Ep 9- Learning how to be a person: Queer Representation in YA literature
To round out Pride Month Shayna and Kathy are joined by Shelby Bouck to discuss queer representation in Young Adult Literature. Shelby has a Masters degree in library and information science is a voracious reader and is obsessed with YA literature.
Randomly, we have mild spoilers for the 2003 thriller, Identity.
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Citations and Resources:
Shelby created a list of must read YA lit with positive queer representation.
Artwork by Matthew Gwaltney- https://www.bdbumblebee.com
Editing by Ryan Merrill
Intro Music is "Call to Adventure" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)-Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Shelby has a Bachelor's in creative writing from Florida State University and a Master's degree in library and information science from University of South Florida. She's currently working on her first (deeply queer) novel 200 words at a time. When she's not working or writing, she's probably reading queer fantasy and sci-fi novels or playing an absurdly long story-based video game, with a cat no less than three feet away at all times.
