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The Reading Culture

Host Jordan Lloyd Bookey speaks with authors and reading enthusiasts to explore ways to build a stronger culture of reading in our communities. They"ll dive into their personal experiences, inspirations, and why their stories and ideas are connecting so well with kids.

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1:26

Big Summer Reading Giveaway!

The Reading Culture ·

2023/07/24

Exciting news! We are hosting a big summer reading giveaway in which you can choose any three titles by any three authors who have been on our podcast. Three books each for three winners. The magic number really is three, y’all!We will select our three winners on August 11, so make sure that you have done a few things to get maximum entries!Follow The Reading Culture pod on Instagram Comment on our post about this giveawaySubscribe to our newsletter at thereadingculturepod.com/newsletter

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42:13

The Fire Inside: Jacqueline Woodson Carries the Torch

The Reading Culture ·

2023/07/11

On Today's Show"For me, in the fiction, it is so much about keeping that continuum going, that someone's going to come along after me and tell a story that's connected to the story that I've told. I'm telling the story that's connected to the writers and the relatives who came before me.” - Jacqueline WoodsonJacqueline Woodson was born a watcher. An observer. Even as a young girl, she recognized that our stories are part of an enduring legacy that stretches far before and beyond our own

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39:30

Mixed Feelings: Matt de la Peña on Balancing Being...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/06/27

On Today's Show"Kids are growing up in an interesting time and they're led to believe that if we don't feel happy, we're doing something wrong. I think what I respond to is a deeper truth, which is, happiness is incredible and we should strive for it, but we should also acknowledge that half of our life is challenging or melancholy." - Matt de la PeñaHailing from a working class border town in Southern California, Matt de la Peña (Last Stop on Market Street, Mexican WhiteBoy, Milo Imagines

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42:37

Ignorance Isn’t Bliss: Sabaa Tahir on the Need to...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/06/13

On Today's Show"This is happening in our world and at the very least you can bear witness to it. That's literally the absolute least you can do. - Sabaa TahirSabaa Tahir’s (“All My Rage,” “An Ember in the Ashes” quartet) upbringing in the Mojave desert, isolated nearly 100 miles from the nearest city, exposed her to an unforgiving landscape and also many unforgiving truths of humanity. Within this backdrop, one place held significant importance in shaping her worldview: The Motel, a small

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38:44

Recovering Identity: Angeline Boulley Calls for a...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/05/30

On Today's Show"I think there's recognition that publishing is better the more voices are heard, and the more diverse those rooms can be as well –that it's not just a matter of changing the skin tone of a character, it's that culture is all these things that are seen and unseen, and it's in your world building." - Angeline Boulley Angeline Boulley was born into story-telling people. As a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, she was first introduced to the art through

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39:32

Never Empty-Handed: Yuyi Morales on the Stories, the...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/05/16

In This Episode"It is through these books and through this work that I'm doing that I hope that I can be a worthy companion of [children's] journeys, because they have a lot of journeys to go through, and there is nothing more difficult than going through those journeys alone." - Yuyi MoralesGrowing up in Mexico in the 60s and 70s, Yuyi Morales wasn’t familiar with children’s books. Instead, she was surrounded by a family of vibrant storytellers, and a mother whose creative side was brought

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38:30

The Depth of the Universe: M.T. Anderson on the...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/05/02

On Today's Show“If you write about the world as it is, there's too much of a danger of it just feeding into our assumption that everything that we live with is right and normal. Whereas if you start to say, well wait, let's project this into the future, or let's see where this comes from in the past, suddenly it opens up a whole new vista about what the present is doing." - M.T. AndersonM.T. Anderson's home in small-town Vermont is rumored to be haunted and he relishes the ghost stories

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38:19

Inflection Point: Shadra Strickland Puts the Dash in...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/04/18

Creators & GuestsJordan Lloyd Bookey - Host Shadra Strickland - Guest On Today's Show“I remember everything was so shiny. Like the way that Pat illustrated that book, everything glistened, and main characters were Black and that was really cool for me. It was so colorful. I just wanted to live in that world.” - Shadra Strickland on “Clouds” by Pat CummingsOne of Shadra Strickland’s earliest memories is drawing underneath her grandma’s table. From a young age, she had a visual,

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40:25

Little Windows: Victoria Jamieson on the Underrated...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/04/04

On Today's Show"I think there's so much you can do. It's so rich because you have words, you have pictures. Sometimes they say the same things, sometimes they say opposite things. There's such an interplay between the two that I feel like there's so many possibilities." - Victoria JamiesonVictoria Jamieson was always an introverted child, but a move across states in middle school pushed her further inward and made her grasp for familiarity. She quickly found comfort in the local library

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36:54

Lonely Planet: Erin Entrada Kelly on Looking After...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/03/21

On Today's Show"A lot of my books have characters who are lonely, who are trying to figure out their way, who don't feel seen in the world, who don't know how to use their voice. I want to write books for those kids because I want a safe way for them to navigate all that stuff." - Erin Entrada KellyAs an introvert battling depression and bullying, it was easy for Erin Entrada Kelly to feel overlooked by those around her, but she found her place in reading and finding uniquely relatable

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35:12

Screen Play: James Ponti on Writing with a...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/03/07

On Today's Show"I go to the locations in the books when I can, and I go there and I scout them the same way I scouted them when I was shooting documentaries. I'll just kind of walk around the same way I did for years producing television to really figure out the best way to take advantage of a location." - James PontiAs a child, James Ponti was not a reader. Instead, he discovered an interest in storytelling through film. James’ mother’s own love for movies, coupled with her artistic career

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42:27

Eye of the Tiger: Ellen Oh on Rising Up for the Right...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/02/21

On Today's ShowThe author of the “Prophecy” trilogy and “Spirit Hunters” series and the founder of We Need Diverse Books, Ellen Oh is equal parts no-nonsense and hilarious truth-teller. "We all know the importance of representation in books and how life-affirming it can be for those who are historically underrepresented. Books are powerful. There's a reason for all this book banning. Books are more important than ever.” - Ellen OhEllen Oh learned early on that she would have to fight

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37:29

Comfortably Uncomfortable: Nic Stone on the Story...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/02/07

On Today's Show" When I sat down and I decided I wanted to start writing, what I started writing was something that bothered me." - Nic StoneAfter Nic Stone graduated college, she went on a trip to Bethlehem in Israel to connect with the story behind her faith. But instead of a religious experience, she found herself moved by the stories of the people who live in the city in the present day. Stories that she decided also needed telling.In this episode, Nic joins us to share more about how

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36:43

Oh, the Humanity: Grace Lin on Art and the Human...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/01/24

On Today's Show" Creating something is not just for people to view, but it's for the creator. It's that idea that when you create, it puts you more in touch with your humanity and that being in touch with your humanity is what you are giving through your artwork. " - Grace LinFor Grace Lin, the value in literature comes from its ability to allow you to understand other humans and get in touch with your own humanity. But this value isn't just from reading. As a writer, she recognizes the

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36:01

Truth From Fiction: Adam Gidwitz on Plato, the Devil,...

The Reading Culture ·

2023/01/10

On Today's Show"The world is so complex, right? No theory that anyone has can be accurate because the only accurate model of the world is the world. There are too many complexities. ... And so what literature does is it catalogues the unique and particular truths of the world and a really great writer, a Jane Austin, Chekhov, Kate DiCamillo, will take one of those truths and reveal it to you in a narrative way that's just so deeply satisfying." - Adam GidwitzAs a young adult, Adam Gidwitz

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37:31

Revisit - Cultivating Story: Meg Medina on the...

The Reading Culture ·

2022/12/27

On Today's Show"I feel like writers, especially who are wordsmiths, who can name things, tricky things in clear ways ... should be where we put our efforts. Really creating an offensive, an offense in this campaign to win the hearts back." - Meg MedinaMeg Medina's passion for telling stories goes back as far as she can remember. Crafting words into lessons and engaging experiences has always been her calling, but it took her a few careers to fully dive in. Now, she's a Newbery Award-winning

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42:48

They Already Know: Kate DiCamillo on Helping Kids...

The Reading Culture ·

2022/12/13

On Today's Show"If I've done my job right and put my heart and my fears and my questions on the page, if I've told a story right and well, the reader can be aware of me asking those questions, worrying those worries, putting my heart there, and then it's a place for both of us to be together. And it makes you feel less alone as a kid." - Kate DiCamilloKate DiCamillo's stories take us to the dark parts of the world and back again. And once we get back, we realize that even in the darkest

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34:29

Voice Through Verse: Renée Watson on Poetry as...

The Reading Culture ·

2022/11/29

On Today's Show"There's just something about literally raising your voice and letting these words come out of you. That's powerful." - Renée WatsonMaya Angelou was mute for six years. After a traumatizing childhood experience, the famous poet and activist retreated inward and lost her voice. In Renée Watson's kid-friendly but unflinching retelling of her story in "Maya's Song", Watson shows how poetry was the means to Maya finding her voice and going on to use it in unforgettable ways

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29:12

Voice Training: Zetta Elliott on Reckoning with Your...

The Reading Culture ·

2022/11/15

On Today's Show"When you're a kid, and if you love to read, you love stories, you aren't always aware of the fact that you're being erased from those stories, or you don't yet have the expectation that you should be in those books." - Zetta ElliottScholar and author Zetta Elliott knows the long-term damage of not having representative, relatable stories to read while growing up. Growing up Black in suburban Canada in the ’80s meant rarely seeing herself in the books she read. It wasn't

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28:51

The Gift of Fear: Lamar Giles on How Horror Helps...

The Reading Culture ·

2022/10/31

On Today's Show"The fear is like the ramp on the roller coaster. It's that build-up of adrenaline intention that you're having in that moment when that roller coaster is cranking. It's not the same fear of you walking through a dark alley at night and you sense someone's behind you in real life. That's a different type of fear that I don't know that anybody really wants. This is controlled fear. This is me going into it saying, Okay, I know this part's gonna be scary, but this part's gonna

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