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Mrparka's Weekly Reviews and Update/ The Secret Top 10Horror in 1982: The Thing with Troy Howarth and Michele KisnerA new series where I sit down with a guest and talk about a 1982 horror film and horror in 1982 as a whole. The guests this time around Michelle Kisner - film critic and contributor to a number of home media releases. Troy Howarth - writer who has written books about the likes of Dario Argento, Lucio Fulci, and Umberto Lenzi. Troy also has done numerous commentary tracks for several cult and horror films.The Thing - 1982 - Join Carpenter Kurt Russell Keith David Wilford Brimley Richard Masur T.K. Carter David Clennon Richard Dysart Charles Hallahan Peter Maloney Donald Moffat...2025-04-191h 39
Passion and Practicality: A Liberal Arts PodcastWord for Word featuring Special Guests Adrienne Kisner and Melissa MarrJoin us as Word for Word celebrates SNHU's creative writing instructors in a special event spotlighting Young Adult fiction! Award-winning writers and SNHU instructors Melissa Marr and Adrienne Kisner read from their works-in-progress, discuss their writing journeys, and share insights into today's YA fiction market!
2025-02-071h 03
MagazeumJake Silverstein (Editor: The New York Times Magazine, more)THE WINNER—Clang! Clink! Bang! Hear that? It’s the sound of all the hardware that Jake Silverstein’s New York Times Magazine has racked up in his almost eleven years at its helm: Pulitzers and ASMEs are heavy, people!When we were preparing to speak to Jake, we reached out to a handful of editors who have loyally worked with him for years to find out what makes him tick. They describe an incredible and notably drama-free editor who fosters an amazing vibe and a lover of both literary essay and enterprise report...2025-01-3151 min
ThresholdsEndnotes: Ross Gay, adrienne maree brown, and a special songIt’s the end of our ‘The World Around Us' capsule of episodes!MENTIONED:Jordan calls up Ross Gay to talk about his garden and something called a goumian outtake from our convo with adrienne maree brown, on the power of expressing the thing that needed to be expressedupdates about cool Thresholds alums like Alex Kleeman, Melissa Febos, Margo Jefferson, and Susan Orleansome book recommendations from Typo's dad, Ed Yongour audio engineer/composer Lora-Faye Åshuvud whips up a sonic treat just for youWe'll be back with our next capsule starting 5/18!For...2022-05-0422 minThresholdsadrienne maree brownadrienne maree brown joins Jordan to talk about the moment she learned what her style of leadership looked like, about the power of saying things aloud, and about her love of Octavia Butler and finding her way to writing fiction.MENTIONED:The League of Young Voters (or The League of Pissed-Off Voters)AK PressLeft Turn Magazine's 2010 issue "Other Worlds are Possible: Visionary Fiction, Culture, and Organizing" edited by Walidah ImarishaOctavia E. Butler's archive at the Huntington Library in Pasadenaadrienne maree brown is the...2022-04-0649 min
North Liberty LibraryNext Reads: "Six Angry Girls"Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner read-alikes
Leah on the Offbeat
Dumplin by Julie Murphy
The (un)popular vote by Jasper Sanchez
Any of the Lumberjanes graphic novels
Moxie by Jennifer Mathieu
Iron Widow by Xiran Jay Zhao2021-12-3125 min
Northwest Passages Book ClubAuthor Adrienne Kisner talks about "Six Angry Girls"Author Adrienne Kisner joined a virtual gathering of the Northwest Passages Book Club to discuss her novel, “Six Angry Girls,” with Kristi Burns of the Spokesman-Review. Adulthood is overrated!2021-03-1953 min
Get BookedProtest KnittingAmanda and Jenn discuss YA with no romance, classics worth picking up, escapist reads, and more in this week’s episode of Get Booked.This episode is sponsored by The Storybound Podcast, The Mason House, available now from Lanternfish Press, and Skyhunter by Marie Lu, with Fierce Reads.Subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Stitcher.This content contains affiliate links. When you buy through these links, we may earn an affiliate commission.For listener feedback and questions, as well as a complete list of books discussed in th...2020-10-0146 min
ThresholdsCathy Park HongCathy Park Hong’s book of creative nonfiction, Minor Feelings, was published this spring by One World/Random House (US) and Profile Books (UK). She is also the author of poetry collections Engine Empire, published in 2012 by W.W. Norton, Dance Dance Revolution, chosen by Adrienne Rich for the Barnard Women Poets Prize, and Translating Mo'um. Hong is the recipient of the Windham-Campbell Prize, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship. Her poems have been published in Poetry, A Public Space, Paris Review, McSweeney's, Baffler, Yale Review, The Nation, and other journals. She is the poetry edit...2020-09-1646 min
The Book JamEpisode 08: Strong female characters, no matter the setting.Marisa and Mary return this time to talk about middle grade and teen books that feature strong female characters-no matter what happened to them, they choose their fate. We also give teen book recommendations to a mom & 7th grader who read and LOVED the Twilight series by Stephanie Meyers.As always, if you need to add more books to your To Be Read pile, check out the Books Mentioned below!Marisa's first book was the middle grade title Dress Coded by Carrie Firestone. Described as a “girl-power friendship story, an eighth grader starts a podcast to...2020-08-2648 min
Your Library on the Go With Free AudiobookSix Angry Girls Audiobook by Adrienne KisnerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 408881
Title: Six Angry Girls
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Format: Unabridged
Length: 08:02:07
Language: English
Release date: 08-18-20
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics
Summary:
Adrienne Kisner's Six Angry Girls is a story of mock trial, feminism, and the inherent power found in a pair of knitting needles.
Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs.
Things arent much better for Millie Goodwin. Her...2020-08-188h 02
Get Hooked On: This High-Impact Full Audiobook For Knowledge Hunters.Six Angry Girls by Adrienne KisnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408881to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Six Angry Girls
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Release date: August 18, 2020
Genres: Tough Topics
Publisher's Summary:
Adrienne Kisner's Six Angry Girls is a story of mock trial, feminism, and the inherent power found in a pair of knitting needles. Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a se...2020-08-188h 02Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsSix Angry Girls by Adrienne KisnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408881to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Six Angry Girls
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 8 hours 2 minutes
Release date: August 18, 2020
Genres: Tough Topics
Publisher's Summary:
Adrienne Kisner's Six Angry Girls is a story of mock trial, feminism, and the inherent power found in a pair of knitting needles. Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a se...2020-08-188h 02
Download Latest Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsSix Angry Girls by Adrienne KisnerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/408881 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Six Angry Girls Author: Adrienne Kisner Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 8 hours 2 minutes Release date: August 18, 2020 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: Adrienne Kisner's Six Angry Girls is a story of mock trial, feminism, and the inherent power found in a pair of knitting needles. Raina Petree is crushing her senior year, until her boyfriend dumps her, the drama club (basically) dumps her, the college of her dreams slips away, and her arch-nemesis triumphs. Things aren’t much better for Millie Goodwin. Her father treats her like a...2020-08-1805 min
All the Books!New Releases and More for August 18, 2020This week, Liberty and Tirzah discuss Raybearer, The Less Dead, Betty, and more great books.This episode was sponsored by TBR, Book Riot’s subscription service offering reading recommendations personalized to your reading life; Book Riot Insiders, the digital hangout spot for the Book Riot community; and Flatiron Books, publisher of His & Hers by Alice Feeney.Pick up an All the Books! 200th episode commemorative item here.Subscribe to All the Books! using RSS, iTunes, or Spotify and never miss a beat book.Sign up for the weekly New Books! newsletter for even...2020-08-1846 min
Unabridged: A Book PodcastDive into Nonfiction ReadsIn this Unabridged podcast episode, we talk all things nonfiction, and we each make recommendations for nonfiction reads to dive into that we've loved. We talk about Kirkland Hamill's Filthy Beasts, Kiese Layman's Heavy, Knox McCoy's All Things Reconsidered, and Phuc Tran’s Sigh, Gone: A Misfit's Memoir of Great Books, Punk Rock, and the Fight to Fit In. As always, we find ways to talk about more books, too, and have lots of fun during our discussion. If you're interested in nonfiction reads, be sure to join us for our September book club choice, Chanel Miller's Know My Name.
...2020-08-1250 min
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & StarrJuly & August 2020 ForecastThanks to Covid, the typically hopping summer book release schedule has shifted to September, but we've still come up with some great picks to occupy your time.After some feedback on racial stereotypes in Never Have I Ever, we tackle Indigenous and lesbian book recommendations:Indigenous:Rhymes for Young Ghouls (dir: Jeff Barnaby, 2013)#NotYourPrincess: Voices of Native American Women, Edited by Lisa Charleyboy & Mary Beth LeatherdaleHonourable mentions: A Girl Called Echo // The Marrow Thieves // Surviving the CityLesbian:You Should See Me In A Crown by Leah JohnsonThe Henna Wars by Abida...2020-07-0738 min
Checking Out - A Reading Podcast004 - All Roads Lead to Lee Harvey Oswald (Recommendations & Questions)Welcome to Checking Out, where Rachel & Hannah check in about what they’re checking out. Today we’re giving out recommendations and answering your questions!
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Books mentioned this episode:
“Agnes Grey” by Anne Bronte
“Christine” by Stephen King
“UN...2020-04-131h 02
The Book JamEpisode 01 Welcome to the Book Jam!First Episode: come jam with us!Books we talk about this week: Marisa's books:Wink by Rob Harrell. Middle grade, Grades 5-8. Available March 3rd, 2020. The Light in Hidden Places by Sharon Cameron. Teen, Grades 7-12. Available : March 3rd, 2020. Six Angry Girls by Adrienne Kisner. Teen/High School, Grades 8-12. Available: June 2nd, 2020. Mary's books: First Rule of Punk by Celia C. Pérez. Middle grade, Grades 5-8. Available: August 22nd, 2017. White Rabbit by Caleb Roehrig. High School, Grades 9-12. Available: April 24th, 2018. Harley...2020-04-0854 min
UnShushedThe Lies They Tell; Dear Rachel Maddow; Daris the Great is Not Okay; On Thin Ice; Suggested Reading; Monday's Not ComingThe Lies They Tell by Gillian French; Dear Rachel Maddow by Adrienne Kisner; Daris the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram; On Thin Ice by Michael Northrop; Suggested Reading by Dave Connis; Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson2019-11-0553 min
Press Play On This Immersive Full Audiobook — Perfect Right Now.The Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne KisnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347834to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Confusion of Laurel Graham
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Laura Nichol
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Release date: June 4, 2019
Genres: Tough Topics
Publisher's Summary:
A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA audiobook, The Confusion of Laurel Graham. Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is to win the junior...2019-06-047h 20
Get Latest Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsThe Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne KisnerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347834 to listen full audiobooks. Title: The Confusion of Laurel Graham Author: Adrienne Kisner Narrator: Laura Nichol Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 20 minutes Release date: June 4, 2019 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA audiobook, The Confusion of Laurel Graham. Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is to win the...2019-06-0405 minGet Latest Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsThe Confusion of Laurel Graham by Adrienne KisnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/347834to listen full audiobooks.
Title: The Confusion of Laurel Graham
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Laura Nichol
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 20 minutes
Release date: June 4, 2019
Genres: Tough Topics
Publisher's Summary:
A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA audiobook, The Confusion of Laurel Graham. Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is to win the junior...2019-06-047h 20
Your Library on the Go With Free AudiobookConfusion of Laurel Graham Audiobook by Adrienne KisnerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 347834
Title: Confusion of Laurel Graham
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Laura Nichol
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:20:10
Language: English
Release date: 06-04-19
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genres: Teen, Tough Topics
Summary:
A teen copes with her grandmother's coma by becoming obsessed with a mystery bird that she cannot identify in Adrienne Kisner's sharp and poignant YA audiobook, The Confusion of Laurel Graham.
Seventeen-year-old Laurel Graham has a singular, all-consuming ambition in this life: become the most renowned nature photographer and birder in the world. The first step to birding domination is...2019-06-047h 20
The FemiNerd FilesWatering Grassroots: EP 01 - Adrienne Kisner InterviewMonica and Mo discuss the book Dear Rachel Maddow with author Adrienne Kisner!!!
2018-06-2640 min
Your Library on the Go With Free AudiobookDear Rachel Maddow: A Novel Audiobook by Adrienne KisnerListen to this audiobook in full for free onhttps://hotaudiobook.com/freeID: 334112
Title: Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Format: Unabridged
Length: 07:01:00
Language: English
Release date: 06-05-18
Publisher: Macmillan Audio
Genres: Fiction, Teen, Tough Topics
Summary:
'Khristine Hvam does a stellar narration of this young adult epistolary novel...Hvam's portrayal of Brynn is spot-on, breathing life into the character's personality. Even with the serious subject matter, Hvam delivers an engaging performance.' AudioFile Magazine
In Adrienne Kisner's Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brothers death...2018-06-057h 01
Indulge In: This Binge-Worthy Full Audiobook For Curious Minds.Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel by Adrienne KisnerPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334112to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel
Author: Adrienne Kisner
Narrator: Khristine Hvam
Format: Unabridged Audiobook
Length: 7 hours 1 minute
Release date: June 5, 2018
Genres: Tough Topics
Publisher's Summary:
'Khristine Hvam does a stellar narration of this young adult epistolary novel...Hvam's portrayal of Brynn is spot-on, breathing life into the character's personality. Even with the serious subject matter, Hvam delivers an engaging performance.' — AudioFile Magazine In Adrienne Kisner's Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brother’s death by drafting emails to MSNBC host...2018-06-057h 01
Download Top Full Audiobooks in Teen & YA, Tough TopicsDear Rachel Maddow: A Novel by Adrienne KisnerPlease visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/334112 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Dear Rachel Maddow: A Novel Author: Adrienne Kisner Narrator: Khristine Hvam Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 7 hours 1 minute Release date: June 5, 2018 Genres: Tough Topics Publisher's Summary: 'Khristine Hvam does a stellar narration of this young adult epistolary novel...Hvam's portrayal of Brynn is spot-on, breathing life into the character's personality. Even with the serious subject matter, Hvam delivers an engaging performance.' — AudioFile Magazine In Adrienne Kisner's Dear Rachel Maddow, a high school girl deals with school politics and life after her brother’s death by drafting emails to MSNB...2018-06-0505 min