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5 Books with Sara Habein

You may already be familiar with the amazing Sara Habein from her long stint here at Persephone Magazine. She has excellent taste in music, an ear for news, and happens to be an all around gal of many talents. Here, she shares with us her picks for our 5 Books series. 

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5 Books with Savannah

Welcome back to 5 Books, our occasional series exploring the reading habits of our editors, writers, and commenters. This week, we’re spending some time with Savannah, one of our long term contributors and commenters. She’s always got something interesting to say and her choice of books is no exception.

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5 Books With Natasha

Natasha is one of P-Mag’s newer writers, joining our ranks during the great Persephone Staff Writers search. You can find her writing about feminism in Bollywood, quizzing us during Lunchtime Polls, and eventually covering the new season of Community (airing in 2014). For now she’s taking on the 5 Books challenge:

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5 Books with Stephens

Welcome back to “5 Books with ____,” our ongoing and occasional series looking at what our bookish and clever writers, editors, and readers read and recommend. This week we’re visiting with Stephens, one of our long-time contributors. You may have seen her around in her fabulous and weekly News in Asia recaps, or maybe you’ve […]

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5 Books with… Freckle

Welcome back to 5 Books with…, our semi-regular feature exploring the literary habits of our editors, writers, and commenters. As a bookish and clever gang, we love hearing what you’re reading and maybe more importantly, what you’re recommending. 

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5 Books with Slay Belle

Slay Belle is another Persephone veteran, she’s been a reader since the first day, and our beloved comment moderator since shortly after. Slay has long been one of my favorite online people, and I think you’ll really enjoy her answers to 5 Books. 

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5 Books with Kelsium

Kelsium was one of Persephone’s first Tumblr friends, and has been a cherished reader and writer around here for a long time.  Read her 5 Books suggestions after the cut! 

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5 Books with Cherri Spryte

Today’s featured reader is the one, the only, Cherri Spryte. Cherri is a relatively recent addition to our pool of awesome people, but I was a fan of hers long before we finally got her in the door. I think we’ll all nod and smile (in the good way) at her answers, after the cut. 

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5 Books with Teri

Today’s special guest is the lovely Teri, who’s written about all sorts of interesting things since she joined our team as one of our first regular writers. 

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5 Books with Emily Heist Moss

1. Which book would you give to a poten­tial sig­nif­i­cant other? It gets under my skin when really smart, well-educated, liberal guys never read books by women (the frequent exceptions being Atlas Shrugged and Harry Potter). I have a couple of go-to lady authored books I like to push on guys, but A Visit from […]

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5 Books with xfafafabulous

Today’s 5 Books interviewee is xfafafabulous, one of the original Persephone interns who has since graduated to a full-fledged member of the editorial team. Read her answers after the cut. If you’d like to see your name here, use the handy contact form. 

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5 Books with PileofMonkeys

Tonight we’re sitting down with our beloved PoM to talk about the books she would give to the people in her life.

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5 Books with Reader Lisa H.

Today’s 5 Books comes from one of our regular readers, Lisa H.

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5 Books with Reader Little Girl Blue

For this week’s 5 Books feature, we’re sharing the recommendations of reader Little Girl Blue, long time reader, first time writer. Would you like to have a go at 5 Books? Send an email to selena at persephone magazine yada yada with your answers and see yourself in this very spot. Use 5 Books as […]

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5 Books with Liza

We like to wind down on Mondays with a feature we call “5 Books” wherein we make our writers, friends, and readers tell us five books they’d choose to give to various important people in their lives.  Today, we’ll be asking writer Liza, who has been a part of the Persephone team since our early […]