Go Your Own YA Podcast

Happy 2019, Wayfinders! January was a heck of a year, but we still want to celebrate some sunshine and self help and return to a favorite author. It’s going to get meta up in here, while we talk KonMari, the Unicorn Club, writerly obsessions, playing 12 Questions with our WIP, and self help writer gossip. In this episode

Content Notes

This is a book about the oeuvre of Francesca Lia Block, so everything present in her books is present here: parent death, grief, eating disorders, mental and physical illness, miscarriage, terrible boys and terrible men, rape culture, antisemitism. There’s also a long rumination on David Bowie and his influence on the author’s writing and art, so caveat lector.

Show Notes

Parasol Protectorate Fan Group

Heavenly Creatures

Francesca Lia Block’s 12 Questions to Help Structure Your Novel, around which the book itself is structured

Julia Cameron Wants You to Do Your Morning Pages

Happy Birthday Judy Blume!

Best Babysitters Ever by Carolina Cala

Racefail ‘09

Readalikes

Writing for Your Life: Discovering the Story of Your Life's Journey by Deena Metzger

Foolsgold: Making Something from Nothing and Freeing Your Creative Spirit by Susan G. Wooldridge

Current Reads

Everything's Trash, But It's Okay by Phoebe Robinson

The Belladonna University series by Tansy Rayner Roberts

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Carey and Marie discuss the myriad works of Matthue Roth! From teen punk sitcom stars, slam poets in San Francisco, and boys trying to find their way from Hebrew school to Rocky Horror, Matthue Roth writes music, faith and friendship in an unimitatable style.

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, Better World Books

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Amazon.com, Barnes and Noble, Goodreads, IndieBound, Better World Books

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: It's free! Go download it here

Matthue Roth: Website

Content Warnings

Never Mind the Goldbergs: Creepy predatory older man creeping on a teen girl. Lots of confusions around identity and general punk anger.

Yom Kippur a Go-Go: Matthue uses some words that are really only used intra-communally nowadays when talking about his very loved friends. There is also a theme of confusion around feelings about girls in conflict with his faith.

Rules of My Best Friend's Body: This book is about the best friend's character surviving rape. It is from the viewpoint of a teen boy, and the experience is based on the experience of the author. It is realistic, heartfelt, and also had some moments that made me, a thirtysomething woman and assault survivor, go WHAT THE HELL. It is an important viewpoint, but if sexual violence is in your past, proceed with caution.

What happened to Never Mind the Goldbergs? It has more to do with The Goldbergs than we thought. :

http://www.matthue.com/2013/10/goldbergs-meet-goldbergs.html

Fault Line by Christa Desir

Matthue Roth's writing on Hevria

Hevria’s mission is to become the go-to community for Jewish and spiritual people who are “creators”.

Lizard People podcast

The Toast, may it rest in peace

7-Up: The Up Series of Documentaries

Readalikes:

Gingerbread by Rachel Cohn

Sister Mischief by Laura Goode

Current Reads:

The Weight of Sound by Peter McDade

Rocket Romance by Sophia Chester

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Episode 34: The Thorn Necklace by Francesca Lia Block