Category: Verse Novel

69: Virginia Festival of the Book - Loving Every Minute

4/17/2019

In this Unabridged podcast episode, we focus on our field trip to the Virginia Festival of the Book, held in Charlottesville, VA, from March 20-24. We offer our impressions of four sessions, including a dream conversation between Jason Reynolds and Laurie Halse Anderson and a serendipitous afternoon when we got to see the April Book Club Book authors Beth Macy (with Chris McGreal) and Jarrett Krosoczka in back-to-back sessions.

You can find out more information about the annual festival here.

timeline

American Addictions: Our Opioids Crisis: 00:00 - 11:31
Carol Troxell Reader: Jarrett Krosoczka: 11:31 - 17:51
Hate / Speech: Confronting Discrimination with Free Expression: 17:51 - 29:07
Writing Tough Topics with Laurie Halse Anderson and Jason Reynolds: 29:07 - 43:17

books mentioned from VA Festival of the Book Authors

Beth Macy's Dopesick: Dealers, Doctors, and the Drug Company that Addicted America
Chris McGreal's American Overdose: The Opioid Tragedy in Three Acts
Jarrett J. Krosoczka's Hey, Kiddo: How I Lost My Mother, Found My Father, and Dealt with Family Addiction
Arjun Sethi's American Hate: Survivors Speak Out
Nadine Strossen's Hate Speech: Why We Should Resist it with Free Speech, Not Censorship
Laurie Halse Anderson's Shout
Jason Reynolds's Track series

other mentions

Michelle Alexander's The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness

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Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

8/15/2018

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-Alternate Titles-
The Middle Drawer
OR
Complications of Friendship
OR
I like to do athletic things
OR
I AM athletic

**We're having a giveaway of SEVEN (yes, seven!) Jason Reynolds books from Wednesday, August 15, through Wednesday, August 22. Check Instagram (@unabridgedpod) and Facebook (facebook.com/unabridgedpod) for details and to enter.**

We tried to go very light on the spoilers in this #unabridgedhighlights episode, but a few minor spoilers were hard to avoid as we revealed what we loved about these books.

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Introduction and Summary of the Book: 00:00 - 02:15
A Long Way Down: 02:15 - 15:31
Ghost: 15:41 - 26:47
When I Was the Greatest: 26:57 - 43:28
Classroom Connections: 43:28 - 47:50

other mentions

T. S. Eliot's The Hollow Men
Jason Reynolds's As Brave as You
Jason Reynolds and Brennan Kiely's All American Boys

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Episode 23 - Rollin' in on the Party Bus: Kwame Alexander's SOLO

6/2/2018

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Something's not right.
There's a vacancy inside the rooms of my soul...
why hope for anything
when all the money in the world
can't buy a happy ending.
~Kwame Alexander, Solo

Spoilers are inevitable throughout our discussion, so consider whether or not to listen if you haven't yet read the book!

timeline

Introduction and Summary of the Book: 0:00-01:11
Main Discussion: 01:11-30:54
Book Pairings: 30:54-44:47
Classroom Connections: 44:47-50:27

book pairings

Jenni - Jonellen Heckler's White Lies
Jen - Jeff Zentner's The Serpent King
Sara - Ellen Hopkins's Crank
Ashley - Jacqueline Woodson's Brown Girl Dreaming

other books mentioned

Kwame Alexander's Booked and Crossover and picture books
S.E. Hinton's The Outsiders
Matt de la Pena's article Sometimes the Tough Teen Is Quietly Writing Stories

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69: Virginia Festival of the Book - Loving Every Minute

Podcast Episode 34 - Everything Is Linked: Jason Reynolds Highlight - LONG WAY DOWN, GHOST, and WHEN I WAS THE GREATEST

Episode 23 - Rollin' in on the Party Bus: Kwame Alexander's SOLO

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