S9:Ep200 Creativity Keeper with Guest Kelcey Ervick - 12/13/23

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This week we chat with Kelcey Ervick whose graphic memoir The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women’s Lives Amy discovered after our friend and former guest, Bethany, told us about what a great book it was.

Kelcey is the author of four books but The Keeper is her first foray into a full graphic experience. She weaves her own personal story of being a high school and Division I college soccer player with the history and effect Title IX has had on women in all areas of their lives, not just in sports. If you loved the feminist bent of the movie Barbie, this book will give you similar vibes.

The Keeper has been recommended by the NYT Book Review, Publisher’s Weekly, School Library Journal, and was the winner of the state literary prize of Ohio, the Ohioana Book Award, which has been awarded to other notable authors including Celeste NG, Ross Gay, and John Scalzi. Even if you aren’t a sports fan (and I am not), you will thoroughly enjoy this book.

Remember, that in Season 10, Amy has a new project which is to give listeners book recommendations. If you’re looking for a book set in Romania, or a book about rabbits, or a book about changelings, or anything in between, send us a message and we’ll recommend a similar read you can add to your nightstand.

Books Mentioned in this Episode:

1- The Keeper: Soccer, Me, and the Law That Changed Women's Lives by Kelcey Ervick

2- The Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

3- The Bitter Life of Bozena Nemcova: A Biographical Collage by Kelcey Ervick

4- The Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Graphic Literature edited by Kelcey Ervick and Tom Hart

5- Good Talk by Mira Jacob

6- Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi

7- Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

8- Pretending is Lying by Dominique Goblet

9- The Artist's Way: A Spiritual Path to Higher Creativity by Julia Cameron

10- Art and Fear by David Bayles and Ted Orland

11- Wild Seed by Octavia Butler

12- Mind of My Mind by Octavia Butler

13- Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler

14- America Redux by Ariel Aberg-Riger

15- Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Ivy Ross and Susan Magsamen

16- Landings: A Crooked Creek Farm Year by Arwen Donahue

5 Star Book Recommendation by a Fellow Book Lover Barbara K. - @msbarbarasbookshelf - Where The Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak

Podcasts mentioned--The To Read List Podcast (Jul 2020 episode)