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Forever Young Adult Book Plate Forever Young Adult Book Plate
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Every month we eat our words. From an Amuse Bouche summarizing the meal to our final drinks where we toast to the next month, book plate tackles the tough subjects of Young Adult literature: diversity, narrative, genre, believability - we talk about how Forever Young Adult's book club picks do or do not make us a feel a type of way. If you love literature, food, and book dissection - join us, for a delicious discussion of all things Young Adult.
Learn more about Forever Young Adult: http://foreveryoungadult.com/ Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/fya-book-plate/support
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Internment by Samira Ahmed
This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's July 2021 book club pick, Internment by Samira Ahmed. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Blink 9-11 (What's My Race Again?) by The Muslims.
Recorded in Oakland.
Britt identified as the Resist hat on the cover. It's cut off in the audio.
JaMile thought the book was about some gangsta Muslim uprising shit. Annie did ask him before the book was recorded.
https://www.aclu-wa.org/pages/timeline-muslim-ban
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Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds
“This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's May 2021 book club pick, Long Way Down by Jason Reynolds. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Ready to Die by The Notorious B.I.G.
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The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton
This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's April 2021 book club pick, The Belles by Dhonielle Clayton. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Pretty Hurts by Beyoncé.
JaMile's cover take is: Fighting the powers that be.
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Pet by Akwaeke Emezi
This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's March 2021 book club pick, Pet by Akwaeke Emezi. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Like Ah Boss by Machel Montano.
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Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim
This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's February 2021 book club pick, Spin the Dawn by Elizabeth Lim. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Lake and the Moon by Guo Brothers.
https://open.spotify.com/album/7IfSqMz4UcC5CVjlrQPDEy?si=HUn08oayTJKbl7SiEyg2Ww
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Slay by Brittney Morris
This is Book Plate's discussion of Forever Young Adult's January 2021 book club pick, Slay by Brittney Morris. Spoilers. Some swears. Music is Formation by Beyonce and The Hustle - Original Mix by Van McCoy.
CW this article includes violence against women: https://nypost.com/2021/02/25/gamer-reportedly-kills-rival-posts-video-of-body-online/
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