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Julia Pistell

Julia Pistell is a writer, a podcaster, and a comedian. Most importantly, she the co-host of the podcast Literary Disco with her friends Tod Goldberg and Rider Strong. Follow her many exploits at juliapistell.com or on Twitter @echochorus.

Books That Lock in Your “Coolest Aunt” Status

Be the coolest aunt with these books.

Fictional Women We’d Totally Put on the $20 Bill

Women from novels we'd love to see put on money!

3 Awesome Podcast & Book Pairings

Three book pairings for three excellent podcasts.

Literary Tourism: Hartford, Connecticut

Hartford, Connecticut may not jump to mind as a literary destination for many– but it should. Once a hub of ...

Best Books to Read Before Seeing Suffragette: The Movie

Five years from now, every woman in America will be popping champagne to celebrate the centennial anniversary of the 19th ...

Literary Tourism: Los Angeles

Paris may claim to be the city of lights, but Los Angeles might as well be the city of lights under ...

Nonfiction Women Who Will Motivate Me This Summer

It’s summertime: the season of freedom. Even if you (like me) are still clocking in and out of a full-time ...

How I Trained For a Marathon Using Mysteries

While we at the Riot are taking this lovely summer week off to rest (translation: read by the pool/ocean/on our ...

How I Trained For a Marathon Using Mysteries

This is a guest post from Julia Pistell. Julia is a writer in Hartford, Connecticut. She is the host of ...

Whaling in Books: Let’s Get Caught Up

This is a guest post from Julia Pistell. Julia is a writer in Hartford, Connecticut. She is the host of ...