Sarah Austin Jenness

Shannon lives in Portsmouth, New Hampshire with her partner James, where she tries to spend as much time as possible in the ocean.

Thanks to that stranger and the inspiration from his generous gift, Shannon is happy to report that her debut novel, June Baby, is being published by Random House and Thousand Voices Books.

She still has the signed Fitzgerald on her bookshelf.

There have been times when she's wondered how much writing time selling it could afford her.

But she hasn't sold it, and she doesn't think she ever will.

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Here he is again to close us out.

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Welcome to the Moth Podcast. I'm Sarah Jane Johnson, and on this episode, women's basketball. March Madness has us thinking about threes, dunks, and triple doubles, but March is also Women's History Month, so we're thinking about basketball in a slightly different way.

Welcome to the Moth Podcast. I'm Sarah Jane Johnson, and on this episode, women's basketball. March Madness has us thinking about threes, dunks, and triple doubles, but March is also Women's History Month, so we're thinking about basketball in a slightly different way.

Welcome to the Moth Podcast. I'm Sarah Jane Johnson, and on this episode, women's basketball. March Madness has us thinking about threes, dunks, and triple doubles, but March is also Women's History Month, so we're thinking about basketball in a slightly different way.

We're thinking about Title IX, how women athletes are still fighting to get the same respect that men are, and about all the great March Madness moments that women created, from Charlotte Smith's buzzer beater in 1994 to Candace Parker's epic first time dunking in the tournament, to Kaitlyn Clark reigning threes, we want to highlight how incredible sports can be for everyone.