Lit Mix Trailer

In Nic Stone’s Dear Martin, Black teen Justyce starts a journal of letters to MLK after he survives a troubling encounter with police while trying to help a friend. Rachel and Andrea discuss the difficulty of choosing one’s own way when the odds are stacked, how the same book is read differently b…

Maia Kobabe’s 2019 graphic novel memoir, Gender Queer, was the most challenged book of 2021. Rachel and Andrea discuss the difference between nature’s distinctions and department store categories, Plato’s Symposium, and what’s too adult – or not – for YA. For another perspective, listen to the Gend…

In Isabel Quintero’s Gabi, a Girl in Pieces, the title character fills the diary of her senior year with poetry, friendship, grief, and cute boys. Rachel and Andrea discuss body image, cultural identity, and the power of poetry. Also, zines. For another perspective, read NPR’s interview with Cuban…