Go Your Own YA

Go Your Own YA

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Go Your Own YA episodes

  • Stay Out of the Forest: Tithe by Holly Black
    Save the knight. Glamour your own self. Stay out of the forest. Easy enough, right? But Kaye Fierch, secret pixie heroine of Holly Black's Tithe, finds herself in a web of prophecy, deceit, and really wicked parties. Guest Heather Talty of Newton Literacy Alliance joins us to talk Tam Lin, Asbury Park, the origins of dark fae in YA, and Labyrinth as a right of passage.
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  • Looking for fun and Father Groovy: How I Paid for College by Marc Acito

    Creative Vandalism! Extortion! Lots of Laughs! Carey and Marie revisit a favorite read a decade later to see how the madcap adventures of Edward Zanni's journey to Jilliard hold up in 2018. Witness Rie having a lot of feelings! Thrill to the 80s fashion and musical numbers! Practice sedate glamourbombing!

    Marc Acito: Website, Twitter, Blog

    How I Paid for College

    Attack of the Theater People

    Content Warnings

    Where do we start? Book is from the point of view of an Italian-American bisexual teen in New Jersey in the early 80s. There's sexism, internalized homophobia, transphobia, racism, coercive sex, blackmail, drugging, underage drinking, terrible parents, and "creative vandalism"--aka making life terrible for retail workers. We talk about it more in the episode, so reader caveat, the honesty of the narrative means revealing the ugliness of being a suburban queer in the 80s.  

    Remember book trailers? We love book trailers!

    The Ramona Books by Beverly Cleary

    How the redesigned Judy Blume covers avoid nostalgia and embrace universal adolescent angst

    10 things i say to preschoolers slash grown-ass men

    Glamourbombing 101

    Surprised by Joy by C.S.Lewis

    Sharp precious claws

    1980s Fashion: What Did It Look Like?

    Dee Snyder's Teenage Survival Guide

    Your Happiest Years by Dick Clark

    Hey Ladies!: Tales and Tips for Curious Girls by Kennedy

    15 Movies That Are the Epitome of ‘80s Fashion

    Manic D Press





    Readalikes

    Life is Like a Musical by Tim Federle

    I Married an Earthling by Alvin Orloff

    Current Reads

    Love and Other Train Wrecks by Leah Konen

    The Merry Spinster by Daniel Ortberg

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC Marie Macula, Carey Farrell 2018) 

     

     

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  • Episode 23: The Wyvern, the Witch, and the Wardrobe: The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland with Laila Vafaeezadeh

    It was so cold that Frienduary lasted into Smarch! This week, Laila Vafaeezadeh of Bigfoot and Bob joins us while we talk the Oz-infused, magic-stuffed, girl-empowered fantasy of The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland by Catherynne M. Valente. What makes a uniquely American fantasy? How do alternative publishing schemes aid and abet children's lit? And who else wants a wyverary as a best friend?

    The Girl Who Circumnavigated Fairyland In A Ship Of Her Own Making: Goodreads, Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com, Indiebound, Better World Books

    Catherynne M. Valente: Website, Twitter, Patreon

    Bigfoot and Bob is a monstrous comedy podcast out of Seattle, hosted by Ryan Brown (@RAlisterBrown) and Laila Vafaeezadeh (@LailaMaryV). Listen in all your podcast-y places, such as iTunes and PlayerFM. Find them on Twitter and Facebook, too!

    Laila's Tumblr

    Laila's Wattpad project, Danny and I Survived

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC Marie Macula, Carey Farrell 2018)
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  • Episode 22: The Very Worst Wandering Frogger: The Boyfriend List by E. Lockhart
    To celebrate International Women's Day, we're taking a look at all the ways we can be terrible to each other...and how we can break the cycles of oppression. Or, we're looking at the debut novel by E. Lockhart, discussing how life on a houseboat with a performance artist mom can prepare you for dating a sociopath and being shunned by the entire sophomore class. Or maybe it's just a really funny book about nihilism. Or maybe...all of the above?
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  • Episode 21: An Abundance of Green Slime: Howl's Moving Castle with Lisa Jenn Bigelow
    What happens when you're the oldest daughter of a hat-making family, destined for no fairytale adventures and cursed by a glamorous witch? Strike out your own fortune! Lisa Jenn Bigelow, author of Starting from Here and the upcoming Drum Roll, Please, joins us this Frienduary to talk terrible boys with magic powers, the undeniable gift of aging gracefully, and shouting as witchcraft. Howl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne Jones had us laugh, cry, and thank Calcifer we never had J.R.R. Tolkein as a professor.
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  • Episode 20: Camp Creepy Crush Art: Empress of the World by Sara Ryan

    Happy Frienduary, readers and listeners! Our very first guest, librarian and author Kyle Lukoff, joins us to talk Sara Ryan's debut, Empress of the World. Find out why you should tell on terrible boys and why you shouldn't make creepy crush art while reminiscing about first loves, nerd camp, and bisexual folk music.

    Sarah Ryan: Website, Blog

    Empress of the World: Goodreads, Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Indiebound

    We love to hear from our readers and listeners! Send us email, or visit us at Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter!

    Kyle Lukoff teaches kids how to library well, writes fascinating children's books, and decides what books should get a Stonewall Book Award (along with a bunch of other cool people.) His first book, A Storytelling of Ravens, will be published May 1, 2018. You can find him on twitter @Shekels_Library

    Content Notes

    People are real shitty about queer folks, even queer folks themselves! Battle has shitty judgemental Christian parents! The t-word that Frank-N-Further calls himself gets thrown around in a stupid way! Things that were all too commonplace in the era show up here.

    Show Notes

    Katrina in "Me and Edith Head"

    Ramona Quimby, Age 8 is the book with Ramona making the Fancy Feast commercial parody

    Battle and Nic have their first kiss to this song!

     

    Readalikes




    Under the Lights by Dahlia Adler

    Queens of Geek by Jen Wilde

    Trace Elements of Random Tea Parties by Felicia Luna Lemus

    Drum Roll, Please by Friend of the Podcast Lisa Jenn Bigelow

    Current Reads



    The Sun is Also a Star by Nicola Yoon

    Far from the Tree by Robin Benway

    Rookie on Love edited by Tavi Gevinson

    This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC Marie Macula, Carey Farrell 2018)
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  • Episode 18: Hey, Day! by Super Clea and Keva Marie
    Sunshine and self help every day of the year! Carey and Marie turn back the (rhinestone) clock to 2001 for this fun, funky piece of post-riot-grrl/pre-Tumblr girl empowerment culture. Super Clea (Hantman) and Keva Marie (Dine) invite us to let down our hair and cover it in avocado, kick back in a hand-crafted hammock, and follow our bliss while honoring cool women from the past. After you listen, you'll wanna bedazzle something good for yourself (and bad for the patriarchy.)
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  • Episode 17: Practice Safe Sparkle: The Crafty Diva series by Kathy Cano-Murillo


    Hopping over to Arizona, land of the Crafty Chica, for Sunshine and Self-Help Month! We hop back in time to look at Kathy Cano-Murillo's oughts-tastic crafting books, the Crafty Diva series. Carey and Marie discuss formative crafts, New Year's resolutions, and what, exactly, can and should be glittered.

    Kathy Cano-Murillo: Website

    Content NotesBeyond your usual craft book content (sharp objects, etc), this book has the distinction of being our first without a content warning! Congrats!This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License. (CC Marie Macula, Carey Farrell 2018)
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Carey and Marie talk lesser-known young adult lit with a weirdo adult sensibility and a whole lot of pop culture references