Many times, books overpower their film counterparts, but sometimes, the film adaptions end up becoming much more popular and likable than the original source material. In this first mini-sode, we discuss a few movies such as Perks of Being a Wallflower, The Hunger Games, and Harry Potter, that we think were better than the books themselves. Featured is a snippet of the song Heroes by David Bowie since it was featured in Perks of Being a Wallflower. Hope you enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Chusma Collective, a creative collective in south-east Los Angeles. You can follow Chusma Collective on Instagram @chusma_collective.

We get a little personal in this episode as we discuss Ibi Zoboi's "Pride", which is her own take on the Jane Austen classic "Pride & Prejudice". We cover the topics of gentrification, gentefication, what it means to be part of a culture, and forming an identity within one. The song for this episode is Mabel's "Thinking of You" because of the main character's reluctance to fall in love with someone who seems different from her. Hope you enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Chusma Collective, a creative collective in south-east Los Angeles. You can follow Chusma Collective on Instagram @chusma_collective.

We have a spooky episode for everyone today! We share our thoughts on the short stories in Carmen Maria Machado's captivating book "Her Body and Other Parties", which weaves horror elements together to comment on societal issues. We discuss violence against women's bodies, ghosts, dopplegangers, and Haunting of Hill House among other creepy topics. We also think we caught a ghost breathing into the mic around minute 39:50!! We chose the song "Part of Me" by Katy Perry for the intro because we think it goes well with the story "The Husband Stitch", which we talk about at length. Hope you enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Chusma Collective, a creative collective in south-east Los Angeles. You can follow Chusma Collective on Instagram @chusma_collective.

Who's ready to rage?!?! In this episode, we dive into the world of punk through the eyes of Michelle Cruz Gonzales, who was the drummer for one of the most iconic female punk bands, Spitboy. In our reading of her book "The Spitboy Rule: Tales of a Xicana in a Female Punk Band", which documents her time with the band, we discuss race, class distinctions, gender, and give our thoughts on the riot grrrl movement. We chose the song "Mi Cuerpo Es Mio", which was the title that was suggested by Gonzales, and got the band accused of cultural appropriation. We discuss more about that in the episode. Hope you enjoy! This podcast is brought to you by Chusma Collective, a creative collective in south-east Los Angeles. You can follow Chusma Collective on Instagram @chusma_collective.

In this second episode, we discuss two poems from Yesika Salgado's beautifully written book "Corazón". Maddy discusses the power of femininity with their interpretation of "Neon Nails" and Michael exposes secrets during his take on "Fat Girl Wants Love". We chose the song "Como Fui A Enamorarme De Ti" by Los Bukis for the intro of this episode because the song captures the pain love can cause, as Yesika Salgado does in this book...also it was on one of her Spotify playlists. We hope you enjoy! This podcast was brought to you by Chusma Collecive, a creative collective in south-east Los Angeles. You can follow Chusma Collective on Instagram @chusma_collective.

Hey everyone, we're Maddy and Michael, two nerds from south-east Los Angeles sharing our love for literature on this podcast. This first episode of Let's Get Lit! is a brief introduction to who we are, what fueled our love for books and storytelling, what sort of books we will discuss, as well as what we want to do with this podcast! Hope you enjoy it!

This podcast is brought to you by Chusma Collective, a creative collective based in south-east Los Angeles.