Raechel Anne Jolie is a writer and educator based in Cleveland, Ohio. She holds a PhD from the University of Minnesota. Her writing has appeared in Playboy, The Baffler, Bitch, Teen Vogue, among other publications. Jolie is also the editor and co-creator of The Prison Arcana tarot zine, made in collaboration with incarcerated artists. Her memoir Rust Belt Femme received recognition in NPR's Favorite Books of 2020, was a finalist in the Heartland Bookseller's Award, and was the winner of the Independent Publisher Book Award in LGBTQ Nonfiction. Find her @rebelgrrlraechel and sign up for her newsletter at raechelannejolie.substack.com.
Raechel is one of the few people in my life that I met through a virtual writing group and have developed such a lovely friendship with over the years by having wonderful conversations about writing and tarot while never having met in person which I think is just a testament to the level of authentic curiosity and interest in others stories she has as well as telling her own. We ping ponged around many subjects in our conversation on MISSIVES with one part I have been thinking about over the past few weeks about the drug of power. I hope you enjoy. :)
(This show originally aired on WGXC on Sunday, April 12th, 2026)
