Book Besties Season 3, Episode 11- The Astonishing Color of After
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Book Besties Season 3, Episode 11- The Astonishing Color of After
This week the Besties are talking about The Astonishing Color of After by Emily X.R. Pan. Join the Besties as they talk about mental health issues, synesthesia and seeing all the colors, and how writing with an MFA differs from other writing. This episode has a trigger warning for severe depression and death by suicide. Listener discretion is advised.
Things talked about in this episode:
John Green’s video about banning his book: https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cii95DBgoW0/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
Synesthesia by Andrew McMahon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfm1Gvlz12U
China’s Ghost Festival: https://oftaiwan.org/culture/ghost-festival/
Ghost Bride: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-37103447
Updated Suicide statistics: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/
Suicide and Crisis Life Line: https://988lifeline.org/
Carrie Fisher: https://carriefisher.com/mental-health-resources/
More About Carrie Fisher: https://slate.com/technology/2016/12/carrie-fisher-was-a-pioneer-in-mental-health-advocacy.html
Electroconvulsive Therapy: https://www.mayoclinic.org/tests-procedures/electroconvulsive-therapy/about/pac-20393894
April’s GoodReads: https://www.goodreads.com/craftylibrarian10
Granted Series by Kendra Thomas (our guest October 4): https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08BRLGH8V?searchxofy=true&binding=kindle_edition&ref_=dbs_s_aps_series_rwt_tkin&qid=1663544158&sr=8-1
Meet Molly and April, they bonded over books and became Book Besties. So, what do you do when you find your book bestie? Start a podcast of course. Hang out with April and Molly as they talk about everything they love and hate about books.