The Storyteller's Thread Podcast

Award winning author Phillip Hoose, whose book "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" remains the only work of nonfiction to receive the National Book Award, discusses his motivation for writing about young activists, and what adults sometimes fail to understand about young people.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Award winning author Phillip Hoose, whose book "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" remains the only work of nonfiction to receive the National Book Award, discusses his motivation for writing about young activists, and what adults sometimes fail to understand about young people.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

New York Times Best Selling author Kiersten White, whose books include The Conqueror’s Saga, "The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein," "The Guinevere Deception," and "Slayer," discusses her superhuman work schedule, her interest in literary adaptation, and her motivation for using feminist retellings of well-known stories to explore the inner-workings of power.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

New York Times Best Selling author Kiersten White, whose books include The Conqueror’s Saga, "The Dark Descent of Elizabeth Frankenstein," "The Guinevere Deception," and "Slayer," discusses her superhuman work schedule, her interest in literary adaptation, and her motivation for using feminist retellings of well-known stories to explore the inner-workings of power.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Award winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang reflects on the appeal that comics holds for him as a mode of self expression, and discusses his first work of graphic nonfiction, "Dragon Hoops", which chronicles the Bishop O’Dowd men’s basketball team's quest to win its first-ever California State Championship.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Award winning cartoonist Gene Luen Yang reflects on the appeal that comics holds for him as a mode of self expression, and discusses his first work of graphic nonfiction, "Dragon Hoops", which chronicles the Bishop O’Dowd men’s basketball team's quest to win its first-ever California State Championship.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Comics scribe, screenplay writer, and filmmaker Joe Kelly, whose graphic novel "I Kill Giants" was adapted for the screen in 2017, talks art, creativity, and the challenges associated with living a creative life.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Comics scribe, screenplay writer, and filmmaker Joe Kelly, whose graphic novel "I Kill Giants" was adapted for the screen in 2017, talks art, creativity, and the challenges associated with living a creative life.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Christine Day, author of "I Can Make This Promise" and a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, recalls her journey to find her voice as a storyteller, and discusses the on-going need for middle grade and young adult fiction that depicts Native American characters in a broad range of contexts, including contemporary urban settings.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).

Christine Day, author of "I Can Make This Promise" and a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, recalls her journey to find her voice as a storyteller, and discusses the on-going need for middle grade and young adult fiction that depicts Native American characters in a broad range of contexts, including contemporary urban settings.

This podcast features Creative Commons Licensed Music by Adam Henry Garcia (freemusicarchive.org/music/Adam_Hen…ersey_basement) and Jason Shaw (freemusicarchive.org/music/Jason_Sh…IC_GUITAR_3-11).