"I'm writing the book I needed": storytelling with poet-historian Resi Ibañez
Teen People
01/22/24
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Resi Ibañez is a poet, public historian, and community organizer in Lowell, Massachusetts. We connected on Instagram, when they sent me a DM asking if I could track down a TEEN PEOPLE article they remembered reading in the mid-2000s. With a few keywords and a rough idea of the timing, I searched a periodicals database I use to find guests for this podcast. I found three possible articles for Resi, and it turns out that one of these three is probably the article they remembered reading as a teenager! The article is an "it-happened-to-me" kind of story; a staple of the teen magazine genre. It featured a teenager who had come out to her friends and family. For a few reasons (which we explore in this interview), the article resonated with Resi. Resi is now working on a book-length project about LGBTQ icons of their young adult years. We spoke about this project and how the TEEN PEOPLE article influenced them, and also about their mother's powerful legacy. Podcast notes: Find me online at www.annasoper.ca and on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod. ................ Sounds and music: The Sound of dial-up Internet by wtermini on Pixabay Spirit Blossom by RomanBelov on Pixabay ................ Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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James Frankie Thomas on his homoerotic, post-9/11 campus novel, IDLEWILD
October 29, 2023
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As a teen, James Frankie Thomas modelled a prom dress and smooch-proof makeup in a 2004 issue of TEEN PEOPLE magazine. Now, he's the author of a compelling novel, IDLEWILD, published by The Overlook Press. James spoke with me about crafting this novel at the Iowa Writers' Workshop, and how he navigated the highs and lows of getting a book into the world. Plus: find out why James jokes that he and Elliot Page are like "two ships in the night", and why it's hard to read (and write) about big events like 9/11 and the COVID-19 pandemic. Podcast notes: James' book list: The Family Chao, by Lan Samantha Chang Eighty-sixed, by David B. Feinberg (not to be confused with 86'd, by Dan Fante) A Dream of a Woman, by Casey Plett Detransition, Baby, by Torrey Peters Darryl, by Jackie Ess Nevada, by Imogen Binnie I'm Supposed to Protect You from All This: A Memoir, by Nadja Spiegelman All This Could Be Different, by Sarah Thankam Mathews This Other Eden, by Paul Harding Pageboy: A Memoir, by Elliot Page Music: Franz Joseph Haydn, 'The Heavens Are Telling' (The Creation), St. Matthew's Choir, 2010. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Frédéric Chopin, ‘Berceuse Op. 57’, Christine Hartley-Troskie. CC BY 2.5 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), via Wikimedia Commons. Hear my first interview with James: www.soundcloud.com/teenpeoplepod/frankie Thanks to Stephanie Palumbo, Christian Westermann, and Andrew Gibeley at Abrams Books for sending me a review copy of IDLEWILD and securing permissions to excerpt IDLEWILD in this episode! Buy IDLEWILD here: www.abramsbooks.com/product/idlewil..._9781419769146/. Like this episode? Please leave a rating or review! Find James on Twitter at james_f_thomas and online at www.jamesfrankiethomas.com. Find me on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod and online at www.annasoper.ca. Advocacy resources related to banned and challenged books from the American Library Association and Ontario Library Association: www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks www.freedomtoread.ca Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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Part I: Sarah Ditum on the 2000s: "Relentlessly anti-sisterhood"
February 20, 2024
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In part one of a two-part interview, I speak with Sarah Ditum about her new book, TOXIC. It’s a scathing reexamination of the lives of nine female celebrities: Britney Spears, Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan, Aaliyah, Janet Jackson, Amy Winehouse, Kim Kardashian, Chyna, and Jennifer Aniston. Each experienced some form of global fame, as well as the consequences that come with too much attention. In TOXIC, Sarah writes, "...tearing these women to pieces was both a social activity and a form of divination. In the entrails of their reputations, we hunted for clues about what a woman ought to be..." We talk: teen magazines, blogs, promise rings, sex tapes, and Britney Spears' "cult of virginity", celebrity memoirs, Justin Timberlake's homemade shotgun, why Taylor Swift reminds me of Avril Lavigne, and what Donald Trump owes to WWE. Part II: https://soundcloud.com/teenpeoplepod/sarah-ditum-toxic-teen-people Notes: Find me online at www.annasoper.ca and on Twitter and Instagram at TeenPeoplePod. Find Sarah online on Twitter and Instagram at sarahditum. ................ Buy Sarah's book! Here's how: UK: https://www.littlebrown.co.uk/titles/sarah-ditum/toxic/9780349727134/ North America: https://www.abramsbooks.com/product/toxic_9781419763113/ ................ Author photo: Paul Clarke ................ Additional thanks: Stephanie Palumbo at Canadian Manda Group, Toronto ................ Sounds and music: The Sound of dial-up Internet by wtermini on Pixabay Drop It by Coma-Media on Pixabay Fighter [No Vocals] - punk rock by 22941069 on Pixabay ................ Teen People is recorded in Kingston/Katarokwi, the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee and the Huron-Wendat.
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