So, I am heading down to the NPR studios in Los Angeles this morning.
That is, if the GPS unit in my car, which is sensitive to the degree of despondence I've felt lately, doesn't continue luring me to drive off a cliff.
With that, I will re-post the pertinent information regarding this morning's show:
This morning, I will be speaking with the host of Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning talk show program. Chances are, you are fully aware by now of the controversial editorial posted in the Wall Street Journal by Meghan Cox Gurdon, in which she attacked contemporary Young Adult literature, and me and my novel, The Marbury Lens, in particular.
The program will air live this morning between 10 - 11 a.m. in Minnesota (8 - 9 a.m. Pacific Time).
The hyperlink to Minnesota Public Radio's Midmorning Show is listed below.
Listeners outside the state of Minnesota will be able to hear the program streamed live on the link.
You will find a comment box on the link, so listeners can make comments in real time.
Listeners can also Tweet the host, Kerri Miller (her Twitter link is listed below), and may also chime in on Facebook (linked below, as well).
This is a phone-in show, so listeners are also able to call in to speak with Kerri and me.
The program will run clips of Megan Cox Gurdon's interview on MPR, and the other guest will be Karen MacPherson, YA librarian at Takoma Park Library in Maryland, and columnist for Scripps Howard News Service.
I think people are going to hear some unexpected and surprising things.
More to come...
- Kerri Miller on Twitter -- @kerrimpr
9 comments:
That was weird. I thought my comment disappeared until I realized it was a new post. I can't wait for this.
I"m listening right now!
You're killing it Andrew. Listening to these kids calling in and validating your points is really powerful. It makes for great radio.
well done.
I thought it was a great discussion. As a writer of fiction, it's frustating when the marketing category (that's chosen for most) places our work under scrutiny. I also don't write with a specific audience in mind. We write the stories we wish to tell or the stories that wish to be told. Whether that places us in the Teen, YA or Adult fiction categories...that's all most of us aim to do, in my opinion.
Marbury Lens is still, hands down, one of the best books I've read this year and a story that will stick with me forever. I think most people are uncomfortable with empathizing with that kind of brutal honesty and that's a shame because it was bloody fantastic, IMO.
High five to Emmett!
This is the wrong place to say this, but between Hannah and MPR, I'm thinking of Schawarmas at Santana's in Dinkytown. God I'm hungry.
You ever been there Hannah?
I am listening to this tonight, and I am so impressed with your respectful thoughtful responses, and I feel that people's willful refusal to acknowledge much of what you're saying must have been maddening. I am glad that there are authors like you in the world: brave and honest.
@Matt - I have not, but now I may have to! Party in Minnesota!!
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