed to paid subscribers the morning of November 15.
Feathers: The late poet Diane di Prima used to refer to little pieces of paper scattered around her house with lines of poetry or writing prompts on them as “feathers.” I’ll be sharing a feather here and there in the form of a writing prompt or exercise in the Chat, which you can access through the Substack app or right from your desktop browser. We’ve already got a few amazing ones! Come join us for a midweek creative slump pick-me-up. For paid subscribers.
A Dark Sparkler special: In May, I shared the very exciting news that my book, Dark Sparkler, was celebrating the tenth anniversary of its publication with a beautiful reprint, thanks to HarperCollins. With that news I also shared a sweat-inducing, very direct ask for people to buy the book. (It always feels weird as a writer to hustle your own work!) To sweeten the deal, I’m sending anyone who buys a paperback copy of the book a little limited edition something as a thank you. Just send the receipt of your purchase, along with your name and mailing address to LITDSubstack@gmail.com.
