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Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US

Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US

FromPoured Over


Jacqueline Woodson on REMEMBER US

FromPoured Over

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Length:
49 minutes
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

“I expect my reader to meet me halfway with their own experiences and fill in the white space, fill in what's left unsaid.” Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson brings the reader to Brooklyn in the 70s to examine memory and acceptance through the eyes of one girl from her childhood and beyond. Woodson joins us to talk about writing for young people, the themes of childhood and nostalgia, creating identity through literature and more with Miwa Messer, host of Poured Over. This episode of Poured Over was hosted by Executive Producer Miwa Messer and mixed by Harry Liang.       New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional Saturdays) here and on your favorite podcast app.       Featured Books (Episode):  Remember Us by Jacqueline Woodson  Another Brooklyn by Jacqueline Woodson  Brown Girl Dreaming by Jacqueline Woodson  Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson  Sing, Unburied, Sing by Jesmyn Ward  The Unsettled by Ayana Mathis  Small Worlds by Caleb Azumah Nelson 
Released:
Oct 17, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Poured Over is a show for readers who pore over details, obsess over sentences and ideas and stories and characters; readers who ask a lot of questions, just like Poured Over’s host, Miwa Messer, a career bookseller who’s always reading. Follow us here for surprising riffs, candid conversations, a few laughs, and lots of great book recommendations from big name authors and authors on their way to being big names. New episodes land Tuesdays and Thursdays (with occasional bonus episodes on Saturdays).