In this bonus episode before the launch of Season 1, we talk about favorite stories (and the ones that failed us), The Forest, witches, our evangelical upbringings, silence, body horror, and chronic illness.
In this episode, Anna uses the term "semiabled" as a way of describing herself as a chronically ill individual. We would like to point you to the work of Bridget Harrington, @semiabled on IG and semiabled.com, who coined the term and who is doing amazing work around the concept.
BOOKS:
Circe by Madeline Miller
Ghost in the Throat by Doireann Ní Ghríofa
A Wrinkle in Time and A Live Coal in the Sea by Madeleine L'Engle
Lavinia by Ursula K. Le Guin
Just Like Home and The Echo Wife by Sarah Gailey
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
The Little Mermaid
Places I've Taken My Body by Molly McCully Brown
Pain Woman Takes Your Keys by Sonya Huber
The Bone Houses by Emily Lloyd-Jones
So Many Beginnings: A Little Women Remix by Bethany Morrow
A Clash of Steel: A Treasure Island Remix by C.B. Lee
All for One: A gender-bent retelling of The Three Musketeers by Sophia Beaumont
Goblin Market by Christina Rossetti
MUSIC: Hamilton the Musical
MOVIES: Moana; Alien
MISC: Writing classes at Hugo House in Seattle
Anna
Currently reading: Just Like Home (fiction) by Sarah Gailey, The Daughter of Doctor Moreau (fiction) by Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Brute (poetry) by Emily Skaja
Currently writing: on chronic pain, origin stories, siren/water mythology, a magical market
On social media: @thelandmaidstale on IG and @dazed_starling on Twitter
Amanda
Currently reading: Ocean at the End of the Lane (fiction) by Neil Gaiman, Migrations (fiction) by Charlotte McConaghy, The Wisdom of Your Body (non-fiction) by Hillary L. McBride, Life on Mars (poetry)by Tracy K. Smith, Electric Arches (poetry) by Eve Ewing, The Octopus Museum (poetry) by Brenda Shaughnessy
Currently writing: flash fairy tale revisions, climate-meets-parenting poetry
Published books: A Mother's Hunger (full length poetry collection)
On social media: @amandarothpoetry on IG and @amandarothpoet on Twitter
