August 08, 2022

Writing Your Own Story

1 hour 11 minutes

This week’s episode is Eva and Katryn’s most personal yet, as they describe writing their own stories from their specific perspectives and intersections. Eva talks about being mixed race (while being--direct quote: “pale as the beacons of Gondor”) and honoring her culture on her own terms, while Katryn explores intersectionality and being “bi-everything.” Helpful note: Eva and Katryn say the word “complicated” roughly five thousand times, so please exercise caution if you turn it into a drinking game.

*Content warnings: Race, ableism, micro-aggressions, bullying.

Sources

Eva talks about seeking positive and authentic Latinx and mixed-race representation, and names both Adam Silvera for his books and Nina LaCour for her personal statements on being mixed and white passing.

Katryn has written a few essays on the personal topics covered in this episode. Here’s one recent one on the power of books as we’re growing up.

Here’s one resource where you can find sensitivity/authenticity readers for your to-be-published work.

A link to the reddit post that covers the ever problematic Sweet Valley High.

This week’s quotations are from Alexander Chee and Lillie Lainhoff

@evadeslaurbooks

@katrynwrites

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*Tune in next time for another episode powered by broken hearts, belly laughs (and bourbon). Don’t forget to RATE, REVIEW, and SUBSCRIBE wherever you listen

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