This week, Kadi and Eunice review Firekeeper’s Daughter by Angeline Boulley! We talk about communities going through hard times, intergenerational trauma & healing, and the importance of storytelling in marginalized communities. Then, we get vulnerable about recent events and our own experiences as cultural minorities. This book is so good, y’all. It’s so good!!
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We get chatting about a miniseries on faith, religion, and spirituality, starting with Saints and Misfits by S.K. Ali. Eunice and Teffer talk about the importance of diverse faith communities, what it means to write responsibly about religion, and why we want to see more books that deal with faith coming from big presses!
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This week, we continue our series of books by Indigenous authors with Son of a Trickster by Eden Robinson. We talk about whether or not it’s YA (and what that means), writing sadness while still writing hope, and what makes a good sex scene.
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This week, Teffer and Bailey talk about disability, boundaries, and medical bullshit in Sick Kids in Love, a book that provides much-needed representation of chronic illness in YA.
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This week, Eunice and Teffer go on a trip down memory lane with a book we both read in highschool! We’re talking about romance, responsibility, grief, and Taylor Swift. Grab your low rise capris and impossibly long tank top because we’re heading to 2004!
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