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The Chills at Will PodcastEpisode 321 with Carolina Ixta, Author of Few Blue Skies and Master of Nuance and the Balance Between Nonfiction Concepts and Real-Life Ossues and Fiction in Her Fictional WorkNotes and Links to Carolina Ixta’s Work
Carolina Ixta is a writer from Oakland, California. A daughter of Mexican immigrants, she received her BA in creative writing and Spanish language and literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and obtained her master's degree in education at the University of California, Berkeley. Her debut novel, Shut Up, This Is Serious, was a Morris Award finalist, an LA Times Book Prize finalist, and the winner of the Pura Belpré Award. Few Blue Skies is out now.
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2026-02-031h 08
2025-09-241h 03
Bay Area Book Festival PodcastComing of Age in an Unsteady WorldIn a country that tries to erase our troubled history of the oppressive treatment of certain groups, today's youth are forced to find their footing in an increasingly unsteady world that rejects their exploration of different identities and experiences. Join Oakland writers Carolina Ixta (Shut Up, This is Serious) and J.R. Rice (Broken Pencils) for an impactful panel discussion focused on teen mental health and the difficult choices that young people face as they come of age. Cognizant of the unique struggles that come with growing up in diverse Bay Area communities, these novels present adolescence in a...
2025-08-0746 minBay Area Book Festival PodcastShort Cuts: Carolina IxtaWelcome to the Bay Area Book Festival Short Cuts. This is a podcast meant to showcase some of our featured authors of the 2025 festival. Meet Carolina Ixta, who was part of our our Family Day programming on May 31st. For more information, go to our website. baybookfest.org
2025-06-2015 min
The Scholastic Art & Writing Awards PodcastIt Only Takes One YesIn today’s episode, we discuss the steps involved in the publishing process: querying literary agents, rejection, selling your work, and asking for your first blurbs. We also dive deeper into artist recognition, choosing a college major as an artist, and finding your confidence to call yourself an artist/writer. Guests:(3:57): Carolina Ixta received her first Gold Medal in Novel Writing in 2012. Today, she is a writer from Oakland, California, and an elementary school teacher whose pedagogy centers on critical race theory at the primary education level. Shut Up, This is Serious is her debut novel.
2025-01-271h 02
New ArrivalsA complicated senior year at the heart of Carolina Ixta debut novelCarolina Ixta's debut novel, is about a young Latina woman named Belen Dolores Ixtel del Toro who was trying to find her way in a very messy and very complicated senior year of high school.
2024-08-0102 min
Long Overdue: A Franklin Public Library PodcastSummer Reading Program 2024 June EpisodeIn this episode librarians Briony, Sam, and Sarah talk about their recent reads and what they're excited to read about this summer.
In this episode we talked about:
Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina Ixta
The Duke and I by Julia Quinn
The Viscount Who Loved Me by Julia Quinn
Maybe Next Time by Cesca Major
Romantic Comedy by Curtis Sittenfeld
We also mentioned:
Throne of Glass Novel series by Sarah J. Maas
A Court of...
2024-05-3131 min
Medium Lady ReadsEpisode 16: Romanticize your reading with a seasonal TBRHello, hi, and welcome to Medium Lady Reads this is episode 16, “Romanticize your reading with a seasonal TBR.”In this episode, Jillian and Erin are sharing are exploring how readers (them included) embrace the season and curate their reading lists according to that season. Be sure to tag them (@jillianfindinghappy and @medium.lady) on Instagram, and share whether you’re a seasonal reader or not.In This Episode:The ladies start with a check-in to see how their reading is going.Erin and Jillian discuss what seasonal reading is and...
2024-03-1129 min
The StacksEp. 302 We Shouldn't Be Asking You This Question with Carolina IxtaEducator and author Carolina Ixta joins The Stacks to discuss her debut novel Shut Up, This is Serious. Set in East Oakland, the story explores teen friendship, generational cycles and authenticity. Carolina talks about the process of writing about sex in Young Adult fiction, and confronting anti-Black racism in Latine communities. The Stacks Book Club selection for January is Erasure by Percival Everett. We will discuss the book on January 31st with Zach Stafford.You can find everything we discuss on today's show on The Stacks' website:https://thestackspodcast.com/2024/01/17/ep-302-carolina-ixta
2024-01-171h 01
Don’t Miss A Full Audiobook That Is Simply Inspiring.Shut Up, This Is Serious by Carolina IxtaPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/195701to listen full audiobooks.
Title: Shut Up, This Is Serious
Author: Carolina Ixta
Narrator: Frankie Corzo
Format: mp3
Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
Release date: 01-09-24
Ratings: 4.5 out of 5 stars, 20 ratings
Genres: Coming of Age
Publisher's Summary:
Belén Dolores Itzel del Toro wants the normal stuff: to experience love or maybe have a boyfriend or at least just lose her virginity. But nothing is normal in East Oakland. Her father left her family. She’s at risk of not graduating. And Leti, her super-Catholic, nerdy-ass best friend, is pregnant—by the boyfriend she hasn’...
2024-01-0910h 19