On this edition of The Weekly Reader, we do a little time traveling through history to meet a trio of extraordinary women for the ages. Book critic Marion Winik gives us her take on Carrie Callaghan's ----A Light of Her Own,---- Ariel Lawhon's ----I Was Anastasia,---- and Marie Benedict's ----The Only Woman in the Room.----<p>See <a href="https://omnystudio.com/listener">omnystudio.com/listener</a> for privacy information.</p>

National Book Critics Circle Award Winners: Biography, Criticism, and Poetry.

----What should I read next?---- Book critic and longtime NPR commentator Marion Winik answers this question in four opinionated, book-loving minutes. With reviews of new releases and older titles you may have missed, it’s like having a new best friend with very good taste to guide you in your literary adventures. The Weekly Reader is produced by WYPR and hosted by Lisa Morgan.