47 - Reading Across Rhode Island with Dolen Perkins-Valdez

About this episode

Emily discusses themes of family and community in Dolen Perkins-Valdez's book 'Happy Land' and explores various related topics.

Host Emily is joined by Dolen Perkins-Valdez, author of the 2026 Reading Across Rhode Island selection Happy Land , to discuss the themes of family and community in her book. They also dig into strong sisterhood bonds, Queen Charlotte, and crab cakes. In the Last Chapter, Emily asks: is there a character from a book whose story you'd like to see get a different ending? Overdueing It is a project funded by the Rhode Island Office of Library and Information Services and is produced by library staff around the Ocean State. We are proud to be a resident partner of the Rhode Island Center for the Book . The views, thoughts, and opinions expressed are the speakers' own and do not represent those of the Overdueing It podcast, its sponsor organizations, or any participants' place of employment. The content of Overdueing It episodes are the property of the individual creators, with permission for Overdueing It to share the content on their podcast feed in perpetuity. Any of the content from the Overdueing It podcast can not be reproduced without express written permission. Our logo was designed by Sarah Bouvier and our theme music is by Neura-Flow . Books Happy Land by Dolen…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sarah Bouvier, Emily

Guest: Dolen Perkins-Valdez

Topics covered

• family
• community
• sisterhood
• literature

Keywords

• Queen Charlotte
• crab cakes
• different endings

Mentioned in this episode

Products: Happy Land

Books & works: Reading Across Rhode Island, Happy Land, the Last Chapter, Seven Daughters of Dupree, After the Fall, Media Moonlight, Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story

Places: the Ocean State

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