Explore " #ownvoices" with insightful episodes like "{ep. 20} Diversity in Publishing: a Transgender perspective with Nathan Caro Frechette", "Guest: Leah Johnson - You Should See Me in a Crown", "KPL Podcast July 2020 Week 3 with Special Guest Lisa See", "'For Black Girls Only' explores transracial adoption, mental health & growing up" and "4. Reading Challenge: #OwnVoices" from podcasts like ""PublishHer Podcast", "The Happy Writer with Marissa Meyer", "KPL Podcast", "Why We Write" and "The Book Drop"" and more!
Marissa chats with Leah Johnson about her debut contemporary romance - YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN A CROWN - as well as extraordinary prom traditions, the under-representation of queer Black girls in YA fiction and the responsibility Leah felt in writing for a relatively empty marketplace, the important role of tenacity when so much of the publishing journey is reliant on chance, and why every single accomplishment deserves to be celebrated.
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Welcome to another episode of the KPL podcast. Ryan and Jigisha will also provide their #ownvoices recommendations this week. The Library has a great collection of ownvoices titles. This week we speak to One Author One Kirkwood Lisa See. She'll discuss her most recent book, Island of Sea Women". Please listen and learn more about the amazing female divers of the Island of Jeju. Please visit her website: www.lisasee.com , Instagram: lisasee_writer, Facebook: lisaseebooksRecommendations1. Interpreter of Maladies by Jhumpa Lahiri2. The Marriage Game by Sara Desai3. Clap When You Land by Elizabeth Acevedo4. Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan5. A Burning by Megha Majumdar
Mariama Lockington's debut middle grade novel, For Black Girls Like Me, incorporates poetry and prose into a story about a transracial adoptee who deals with racism, mental health and growing up.
Mariama talks about her own experiences growing up black with white parents, how her educational experience formed her book, and the 10-year process of writing and rewriting her novel.
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On this episode Michelle talks to librarian Melanie Schultz about OPL's 2020 Reading Challenge and the podcast team shares their favorite titles for the #OwnVoices challenge. We also share our favorite books to re-read for query of the week.
All the books, movies, TV and resources we talked about in this episode can be found here — https://bit.ly/TBDep4
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