Dear Literature

In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa celebrate one year of hosting Dear Literature by answering listener questions about the podcast.

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Vanessa and Alyssa discuss what it's like writing across multiple genres including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and journalism.

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The Last of the Really Great Whangdoodles by Julie Andrews Edwards (HarperCollins Publishers)

The Chronicles of Vladimir Tod by Z Brewer (Penguin Random House)

Project VOICE (Phil Kaye and Sarah Kay)

"The Man in the Mirror? by Alison Kinney (Longreads) - CN: Rape, gaslighting

"Paul Tran vs. The Past"

"Shira Erlichman vs. The Unknown"

Coding Literacy: How Computer Programming is Changing Writing by Annette Vee (MIT Press) 

“Too Close To Home: Writing a Book That Your Parents Won’t Read” by Michelle Jana Chan (Literary Hub)

In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss Sabrina & Corina: Stories by Kali Fajardo-Anstine (One World / Random House Books).

CN by story: 

1.) "Sugar Babies": Abandonment, human remains

2.) "Sabrina & Corina": Death by strangulation, violence against women, graphic descriptions of a dead body, alcohol/drug use (cigarettes)

3.) "Sisters": Xenophobia and hispanophobia, sexual assault, violence against women, homophobia, alcohol use

4.) "Remedies": Abandonment, child neglect, xenophobia

5.) "Julian Plaza": Terminal illness (cancer), death

6.) "Galapago": Murder, death, gun violence

7.) "Cheesman Park": Partner abuse, death, violence, alcohol/drug use (cigarettes)

8.) "Tomi": Abandonment, violence, suicide, death, alcohol/drug use (prescription pills)

9.) "Any Further West": Abandonment, suicide, alcohol/drug use (cigarettes, marijuana)

10.) "All Her Names": Abortion, alcohol use, sexual content

11.) "Ghost Sickness": Abandonment, sexual content

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Media Mentioned:

Kingdom Animalia by Aracelis Girmay (BOA)

These Violent Delights (These Violent Delights #1) by Chloe Gong (McElderry Books / Simon & Schuster)

CN: Murder, mass death, self-mutilation/suicide, gore, gun violence, imperialism, racism (anti-Chinese), transphobia, parental abuse, medical trauma/unethical experimentation, disease/infection, alcohol/drug use (cigarettes, opium) 

“Why Linguistically Diverse Audiobook Casting Matters” by Julia Shiota (Electric Literature)

"Ghosts" by Vauhini Vara (Believer Magazine)

CN: Cancer, death

This week Vanessa and Alyssa reimagine some of their favorite books into other mediums.

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Moral Panic II EP

The Octopus Museum by Brenda Shaughnessy (Knopf)

Tillie Walden

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson (HarperCollins)

CN: Murder, death, drug & alcohol use by minors, kidnapping, violence against a child 

002: Buddy Reads: Truly Devious

The Haunting of Bly Manor

La Casa de la Flores

Little Women

The Diviners by Libba Bray (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers)

CN: Murder, violence, xenophobia, racism (anti-Asian, anti-Black, anti-semitism), sexism, police violence

Bestiary by K-Ming Chang (One World / Penguin Random House)

CN: Child abuse, miscarriage, vivid descriptions of bodily functions, anti-Asian racism

Sea Wall / A Life

008: Buddy Reads: Bestiary

Soft Science by Franny Choi (Alice James Books)

Cryo Chamber 

Soft Science playlist

Her Body and Other Parties by Carmen Maria Machado (Graywolf Press) 

CN: Body horror, eating disorder, body shaming, fatphobia, sexual assault, sexual content

The Magnus Archives

Ninth House (Alex Stern #1) by Leigh Bardugo (Flatiron Books)

CN: Violence, murder, rape of a minor, drug & alcohol use

“Finding a Face for My Invisible Illness” by Lorraine Boissoneault (Catapult)

Judith and Her Maidservant with the Head of Holofernes

Spinning by Tillie Walden (First Second Books)

CN: Sexual assault, homophobia

Good Talk by Mira Jacob

In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss Yolk by Mary H.K. Choi (Simon & Schuster).

CN: Disordered eating, body dysmorphia/fatphobia, terminal illness (cancer), child death, racism (anti-Asian), drug & alcohol use (including cigarettes, marijuana, and other hard drugs), vomit, sexual content.

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Media Mentioned:

The Poets & Writers Complete Guide to Being a Writer: Everything You Need to Know About Craft, Inspiration, Agents, Editors, Publishing and the Business of Building a Sustainable Writing Career by Kevin Larimer and Mary Gannon (Simon & Schuster)

“Asexual Romance Readers Are Finally Getting Their Happily Ever Afters” by Lily Herman (Bustle)

Truly Devious by Maureen Johnson

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

“Did Twitter break YA?” by Nicole Brinkley (Misshelved Newsletter #6)

“Twitter Doesn’t Want to Let the Poets...”

Exhalation: Japanese, Polish, Russian, Slovak; Stories of Your Life and Others: Chinese & Slovak

Six Crimson Cranes; What We Devour

A Psalm for the Wild-Built; The Taking of Jake Livingston

She Who Became The Sun; The River Has Teeth

Pilgrim Bell; Afterparties; How We Fall Apart; Shallow Waters: A Novel

A City Is Not a Computer: Other Urban Intelligences

Velvet was the Night

In the Watchful City

The Past

The Book of Form and Emptiness

Light from Uncommon Stars

Dear Memory

Dreaming of You

How to Not Be Afraid of Everything

Our Violent Ends

“Burnout...”

“How Writing My Young Adult Novel...”

“Literary Agent Marie Brown...”

In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss The Chosen and the Beautiful by Nghi Vo (Tordotcom).

CN: Xenophobia / racism (anti-Asian), sexual content, abortion, spousal abuse, murder, alcohol / drug use (cigarettes).

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Media Mentioned:

Ed Yong's Pulitzer Prize Award

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

The Diviners by Libba Bray

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo

“Yahoo! Answers Was My First and Best Writing Coach” by Alexandria Juarez (Electric Literature)

In this episode, Alyssa and Vanessa discuss Justin Marks's poetry collection, The Comedown. 

After a brief hiatus, Vanessa and Alyssa are back to discuss what they've been up to, where they are, and some plans for the future.

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Notes:

The Magnus Archives

Paperbackdreams (Kat)

The Diviners (audiobook)

The Umbrella Academy car meme

“Roxane Gay Starts Publishing Imprint with Grove Atlantic” by Elizabeth A. Harris (The New York Times)

Hench by Natalie Zina Walschots (William Morrow / HarperCollins)

CN: Medical trauma, body horror, fantasy violence

Dexter

The Poppy War by R.F. Kuang

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (Penguin Press)

CN: Drug & alcohol use (Cigarettes) , child abuse (brief), infidelity, death 

Little Fires Everywhere by Celeste Ng

Raybearer by Jordan Ifueko (Amulet Books / ABRAMS)

CN: Violence, sexual situation (brief)

A Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet by Becky Chambers

Neon Yang

Captain America "I can do this all day" scene

"What is the Path to Equity in Publishing?" by Vanessa Genao

“The Obsession with ‘Getting Ahead’ in Your Twenties Is Failing Young People” Rainesford Stauffer (Catapult)

“Mourning the Loss of Indigenous Queer Identities” by Astrud Bowman (Autostraddle)

Hello, bookwyrms! We at Dear Literature will be going on a short hiatus. We will return with new episodes in mid to late June. Until next time, happy reading!