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Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club

Author: Nicolle Okoren & Eden Wen

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Making banned or challenged books more accessible for all readers.
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References* https://www.ala.org/united/friendsListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
References* Laura Plantation* “My Grandmother’s Hands” - SpotifyListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Books recommended by Katie Workman, LAC, MAPC - Counselor of Psychology:* Who Has What* Where Willy Went* 30 Days of Sex Talks* The Care & Keeping of You* Guy Stuff: The Body Book for Boys* C is for Consent* Vaginas & Periods 101 Pop-Up Book* What’s In There?* I Said No!* My Body Belongs to Me* A Family is a Family is a FamilyReferences* http://www.jstor.org/stable/4120840* https://www.jahonline.org/article/S1054-139X(18)30284-2/abstractListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Today’s episode is a rerun from Season 1. We’ll be back with another book soon!In the meantime, check out our friends at Banned Camp who just finished reading Huck Finn aloud on their podcast.Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
ReferencesListen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Listen and subscribe to Burn This Book: A Banned Books Book Club. If you like what you hear, please consider giving us a rating and review on Apple Podcast. This helps others find us, which will promote our mission to make banned books more accessible to all readers. Follow us on Instagram to see what we’re reading next. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss S.E. Hinton’s The Outsiders.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* Never Enough, by Jennifer Breheny Wallace* S. E. Hinton and the Y.A. Debate by Jon Michaud This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Jesse Andrews’s Me and Earl and the Dying Girl.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* “When Bad Things Happen to Good People” by Harold Kushner This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World with Candice MacAllister (this podcast’s graphic designer!).Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Art Spiegelman’s Maus I & II with Amy Nielsen.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!Find Amy here:* Manuscript Wish List* The Purcell AgencyReferencesSpiegelman Family Tree This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss John Green’s Looking for Alaska with writer Theodore Wilkins.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* John Green and His Nerdfighters Are Upending the Summer Blockbuster Model | WSJ 2015: “"[s]ome credit him with ushering in a new golden era for contemporary, realistic, literary teen fiction, following more than a decade of dominance by books about young wizards, sparkly vampires, and dystopia.” This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Dungeons & Dragons with Adventure AI’s Jason Conforto, Tyler Crump, and Alex the Language Lord.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!ReferencesIt's Time to Revisit the Satanic PanicStuff You Should Know Podcast: How Dungeons and Dragons WorksInto the Dragon's Lair This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss William Golding’s Lord of the Flies with Micah Clemence.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* Lord of the Flies? ‘Rubbish’. Animal Farm? Too risky – Faber’s secrets revealed (The Guardian)* Lord of the Flies and The Coral Island (William Golding)* Things Fell Apart (podcast, Ron Jonson) This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Stephen Chbosky’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps with horror fan Sam Moynihan.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* MasterClass: R.L. Stine Teaches Writing for Young Audiences* “Immunization through Fear: Banning R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps” - PEN AMerica* Invasion of the Books - Washington Post* America's Satanic Panic Returns — This Time Through QAnon - NPR This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
It’s Banned Books Week! Get involved and voice your support of books! In this episode, Nicolle and Eden talk to an Educator of the Year, Kristen Oda, and why she quit teaching. Additionally, we'll talk about “To Kill a Mockingbird” by Harper Lee.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* Field of Dreams Book Banning Scene - YouTube This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Crossover episode to kick-off 2023’s Banned Books Week! Nicolle and Eden discuss Rosemary Well’s Yoko with Banned Camp’s Dan Schulz and Jennifer Davis. Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast and @bannedcamp_podcast to see what we’re all reading. Read along with us!References* Banned Camp is a comedy podcast where we read banned books and find out why they were banned in the first place. In each episode, we read a  chapter of a banned book and offer our take on why it was banned in the first place. So grab a drink, sit back, and join us as we explore why some folks seem to be in such a rush to take us back to the dark ages, one banned book at a time.* Just 11 People Responsible for 60% of Book Ban Requests Across the US: Report - The Messenger This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss Shel Silverstein’s A Light in the Attic. Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Nicolle and Eden discuss J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye with social worker Brendan Seagle.Follow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast to see the next book we’re reading. Read along with us!References* “Predatory Men With a Taste for Teenagers” Joyce Maynard on the Chilling Parallels Between Woody Allen and J.D. Salinger” - Vanity Fair * “Salinger and the Exploitation of Young Women” - NY Times Opinion* “J. D. Salinger’s Women” - NY Magazine* “Was She J.D. Salinger’s Predator or His Prey?” - NY Times Essay This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
Summer reading assignment for our next season coming in September! Excuse all the clicks and pops—Nicolle is the sound engineer so I was just recording off Substack (if you’re reading this, Substack, fix your recording tech). Nicolle’s picks* The Catcher in the Rye* The Bluest Eye* The Perks of Being a Wallflower* Me and Earl and the Dying Girl* The Outsiders* A Light In the Attic* Lord of the Flies* Where Did I Come From?* Where’s Waldo?* Brave New WorldEden’s picks* Beloved* All Boys Aren’t Blue* Looking for Alaska* To Kill a Mockingbird* Goosebumps* The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian* Gender Queer: A Memoir* Maus* The Hate U Give* It’s Perfectly NormalFollow us on Instagram @burnthisbookpodcast for any updates. Read along with us! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit burnthisbook.substack.com
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