LotJ Presents: YA at the Intersection, Episode 1: A Blade So Black

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Learning on the Job

James K. Harris and Nic Flores

60 episodes

6 days ago

Join two recent(ish) queer Ph.D.s of color as we navigate the world of higher education. One is an English professor at a community college and the other teaching Latina/o/x Studies at a four-year public university. We present our unique perspectives on the shifting landscape of college in America and share our behind-the-scenes thoughts on everything – from the tenure track to conference etiquette to figuring out how not to get fired. Call it a learning experience. Email us: lotjpod@gmail.com. We'd love to hear from you!

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LotJ Presents: YA at the Intersection, Episode 1: A Blade So Black

Learning on the Job

1 hour 24 minutes 50 seconds

3 years ago

LotJ Presents: YA at the Intersection, Episode 1: A Blade So Black

And now, here's something we hope you'll really like!

After a menacing amount of promising, it's here! James made a YA book podcast. Well, Ariel Rawson made a YA book podcast and James...was present. The LotJ Family is growing. Get into it!

For this, the first stop on our road trip across the landscape Young Adult literature (get the title?!), we have a lot to say. We read L.L. McKinney's A Blade So Black and discuss the origins of Young Adult Literature, the meaning of "Southern"ness, and the pitfalls of critiquing Black lit for its "Blackness". But that's all set-up for an exploration of a novel that pitches itself as "Buffy meet Alice in Wonderland". Prepare for plenty of thoughts about both. And please do reach out with your own books suggestions, thoughts, opinions, whatever really. Let the road trip begin!