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69: Virginia Festival of the Book (Jason Reynolds, Laurie Halse Anderson, and More!) - Loving Every Minute

4/17/2019

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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!

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  • 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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