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Brenna and Joe are making it up to listener Jane, who we neglected to mention had previously written in about translated texts. We're continuing the conversation about translation, plus expanding the discussion to include popular/mass market texts and accessibility. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHS…

Tirzah and Erica discuss the book All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes: The Deep Dive newsletter We Were Liars adaptation Kodansha launching a manga app this year All…

It's time for another book club and we have three listeners (Tea, Books, and Chocolate, Victoria, and Addie) who contributed their thoughts on Eric Gansworth's 2020 memoir in verse, Apple: Skin to the Core. We discuss why this is a memoir and not a collection of poetry, how Gansworth hooks readers and uses pop culture subversions, its depiction of …

On this week's mailbag, Joe and Brenna go deep on a line in listener Laura's email pushing back on the challenges of reading a translated text. After apologizing for the faux pas, we debate the accessibility of translated texts, how it informs cultural structures and what story that tells. Plus: a call to arms for foreign listeners particularly Wan…

This week Erica discusses some YA graphic nonfiction books that are helping her reach her reading goals. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may ear…

We're headed to Berlin thanks to listener Alma's suggestion to check out famed German author Erich Kästner's Emil and the Detectives (1929), as well as its 1964 Disney adaptation by Peter Tewksbury. This new-to-us middle grade book is a *massive* bestseller and survived eradication from the Nazis, so we feel pretty silly not having it on our radar.…

This week we're responding to listener Kaetlyn's email about Roald Dahl's books being edited, why this isn't censorship, and how the culture war outrage is selective to certain groups. Plus: a bonus conversation about whether creatives should enter review spaces to challenge takes they disagree with (short answer: no!) Wanna connect with the show? …

Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA Shakespeare retellings. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Show Notes: These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong Speak Easy, Speak Love by McKelle George Bright Ruined Things …

We've been good for too long, so it's time for some raunch courtesy of Natalie Morales' 2021 girls gross out comedy Plan B (seriously heed that R rating!) Brenna and Joe definitely appreciate the heart and the messaging, but there's some iffy tonal shifts in this one, despite great lead performances and a pair of manic pixie love interests. Strap i…

This week's we're tackling listener Keith's question: why do you like YA? Bonus: the question spins us into a bit of a tangent as to why we also like doing the show! Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bstolemyremote Have a mail bag question or a comment about book c…

This week, Tirzah discusses some of the YA books that are most popular with the teens she works with! Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn a…

Brenna and Joe are checking out another Eden Robinson text: her award-winning 2000 novel Monkey Beach, along with Loretta Todd's 2020 adaptation. While we love the book - with its incisive mix of generational trauma, Haisla life and coming of age narrative - the film doesn't work for us - either as a standalone film or as an adaptation. The book in…

We're circling back to listener Victoria's email about A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow being chosen as a Reese's Book Club selection, Joe makes a faux pas, and Brenna laments her discounted forever tea. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bstolemyremote Have…

Tirzah and Erica discuss some YA historical fiction with strong female leads. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NOTES: The Degenerates by J. Albert Mann Angel Of Greenwood by Randi Pink The Silence…

It's time for Book Club as Brenna and Joe (along with input from listener Tea, Books & Chocolate) discuss Laura Taylor Namey's delightful 2019 romantic drama, A Cuban Girl's Guide to Tea and Tomorrow. This comfort food book feels refreshing thanks to its focus on character as opposed to romance and its ties to place, though there is one strong crit…

Our second week of mailbag brings us questions about Own Voices from listener Tea, Books and Chocolate Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bstolemyremote Have something longer to say or a comment about banned book club? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.com or tweet us your …

Erica discusses some new YA books of different genres by Black authors to have on your radar for the first part of the year. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through the…

Thanks to a suggestion from listener Toni, Brenna and Joe check out Craig Silvey's celebrated 2009 book Jasper Jones, as well as Indigenous filmmaker Rachel Perkins's 2017 adaptation. We both really like the book, which is long and takes awhile to get into, but offers a complicated analysis of racism and class in a small Australian town. The film i…

On the inaugural edition of the HKHS mailbag, we discuss a few titles for future coverage courtesy of listener Miriam. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bstolemyremote Have something longer to say or a comment about Own Voices book club? Email us at hkhspod@gmail.c…

Tirzah and Erica discuss some diverse YA romance books to read for the month of love and beyond. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NOTES: Come Work for us! We’re hiring a Full-Stack Web Developer. …

Brenna and Joe *finally* check out S02 of Sterlin Harjo's Reservation Dogs and we're still head over heels for this series. We're not in sync, though: Joe wants the focus to stay on the central four, while Brenna has no problem on the expanded focus. Plus: overwhelming guest spots, why Cheese and Willie Jack are the best, and the pressure put on th…

It's the end of the road for HBO Max's Gossip Girl revamp, so expect plenty of sighs and complaints as Jenny, Ari and Joe say goodbye. First we tackle the satisfying lock-up of Kate and the nonsensical Met Gala plot before moving onto the Gossip Girl-free Roman vacation. Joe likes this version of the show, while Ari and Jenny are tempted by the Rog…

It's the most wonderful time of the year—the ALA Youth Media Awards have been announced! This week, Tirzah takes us through the YA highlights. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When y…

Listener Max is taking Brenna far outside of her comfort zone as we discuss Batman/Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2016) by James Tynion IV and Freddie Williams II, as well the 2019 animated film Batman vs Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles by Jake Castorena. We're talking properties with plenty of lore, different art styles and mostly similar plots, but t…

Jenny, Ari and Joe are back to unpack the penultimate episode of HBO Max's Gossip Girl and even though we know the show has been cancelled, we're still worried about the throuple! Plus: surprises aplenty at an event we don't fully understand, a pair of strategically framed sequences and we're suddenly interested in the Obie storyline?! Wanna connec…

Erica and Tirzah talk about YA books with great examples of queer friendship. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. …

Banned Book Club comes to an end with Jason Reynolds and Brendan Kiely's All American Boys (2015), a book about racialized police violence from two different perspectives and featuring contributions from listeners Victoria, Miriam and Tea, Books and Chocolate. This (maybe Middle Grade?) book is one of the most challenged books in America, and still…

Jenny, Ari and Joe are delighted that Gossip Girl FINALLY gives Luna her own episode (and shitty parent, natch). It's time for the Tribeca Film Festival and Audrey, Max and Julien are making big moves, but it's Aki and Julien who are paying the price. Plus: more shitty parents, Jenny's cruel streak, Andrew's appreciation that Julien isn't off the h…

Erica talks about a couple YA dystopian novels she’s been into lately. Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher. To get even more YA news and recommendations, sign up for our What’s Up in YA newsletter! This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission. SHOW NO…

Grab your Playboy because Brenna and Joe are headed into the big scary city with Chris Columbus' 1987 feature directorial debut, Adventures in Babysitting. Brenna calls this a romp and it's true: the children-in-peril comedy starring Elizabeth Shue and an annoying Anthony Rapp is delightful, though we still have plenty to contextualize in its subur…

Welcome back listeners. This week Jenny, Joe and Ari are divided as Georgina Sparks' two episode run comes to an end, Kate executes an odd plan and the De Haans are back to their dastardly plans. Plus: More Wendy! Audrey vs Julien! And are we setting up Obie's storyline as the end of season arc? Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HK…