This episode, Brea and Mallory talk about bibliotherapy and interview writer and disability advocate Heather Ratcliff. You can participate in online discussion with the use of the hashtag #BookTherapy!

Books Mentioned -

 

My Favorite Thing Is Monsters by Emil Ferris

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781606999592

 

Body Horror by Anne Elizabeth Moore

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781940430881

 

The Girl Who Slept With God by Val Brelinski

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143109433

 

The Novel Cure By Ella Berthoud and Susan Elderkin

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780143125938

 

Necrotech by K.C. Alexander

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780857666246

 

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781451673319

 

The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson

https://www.indiebound.org/book/9780307388674

Other links: 

 

NPR Bibliotherapy Article

http://www.npr.org/2015/09/04/437597031/to-cure-what-ails-you-bibliotherapists-prescribe-literature

 

Literary Disco

http://www.literarydisco.com/

 

New Yorker Article

http://www.newyorker.com/culture/cultural-comment/can-reading-make-you-happier

 

Heather Ratcliff

https://twitter.com/MortuaryReport

http://www.mortuaryreport.com/

 

Elsa Sjunneson-Henry

http://feministsonar.com/elsa/

 

S.E. Smith

https://twitter.com/sesmith